TPM

Trade Promotion Management

Plan, execute and analyze account-level sales, spending, and promotions with full financial and managerial control to maximize impact 

Key Processes Supported

  • Targets
  • Account Volume & Spend Forecasting​
  • Promotions & Terms
  • Accruals, Payments & Deductions​
  • Financial Control & Auditing​
  • Business Analysis

How Consumer Goods Brands Use BluePlanner TPM

Drive Higher ROI From Every Customer with Better Insights for Everyone Involved in the Process

Annual Op Planning

Analyze Business Across Customers/Products​

Set Targets/Budgets

Setting Authorized Spending for Accounts

Establish Account Guardrails

Account Planning

Define Customer Listing/Assortment

Set Customer Pricing & Plan Long Term Agreements

Establish Promotion Calendar and Operational Details

Forecast Account Volume & Spending

Analyze Account Performance

Execution- Trade Marketing

Facilitate Monthly Business Reviews

Analyze Business Across Customers/Products​

Audit & Approve Promos & Terms

Monitoring Operations & Initiatives

Control Trade Spending

Execution- Customer Service

Set Invoice Pricing Conditions (OI)

Execution- Sales & Operations Planning

Homepage

Execution- Accounting

Acquire Deduction Backup

Research & Validate Deductions

Categorize Deductions

Actualize Promotions & Terms

Analyze Deduction Trends

Execution- Finance

Forecast & Reverse Accruals

Analyze Account/Product P&Ls for Financial Forecasting

Features of BluePlanner TPM

Distributor / Indirect Retailer Planning

Customer & Retail Pricing

Ship-to Volume Forecasts

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Benefits

  • Faster access to deeper and more actionable data, understanding of business performance
  • Consistent approach across your sales team
  • Risk of data corruption or loss eliminated
  • Changes and approvals automatically tracked
  • Actualization of promotions
  • Higher sales & spending forecast accuracy
  • Better control of trade spending
  • Better collaboration on deductions; faster processing, increased recovery of invalid claims

Related Resources

What I Learned About the Future of Pricing & Promotion at NRF’s Big Show 

Deduction Management: Processes, Resources, and Tools Used as CPG/FMCG Brands Grow

Route-to-Market Summit

  • Oct. 8, 2026
  • Los Angeles

Elevate New York- May 2026

  • May. 13, 2026
  • New York, NY

RGM Summit- Autumn

  • Nov. 12, 2026
  • London

RGM Summit- Spring

  • May. 7, 2026
  • London

CPG Data Summit ’26

  • May. 14, 2026
  • New York, NY

Bringing Clarity at Every Stage of the Journey

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Trade Promotion Managment

Supports annual planning, execution, and analysis of accounts.
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TPO

Trade Promotion Optimization

Augment TPM with added intelligence, simulations and reporting capabilities.
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IBP

Integrated Business Planning

Provides capabilities to support annual operating plan definition.
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Revenue Growth Management

Facilitates advanced analysis by providing deeper insight into margin opportunities.
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