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Trade spending expertise and a unique closed-loop solution deliver greater visibility into the complex trade spend processes for Oregon Ice Cream. Phoenix, April 25, 2018 – AFS Technologies, a leading global provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, is proud to announce that Oregon Ice Cream has selected AFS for its Trade Promotion
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AFS is recognized for Customer Relationship Management, Trade Promotion Management and Retail Execution. Phoenix, AZ– March 21, 2018 – AFS Technologies, (AFS) the global provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, has been voted into several categories of the “Best in Class” Top List of Business Solution Providers in the Annual Consumer Goods Technology
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Trade spending expertise and a unique closed-loop solution that addresses HARIBO security requirements and delivers greater visibility into the complex trade spend processes for the #1 selling Gummi Bear. Phoenix, Feb 1, 2018 – AFS Technologies, a leading global provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, is proud to announce that HARIBO USA
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Drive Future Category Growth With Insights Into Retailer Expectations & Shopper Behaviours For Profitable Category Management. Are you attending? Here’s the link Visit with AFS Technologies Andy Pryke, Senior Solutions Consultant, who will be speaking at 10:15am on the 28th. Click here to email Andy for an appointment! or Visit Phil Russell and Andy Pryke
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Chicago, IL and Phoenix, AZ, December 28, 2017. AFS Technologies, the leading provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, and Enjoy Life Foods, the #1 brand in the Free-From food category, announced Enjoy Life Foods’ selection of AFS TPM Retail capabilities for sales planning, analysis, and the execution of the trade spending settlement
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When you’ve decided to improve trade planning there are many dynamics to consider. Here are five tips for setting your organization up for success. Decide what you want to fix and what habits need to be broken. Perhaps obvious, but a common pitfall is jumping straight to a solution. Identify the outcomes that you want
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Food industry expertise and unique closed-loop solution—to deliver greater visibility into complex trade spend processes. Phoenix, Ariz – Dec 11, 2017 – AFS Technologies announced today that Smithfield Foods, Inc. has selected AFS for its Trade Promotion Management solution for planning. Smithfield Foods is a $15 billion global food company and the world’s largest pork
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A trade spending P&L value equal to 15% of gross revenue is pretty common in highly competitive, commodity categories. How have we gotten here? Why is it such a painful topic to address? There are many business factors that influence this (e.g. product performance, consumer preference, assortment, eCommerce, economy, environment). I am going to focus
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…Or so the proverb tells us. But with so many challenges with trade spending and so many mature solutions in the CPG trade planning and trade spending space, why do so many companies not make the switch from reactive treatment to preventative measures? AFS Technologies serves many consumer goods companies and users with it’s TPM
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Phoenix, Ariz. November 1st, 2017 – AFS Technologies, a leading global provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies was recognized for “Best-in-Class Field Analytics/Insight” in the TPx Vendor Panorama 2017, published by the analyst firm Promotion Optimization Institute (POI). In the TPx Vendor Panorama 2017, AFS TPM Retail received “Above Average” ratings for
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AFS is recognized for Customer Relationship Management, Trade Promotion Management, Retail Execution and Mobility. Phoenix, AZ– January 28, 2017 – AFS Technologies, (AFS) the global provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, has been voted into several categories of the “Best in Class” Top List of Providers in the Annual Consumer Goods Technology (CGT)
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AFS Services Team Shines with a smooth and timely implementation Phoenix, AZ – Feb 9, 2017 – AFS Technologies, a leading global provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, is proud to announce that the Beech-Nut, nutrition company has chosen AFS as the solution provider for its new trade management solution. The
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Optimization is limited to strategic or annual planning modeled at the regional level or across top-tier retailers. “Applying predictive analytics as part of the trade promotion management lifecycle will drive the desired business optimization.” AFS Technologies Joe Bellini, CEO Reality: Optimization techniques have historically been used by consumer goods manufacturers to analyze terabytes of data
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In the highly competitive consumer goods marketplace, trade promotion management (TPM) solutions have become a must to optimize and control trade spend. As software partners enhance TPM capabilities, the software runs the risk of becoming too complicated for end-users to adopt. When implementing a TPM solution, often the VP of Sales makes the configuration
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AFS Technologies (AFS), was recently named a “Best-in-Class Recipient” for its Desktop UX and TPO Ergonomics features by the Promotion Optimization Institute (POI). The recently released POI TPx Vendor Panorama 2016 report assessed 24 service providers in how they help consumer goods companies improve trade promotions through the use of enabling technology. POI warned that
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AFS Technologies (www.afsi.com), has experienced significant growth in the past two years and predicts continued growth as the company enters fiscal year 2017. Joe Bellini, CEO of AFS Technologies, shared how developing robust end-to-end trade promotion management software solutions, AFS Trade Promotion Management (TPM) Retail and Foodservice, has been a driving force for the company’s
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At the “2016 POI” TPM Conference, the final session on Friday was packed with Manufacturers looking to get insights into how Sunny Delight Beverages were winning with trade spending and the ability to forecast lift for future streamlined success. Sunny Delight Beverage, Co. was looking for a way to predict the lift of a
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TPO, or Trade Promotion Optimization is a hot topic for many of today’s leading CPG manufacturers. Join AFS hosts Yvonne McClure, Shelley Fow and Sheryle Blasko, as they review the annual planning process to help ensure that your team addresses the Who? What? Where? and When? to fluidly create an optimized plan for the year
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Referred to as one of the top three business gurus today by The New York Times, Daniel Burrus is considered a world leading futurist when it comes to understanding global trends and innovation related to technology. He is often called upon by Fortune 500 companies to act as strategic advisor and recently shared some of
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Optimization techniques have historically been used by consumer goods manufacturers to analyze terabytes of data to predict the likely outcomes of future trade promotions as part of their strategic and annual planning cycles. These techniques are now evolving to where they can provide close to real-time insights given recent advancements in the field of predictive
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The measure of intelligence is the ability to change. – Albert Einstein Change management is one of the most difficult challenges an organization faces. It stokes apprehension of the unknown and a resistance to a potential workload increase without the balanced benefit of end-state upsides. How organizational leaders introduce change dramatically impacts its success. This
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In today’s webinar, Joel Cartwright the Director of Product Development for Trade Promotion Management Retail at AFS Technologies will be presenting this webinar on End of Trade Promotion Year: How to Avoid Surprises. What will you learn by attending this webinar? Improving year end accrual accuracy: • How much money do I need to set
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AFS Integrates Nielsen’s Trade Promotion Optimization Solution within its Trade Promotion Management System Phoenix, AZ, April 5, 2016—AFS Technologies, the leading provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, today announced the expansion of their TPM solution through an integrated analytic alliance with Nielsen (NYSE: NLSN). This alliance blends data from two leading analytic
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As senior vice president of sales at Sunny Delight Beverages, Eddie Young understands that to be effective with the management of trade spending, you need to implement scenario planning to create an annual calendar of trade promotions. Young, who joined the Cincinnati-based beverage maker after it was spun off from Procter & Gamble in 2004,
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AFS is recognized for Customer Relationship Management, Trade Promotion Management, Retail Execution and Mobility. Phoenix, AZ– January 28, 2016 – AFS Technologies, (AFS) the global provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, has been voted into several categories of the “Best in Class” Top List of Providers in the Annual Consumer Goods Technology (CGT)
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Joel Cartwright the Director of Product Development for Trade Promotion Management Retail at AFS Technologies will be presenting this webinar on Demand planning. “Manufacturers are consistently looking for a way to improve demand forecast accuracy, in order to optimize the manufacturing and inventory. Most manufacturers utilize some type of Demand Planning tool, which typically relies
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Fully-integrated software solution empowers key stakeholders with real-time visibility into trade spend activity across value chain, including indirect channels Phoenix, AZ – January 14, 2016 – AFS Technologies, a leading global provider of software solutions purpose-built for consumer goods companies, today announced Traditional Medicinals, a pioneer in the wellness tea category, has successfully implemented AFS
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John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. streamlines complex go-to-market strategy with robust and configurable software to support expected company growth Phoenix, AZ– January 6th, 2016 – AFS Technologies, the leading provider of software solutions purpose-built for the consumer goods industry, today announced that John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., home of brands such as Fisher
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Welcome to another AFS Webinar in partnership with CPG Webcast, a service of CPGmatters. In this webinar we’re talking about the annual TPM planning process. Consumer goods manufacturers focus on margins and profitability. Having a solid annual planning process to create a trade promotion plan for the coming year is critical. The plan would be
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It’s sales planning time! Are you ready to get started? Do you have the right resources? How’s your data? Before you migrate your sales planning from spreadsheets or another trade promotion management (TPM) application, learn the best practices and hear case studies that will help you see benefits in two months by viewing this session
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Scenario planning is a critical component of the annual planning process. An annual planning process has to take into account a massive amount of information from many different departments and external sources from previous years, sales figures, performance data, costs associated to promotions, and post-event analysis reports. Using software for scenario planning as part of
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Scenario planning is a critical component of the annual planning process. With consumer goods manufacturers continually focused on margins and profitability, having a solid annual planning process to leverage historical sales benchmark data that creates a trade promotion plan for the coming year is critical. The plan would be signed, sealed, and delivered if it
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Significant enhancements supports a strategic approach to trade spend management, including scenario planning Phoenix, AZ – August 19, 2015 – AFS Technologies, a leading global provider of software and services purpose-built for consumer goods companies, today announced the release of it upgraded AFS Trade Promotion Management Retail (TPM Retail). The latest upgrade features several
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It is trying times in the non-food sectors. There is a global shift to emerging markets. The consumer base is broadening in terms of young consumers and the aging population. Don’t forget the divide between those with low incomes and those with high incomes. These factors lead to a greater variety of trade promotions
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AFS partnered with CGT to explore the people side of TPM. We will reveal the results of a recent CGT report that studied the implications of IT involvement in TPM and looked at how well systems are actually being used and by whom to manage trade spend and deductions. In this section of the webinar
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Trade promotion spending is one of the most complex activities a foodservice organization will pursue. Our customers invest in AFS Trade Promotion Management Foodservice (AFS TPM Foodservice) because it is purpose-built to better manage their trade investment with hundreds of distributors, buying groups and operators to settle claims and deductions, keeping their business on track.
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As a leading provider of trade promotion management (TPM) solutions, we understand what facilitates a smooth implementation—and what doesn’t. From our experience, we’ve identified five pitfalls that can keep consumer packaged goods companies from achieving their desired return on their TPM investments. The RFP Hangover. We’ve seen this happen over and over. An organization assigns
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Trade promotion management (TPM) is the process of planning, budgeting, presenting and executing incentive programs which occur between the manufacturer and the retailer to enhance sales of specific products Scenario planning is the variable that businesses face when a retailer introduces a new opportunity for a promotion, needs to fill a vacated promotion or wants
