epaCUBE in the Retail Industry - Manage Warehoused and DSD Products with Equal Clarity, Efficiency and Effectiveness

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Navigate all aspects of Product Information with ease
epaCUBE synchronizes product and vendor data from internal and external sources across every system in the organization, then applies business intelligence to present enterprise views of the products, their sources, and their distribution points & voids.

• Review, analyze & approve all changes before updating your
  business systems;
  
• Ensure that all Promotional, Rebate, Chargeback, and
  Performance information is captured and tracked;
  
• Implement UCCnet, RFID, & GTIN applications with
  enterprise data;
• Capitalize on the knowledge base of your most productive
  people with business rules that automate key processes.

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Create an enterprise view of product & supplier information

• Synchronize data across acquired entities, operating
  units and business systems;
  
• Fully leverage purchasing power and rebate benefits;
  
• Streamline integration with suppliers and global data
  stores like UCCnet, Trade Service, WWRE, and IDEA;
  
• Exchange information and collaborate with trading partners.
  

Manage identical products from different vendors in a single view (e.g. private label, beverages, specialty, ethnic, natural foods, non-foods, etc.).
Stay current with and enforce the requirements for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, bio-terrorism aversion, country of origin identification, and much more - with special emphasis on DSD products.

Collaborate internally among all operations and organizations within the company, as well as externally with employees, vendors, and customers.

Increases profitability

• Reduces data administration costs
  
• Recognizes opportunities for lower cost of goods (cost, chargebacks, rebates, allowances, etc.)
  
• Identifies cost changes to accept, validate, or renegotiate
  Automation utilizing Business Rules
  
• Verifies and validates raw product data
• Product Setup & Maintenance
• Vendor managed data
• Trading partner collaboration
• Sell-Price Mgmt - National and by
  Organization/Customer
• Promotional Allowances - Sell Side Flexible structure to augment information not established within transaction systems
• Images
• Attributes, such as ingredients, nutritional information, ethnic and dietary qualities..
• Regulatory compliance requirements

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Supports changing Business Processes

• User-driven Business Rules
• Flexible Cost and Sell-Price Management
  - by Organization
  - by Supplier
  - by Customer

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Enterprise Product Automation