Industry Report

Learn the critical considerations and criteria required to plan ERP & TPM upgrades in tandem.

Get ahead of the curve and get a competitive edge with a hand-in-glove relationship between your ERP software and TPM and TPO systems.

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What the consumer goods industry is saying about system enhancements:

 

We were starting over, and there's good and bad news with that. You have a blank slate, so every aspect of our business needed to re-engineered in the new system. [speaking about the SAP HANA transition, where Blacksmith was chosen for TPM]

 

Bryan Krayer,

VP, Sales & Business Development

 

 

 

Trade Investment ROI grew more than 16% because we achieved volume objectives and stayed within budgeted spending with Blacksmith TPO. Furthermore, the system was live and we trained all users in only 10 weeks.

 

Laurie Ross,

Senior Director, Global Sales Planning

 

 

 

Offline budgeting, is kind of like driving a car without the wheels. Blacksmith's budgeting function puts the wheels back on. They offer a complete package to manage your trade business, and it only makes sense to utilize the system to its full potential.

 

Gina Schupanitz,

Trade Systems Business Planning Manager

 

 

Blacksmith Applications is ERP agnostic and integrates with your full financial suite:

How we're different:

  • Our single solution addresses trade management, optimization, advanced analytics, and sales planning.

  • Feature-rich functionality meets the unique needs of both foodservice and retail businesses.

  • World-class analytics deliver data and insights with minimal involvement from your team.

  • Our team has a strong underpinning of CPG tenure from companies like Conagra, Pactiv, McCain & more.

  • We know how to run a smooth project and we've done it hundreds of times. You might say go-live or go home. We go live.

20,000+ users rely on Blacksmith Applications every day.

Our customers include 38 of the top 50 CPG manufacturers.

Here are just a few of the brands that trust our trade tools:

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Reinvent your trade spend approach, simply by choosing the right partner: 

  • We understand your challenges and opportunities.

  • We help you respond to opportunities faster by streamlining decision-making while maintaining accountability.

  • We greatly increase your efficiency with billback and deduction processing.

  • We offer a broad and deep range of configuration options to support your processes.

  • We share best practices to craft the most profitable and efficient trade system for your business.