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Why MarketClout TM* for Price Tracking?
MarketClout TM* is unique platform as it provides sales territory context sensitive data collection and has built in authorization framework which helps you control reporting of data in a location sensitive way. For example, an authorized person may only report data for the location he is authorized for. Further MarketClout TM* has strong validation rules designed to chaff out incorrect data, thus ensuring decision making is not compromised due to quality of data.
Why MarketClout TM* for Promotion Monitoring?
MarketClout TM* is geared to provide a central promotion tracking where it is possible to scan all promotions running in the entire marketing territory. Further, it has built in mechanisms to calibrate information received from field before accepting it in the system as well as de-duplication functions. Thus, providing an ability to target promotion spend to micro markets for products where it is needed.
Why MarketClout TM* for Demand Forecast Management?
Demand forecast management often works on a principle of calibration for accuracy and overriding previous demand forecasts before it hits the actual timeline. MarketClout TM* has features that enable both. Further demand forecast often requires participation of external partners (distributors, Points of sale), which MarketClout TM* supports.
Why MarketClout TM* for Pricing decisions?
MarketClout TM* is ideal for pricing decisions because not only it provides intelligence for daily pricing decisions vis a vis competitors and other micro markets, but it also provides a workflow supported hierarchical pricing decision tool, by which pricing decisions can be made centrally and disseminated to field work force in real time.
Why MarketClout TM* for Referral Schemes?
MarketClout TM* supports a very flexible Loyalty/Referral program definition where sales focus can be fine tuned via weightage configuration based on product, referrer/customer type, sales territory etc. With easy, flexible processes for customers to collect and spend points, this provides an unparalleled ability to marketeers to incentivize loyal customers.
Why MarketClout TM* for Field Automation?
MarketClout TM* Mobility features delivered via App provide comprehensive suite of field forms for case management, schedule management, consumer connect and geo sensitive market context capturing such as stock positions, field cases & feedback. With features that include geo sensitive tracking of field visits to customers & surveys from consumers, the system delivers a comprehensive set of abilities to automate all facets of field work and what’s more, is extensible to your requirements.
Why MarketClout TM* for Field Workforce Monitoring?
With ability of field personnel to set their schedules with approval workflows, record actual visits including visit start point configurations, MarketClout TM* delivers a comprehensive set of capabilities to both empower and monitor compliance to field servicing requirements. Location tracking features enable route planning to field personnel & can also be used as an aid for expense auditing.
Why MarketClout TM* for Competitor Tracking?
MarketClout TM* enables you to define competing brands and auto generates Mobile and online forms to accommodate new competing brands as you configure these centrally. MarketClout TM* reports and analytics are configured to do the hard-work for you by aggregating and continuously monitoring price movements and promotion initiatives by your competitors, so you can focus on strategic decision making.
Why MarketClout TM* for Market Intelligence?
With ever increasing, readymade forms for intelligence metrics such as Stock position, Market potential etc. You can now truly empower your marketing managers with real and specific insights.
New Product Launch
If you are thinking of launching a new product, you need empirical data of competitors footprint in micro markets that put together will make up your target market. This would require gathering data from field workforce on their pricing, stock, promotion campaigns, existing distribution network etc. MarketClout TM* can be an effective tool that can prepare you well on what to expect and monitor its performance post launch.
Distribution Chain Management
Managing a distribution chain requires consistent monitoring of their performance in terms of their ability to maintain price performance in relation to competitors, margins tracking, demand metrics as well as factors like accurate reporting of information on ground. MarketClout TM* can help by extending reporting mechanisms to partners and providing comparative analytics of distribution chain.
Competitor tracking in Volatile prices
Volatile priced commodities require frequent pricing decisions to be made, from every couple of hours, daily or weekly depending on the volatility of the commodity. Often small price corrections can be difference between significant revenue gain or loss. Real time insights on competing brands prices and ability to analyze price trends against competing brands is crucial.
MarketClout TM* is geared to deliver intelligence to make specific pricing decisions for different micro markets and then disseminate pricing decisions taken centrally to the field workforce and distributors, thus making pricing a seamless and near real time process.
Product Mix decisions
MarketClout TM* treats the sales territory as consisting of large number of micro markets. MarketClout TM* provides mashups and drill down reports that enable analysis of performance of various products in various micro markets. This can help with strategic decisions on targeted marketing for products in different micro markets such as launch of promotions, re-pricing etc.
Consumer Connect
Consumer and Influencer Surveys are designed to deliver real time market insights as a continuous process to support Strategic Decision making. MarketClout TM* provides flexibility to define forms and even supports defining different survey subject types for whom automatically different forms are rendered.
Field workforce Automation
MarketClout TM* provides mobile processes for Field Automation with ready to use mobile and online forms. These enable field processes such as Point of Sales workflows, Consumer Surveys, field personnel schedule management with route planning etc. to be automated and centrally controlled. With integration options to back end systems and location sensitive reporting, MarketClout TM* provides an easy, cost effective option to automate your field processes.
Aligning Promotions to market
MarketClout TM* provides an ability to view price and demand forecast impact of promotions. Combined with the ability to view current, historical data on competitor prices as well as promotions, MarketClout TM* can serve as a powerful decision support tool for promotion spend decisions.
Loyalty Rewards Program
MarketClout TM* supports defining a flexible, fully configurable Loyalty rewards program targeted at referrers and influencers to boost sales. With options to configure rewards and points weightage based on loyalty member type, sales territory and product type, system enables finetuning sales focus. System delivers easy of access, such as missed call-based tracking and/or SMS based alerting etc.