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Multi-National, Multi-Division TPM Partnership with Nestlé

With Blacksmith’s trade software, Nestlé has produced more than 14,000 trade programs and over 2.6 million billback transactions. Learn more.

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Clorox Hits Home Run with Complex Solution Delivery

The Clorox Professional Division streamlined its trade management processes to build real results.

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Conagra’s Commitment to Trade Spend Excellence

Conagra prioritizes automated trade spend for results and uses their voice to show other CPG companies best practices in TPM.

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Multi-Channel Trade Spend Success with Butterball

Butterball was ready for an integrated trade promotion management process that included planning and P&L management.

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Trade Management Business Partner: Lantmännen Unibake

Blacksmith's foodservice TPM "isn’t just a systematic tool, it’s a partnership," explains  Lantmännen Unibake's Commercial Controller.

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Tyson Foods Awarded for Systems Innovation

Tyson upgraded from its legacy trade promotion management tool to Blacksmith TPM due to inefficiencies and time consuming functionality.

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TPO Achievement Award Goes to Land O’Lakes

Land O'Lakes implemented Blacksmith TPO solution which streamlined its business processes and analytical work to help it gain control of the trade investment.

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Lactalis American Group Wins Deduction Management Award

During Smoke Jumpers XVIII, Lactalis American Group was awarded for its impressive results using Blacksmith TPM, winning the customer award for deduction management.

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Land O’Lakes Accepts Customer Award for Workflow Automation

Congratulations to the team at Land O’Lakes! Land O’Lakes’ deduction balance is 20% less than what it had been historically, a really impressive result.

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Koch Foods Receives Award for Adoption of Best Practices

Koch Foods really took the time to learn what approach would produce the best payout. They’re using TPM to maximize their efforts.

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KraftHeinz Wins Blacksmith Applications Award for Evangelism

KraftHeinz is in the beginning stages of implementing Blacksmith TPM to a business unit that did not have a trade system in the past.

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The 7 Most Popular Blacksmith Blogs | 2017

As the countdown to 2018 begins, we took a look back at what content was most helpful and relevant to you. This blog review features our most-read trade spend posts of 2017.

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Pilgrim’s Wins Award for Implementation from Legacy TPM System

Pilgrim's implemented Blacksmith TPM in 5 months and successfully converted trade processes from its legacy system.

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Smithfield Awarded for TPM Integration

Blacksmith Applications recognized Smithfield Foods with the customer award for superior integration with an enterprise platform.

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Tyson Foods Wins Blacksmith Applications Brand Evangelism Award

Tyson Foods was recognized for their commitment to industry excellence in trade promotion management.

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Nestlé Awarded for Expansion of TPM Capabilities

Nestlé expands TPM capabilities. Nestlé, one of the world’s most notable food companies, implemented Blacksmith TPM in 2016.

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Smucker’s Wins Blacksmith Applications Award for Insight Generation

Smucker’s took home the customer award for adoption of our trade promotion analytics platform.