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Vendor

A 1P vendor walks into the annual negotiation with the real number

How the engagement ran

1

Challenge

A vendor had accepted three consecutive annual terms without a reconciled view of chargebacks, allowances and unclaimed shortages.

2

Strategy

Reconstruct Net PPM from settlement data, then separate deductions into disputable and preventable before the negotiation opened.

3

Execution

Shortage claims filed inside the window with evidence packs; prep and labelling instructions rewritten at the warehouse to stop the recurring chargeback codes.

4

AI & technology

Vendor Net PPM Calculator, run against the account's own remittance data.

5

Result

The negotiation opened from a documented position instead of an estimate.

Client identity and performance metrics for this engagement are published only with the client's written approval. Where you see no number, it is because that approval is not yet in place — not because there was no result.
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