Keeping your Sales Team In-Sync
Ensuring new products aren't delayed hitting the shelves is important. As retailers gear up into production like Lowe's, many users are finding out that Sync/PDI has features to help them out. In particular Sync/PDI's search capability and reporting features can be used to create reports for your Sales Teams.
For most Sales Teams there is one main consideration getting new products listed with the retailer. Secondarily, they may be asked by their retailer to "sync" existing items. For either situation Sync/PDI provides you with the tools to complete the process.
For most Sales Teams there is one main consideration getting new products listed with the retailer. Secondarily, they may be asked by their retailer to "sync" existing items. For either situation Sync/PDI provides you with the tools to complete the process.
Let's take the example that your company is launching a new brand. From Sync/PDI's Search Screen you can quickly select that brand and then select the Trading Partner Publication Report. Sync/PDI then creates a spreadsheet that you can download and save. From here you can use Excel's sorting or auto-filter feature to provide your Sales Team with positive confirmation that the entire new brand line-up has been successfully published and synchronized with one or more of their retailers.
As more and more retailers adopt the Lowe's style of GDSN practices, your Sales Team will want to know this information.