View all your trade activities in one plan, in one place.
Easily integrated into your existing accounting system, TradeInsight evaluates individual retailer performance with the enterprise-level intelligence to know what promotions are working and which aren't to optimize your trade spends and forecasting from warehouse to consumer.
Arm yourself with the proof you need to challenge chargebacks, improve your bottom line and eliminate the headache of sifting through piles of disparate spreadsheets.
SaaS Delivery
TradeInsight's cloud-based delivery model requires no upfront setup or infrastructure costs and provides a time to value that is measured in weeks, not months. System administration, hardware and software updates, backups and maintenance are all taken care of for one monthly subscription cost. Our comprehensive support and training also ensures that using TradeInsight is as easy and efficient as deploying it.
- As easy to use as Excel
- Fast time to market-quick implementation and superior support/service
- Easy integration-data, applications and platforms
- Low cost of ownership-affordable to CPG companies of all sizes
- Manage your entire business from warehouse to consumer
Benefits
Allow your finance team to regain control.
Have more visibility, better controls, and fewer fire drills for the second biggest line item on your P&L statement: trade spending.
With TradeInsight you can:
- See spending information without manually gathering and assembling spreadsheets
- Communicate objectives to sales, and then track progress against them throughout the year
- Know what promotions are part of the spending and if they are performing efficiently
- Confirm if deductions and bill-backs are valid
- Know which post-audits you can or can't defend against
- Report sales revenue by customer and by item
Run more effective promotions.
When TradeInsight puts all your sales plans in one place, you can sell more, spend smarter, and increase profitability.
With TradeInsight you can:
Freedom for your IT team.
Solve problems rather than getting bogged down in tactical, administrative work.
- Improve efficiency and make better, faster business decisions
- Eliminate the need to install hardware and software
- Give business managers and executives the reports they need from one central location
- Rely on TradeInsight's experienced team of integration experts to ensure a successful implementation
- Eliminate the need to manage and monitor another enterprise software application
Costs
Stop throwing money away. Boost your bottom line for little as $2,500 a month.
TradeInsight is month-to-month with no upfront costs and no long-term contracts. Services and support are included.
ROI Calculator
The TradeInsight Trade Savings Calculator is designed to give you an idea of expected savings from a TPM solution that provides improved promotion management and business processes. ROI savings include certain cost areas that are improved due to having a better management system in place. Money invested in a TPM system will see a positive return from reduced spending on trade promotions.
Services
We're Committed to Your Success
MEI delivers cutting-edge solutions and value to our customers as a leading provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Trade Promotion Management (TPM) software. MEI is the first enterprise-level TPM solution paid for on a monthly subscription with no upfront costs. Because it's month-to-month, we have to earn your business every month (not coast on a three-year contract).
Implementation is quick and easy with MEI. The implementation process is included with your subscription, so you don’t have to be leery of extra fees or up-front charges. Plus, we’ll have you up and running in weeks not months. That’s right - weeks. MEI also includes training sessions with the implementation process to get your team fully acclimated with its new TPM solution.
Our services can help you:
- Interact - Build and manage promotions and marketing events with an interactive tool and use interfaces that work for both customers and product
- Maximize time - Save multiple favorites for later so you don't have to reselect criteria each time and just two clicks will change criteria
- Predict - View "what if" scenarios to make better predictions about your spending
- Report - Rely on ad hoc reporting that is not fee-based
- Plan - Multiple predefined custom hierarchies offer a variety of options
- Plan Offline - Save time by planning scenarios in Microsoft Excel, collaborate with your customers and brokers, then download and populate data into the solution
Support
We pride ourselves on being part of your team and are with you every step of the way.
Our support teams have the passion and proven track record from hundreds of implementations to ensure your success. Because your needs are as unique as your business, our comprehensive support services go far beyond traditional notions of technical support.
“The MEI support and services operation within MEI has been a tremendous business partner…”
- Peter Seidita, Energizer Personal Care
“Very happy. I have never waited more than an hour on any issue.”
- Laura Calabrese, Applegate Farms
“One of MEI’s greatest strengths is their customer service. The service team is quick, responsive and always pleasant to deal with."
- Chris Miller, Sunny Delight Beverages Co.
Here's how we've got you covered:
- Implementation Support: Whether you are working with a partner or managing your own implementation, our expert services will help you get started quickly, reduce risk and costs, and make certain you get the most from MEI's Trade Management System.
- Online Support: You'll have 24/7 access to a community portal that houses tutorials, online help and a constantly updated knowledge base.
- Personalized Support: You'll receive the exact level of individualized support you need-whether it's priority access to our support professionals, proactive "health checks," highly technical advice, or even a dedicated professional who takes on the role of an administrator in your company.
