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Bubbling with Excitement: Martinelli’s Picks BluePlanner TPM  

About Martinelli’s

After issuing an RFP in their search for a Trade Promotion Management (TPM) system, Martinelli’s selected UpClear’s BluePlanner TPM platform. S. Martinelli & Co. has produced apple juices and sparkling ciders for over 150 years. In 1920, with Prohibition in full effect, the non-alcoholic cider beverage became Martinelli’s front-running product and has maintained popularity ever since. The company is based in California and covers the U.S., as well as several international markets. Martinelli’s analyzed various TPM platforms for planning, tracking, accounting for, and actualizing and analyzing its trade promotion spend, and ultimately selected BluePlanner. 

Pressing Priorities 

The apple juice and cider company’s goal was to transform and modernize its software ecosystem to drive operating efficiency, planning and forecasting, and visibility into business performance. The established brand uses a combination of promotional programs to incentivize purchase of its products by both retailers and consumers. The Sales, Deductions, and FP&A teams manage the company’s trade promotions use a patchwork of tools, driving the need for one unified solution across departments. One key requirement in the search for TPM was the ability to integrate with their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Along with integration, BluePlanner TPM will allow the beverage company to set goals when planning promotions, provide teams with visibility into program plans, actuals, & accuracy, and improve reporting on overall business and promotions. Says Warren Sampson, the Senior Manager of Financial Planning & Decision Support Systems at Martinell’s,

“Martinelli’s is excited to partner with UpClear to provide our business with better planning, processing, and reporting tools for our promotional spending. Increasing the efficiency of our trade spend and giving everyone on our team enhanced visibility into the performance these programs is a priority for us. We’re looking forward to onboarding BluePlanner and stepping up to the next level of trade management.”

Looking-Forward 

UpClear has 16 years of experience integrating with ERP solutions and providing sophisticated capabilities to manage promotions and business plans. Says Kurt Kaiser, UpClear’s Director of Business Development in the Americas, 

“UpClear is proud to help Martinelli’s improve & modernize business processes with BluePlanner. It will increase efficiency, eliminating the challenges with spreadsheets, and empower the Martinelli’s team to understand their business with more depth and speed than ever before. We look forward to the next phase of our partnership and rolling out BluePlanner TPM for the iconic apple juice and cider producer.”  

About UpClear 

UpClear makes software used by Consumer Goods brands to improve the management of sales & trade spending. Its BluePlanner platform is an integrated solution supporting Trade Promotion Management, Trade Promotion Optimization, Integrated Business Planning, and Revenue Growth Management.    

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