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Industry-Leading Foodservice Trade Promotion Management

Brands of every size agree. Our foodservice trade management software and sales enablement platform offer you the best functionality on the market.

Smarter, Faster Foodservice Trade Promotion Management Capabilities

Spend money smarter and manage contracts more efficiently with the industry-leading foodservice trade promotion management solution.

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Built by CPG industry veterans to meet your specific foodservice trade spending needs.

  • Manage Contracts
  • Approve Claims
  • Track Deductions and Budgets
  • Analyze Data

Our foodservice trade promotion management capabilities represent a portion of the broader Blacksmith TPM solution, which can be customized as a platform to manage trade across all segments of your business.

Learn About The Total TPM Platform

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“Plan trade more strategically”

“The user interface lets people become more efficient. Blacksmith is focused on foodservice and knows what we’re looking for in reporting and analysis. The Blacksmith team has been great to work with.”

Charles Boger
Senior Director of Pricing, Tyson Foods
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These Foodservice Manufacturers Rely On Us

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Achieve Revenue Targets

Foodservice manufacturers and sales brokers can attain revenue growth more easily with Blacksmith Sales Enablement software – a comprehensive platform that includes everything you need to run a world-class foodservice sales organization. 

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Data Management

Create the ideal product resource for your teams. We mapped all the relationships between foodservice customers, products, and sales teams, creating the ultimate foodservice database.

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CRM & Go-To-Market

Reduce administrative time and support sales activation with a CRM pre-loaded with foodservice customer data. With this solution, minimize the database upkeep and maximize your output.

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Analytics & Insights

Combine technology and customer mapping to achieve just-in-time performance insights. Integrated data unlocks a world of customized insights for your sales team.

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Support

Lean into our team to get the most of your software. We know the foodservice business and will ensure that the technology and training provided will solve problems at every level.

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Track Every Contract Lifecycle

From contract entry to approval, the entire contract lifecycle is contained in one scalable, easily modified foodservice trade promotion management platform, giving you:

  • Visibility
  • Control
  • Accountability

No matter the program, our systems set your team up for success.

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Enter

With our cloud-based contract entry system, you can enter, access, and modify data from any connected system.

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Manage

Improved visibility and permission settings enable user-based privileges, simple tracking, and increase efficiency.

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Approve

Initiate contract foodservice program approval workflows based on business rules and user profiles with a simple user interface.

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Monitor Claims From Receipt To Resolution

Make sure you’re only paying what’s approved by easily validating claims against contracts.

  • Input
    Easily upload and input claims for simplified, efficient processing.
  • Validate
    Validate distributor claims against approved contracts to protect against double dipping.
  • Resolve
    Track and resolve outstanding claims within a single interface.

Match Deductions and Track Budgets

Improve your deduction visibility to reduce expenses and increase ROI.

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Match Deductions

Easily match open deductions to invoices and identify distributor deductions.

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Enhance Profitability

Reduce the quantity of deductions and expenses to grow revenue.

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Catch Double Dipping

Improve alignment across deductions and halt double dipping.

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Track Budgets

Access dashboards to review and monitor foodservice trade budget funds.

Analyze Your Foodservice Promotion Profits

Create and share reports that seamlessly pull data from across the platform to help your team make better decisions.

  • Access Reports

    Use one of over 275 pre-structured reports or easily customize and create your own to share with your team.

  • Navigate With Ease

    Our user-friendly dashboard houses all the functions you need, and self-service drag and drop technology simplifies pivot reporting.

  • Analyze Data

    Use real-time insights to inform decisions. Increase ROI and make better decisions with real data at your fingertips.

  • Advanced Analytics

    Visual dashboards offer you critical business insights at a glance. Quickly gain visibility into performance and profitability.

Making A Difference For These Foodservice Focused CPGs

Find out how other foodservice manufacturers use our TPM solution to solve their biggest challenges.

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Foodservice Expertise Is The Greatest Benefit

“The greatest benefit with Blacksmith is that they 100% have experience in foodservice.”

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Result: 8-Point Increase In System Satisfaction Score

“Blacksmith knows the food industry, which is huge to us. They are familiar with our terminology and they understand our business.”

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Making Business More Profitable

“We chose Blacksmith to gain granularity and visibility to local trade deals. It was a big opportunity.”

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Keep Up With The Latest From The Foodservice Industry

Foodservice news and trends to educate and inform. Visit the Resource Hub

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Foodservice Blogs

Read about everything from the Sysco category management conundrum to the woes and wonders of local trade marketing.

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Resources

Foodservice Resources

Download glossaries, checklists and roadmaps that will educate and challenge your teams as they tackle trade.

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Case Studies

Case Studies

Watch real customers tell unscripted stories about overcoming challenges and achieving real results.

A Foodservice Trade Promotion Management Solution You Can Count On

There’s a better way to manage and optimize trade promotions. Our foodservice software trade is the only solution built with industry expertise and analysis at every step.

See for yourself what Blacksmith TPM and TPO can do for you.

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