Handling Products in Confido

Introduction

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CPG brands commonly roll up products into Master Cases, and can have multiple Master Case options per individual product / UPC, which makes it difficult to capture costs and margins per individual product/UPC. 

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Here are the most common Product Hierarchies used:

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For instance, let’s say that your Graham Crackers are set up as a Product/UPC with Case Pricing of 11.74, with 6 units per Case.

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There’s a chance that your brand can sell a 6-unit pack to Target and another 12-unit Pack to Walmart, with the same Product/UPC. Both the 6-unit and 12-unit would be separate items on †he ERP, and need to flow separately into the Ship-to Actuals. 

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That’s exactly what Confido’s product setup is here to solve. 

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Product Configuration in Confido

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In Confido, brands are able to create a list of sellable products (ex. A single granola bar, a pack of 6 granola bars). In this case, Confido is allowing users to plan in sellable units, which is how the product is sold on shelf. 

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Next, plan the product content details, such as quantity and item numbers.

Afterwards, Confido can roll-up the sellable units into their associated master cases. Brands can leverage the forecast at the ship-to / master case level as a source of truth for the order forecast.

Case Price Override

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Since the price for a given customer or distributor may vary, Confido enables Case Price overrides per product and customer. Users can set a default price for the standard prices for most customers, but can also define overrides for certain customers by product.

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