Profitability Manager FAQ

Profitability Manager FAQ

• Where does Profitability Manager get the substitute product recommendations?

  Profitability Manager makes sub recommendations using Acsellerate’s proprietary cross-reference database.

• What about my custom items?

  Profitability Manager can recommend your custom items and even your stocked items, too! Just indicate a similar item to your custom SKU in the Item Mapper and Profitability Manager will recommend your product for ALL items that match that SKU.

• Does Profitability Manager only provide exact matches?

  That’s up to you! Each time you run the report you can indicate if you want to add “like” matches where the UOM differs.

• Is it going to return product results of items I don’t sell?

  No, the Profitability Manager will review your item management to ensure that the recommended sub is available for sale in your system.

• Do I need to manage the substitute database?

  Nope. The cross reference database is updated with new subs and new products so that you don’t have to worry about manually maintaining this data.

• Is this data pulled in real-time?

  Yes! The report is pulled in real-time, through an API, with current customer price plans and cost of goods at the time that the report is run.

• What cost of goods is used in the analysis?

  We figured this out, too! If you stock the product and have it “on hand,” it will return the stocked cost of goods.

• What sell price is suggested for the substitute items?

  The original item price is suggested as a baseline for the substitute item, but you can update this price within the application and the margin and savings will recalculate. We provide substitute item sell prices and cost of goods so that you have all the information you need to decide the right price for the sub. You can even choose to automatically calculate a new sell price based on a percentage of savings for the customer.

• Is there a customer-facing report?

  Yes! After you have completed your analysis, you can create a customer-facing report and send selected sub items to the Customer Business Review.