Flintfox has appointed New Zealand based Koorb Consulting Ltd a Partner for their Trade Promotion management solutions. “With Koorb’s track record of over half of the Microsoft Dynamics AX (Axapta) installations in New Zealand combined with our latest tailored offering ‘Trade+ for Dynamics’ we are targeting local businesses as well as the off-shore multinationals our previous TPM solutions were devoted to” said Mike Ridgway, MD at Flintfox.

Nicholas Birch, Managing Director of Koorb Consulting, says that “the Flintfox solution will provide our FMCG customers with an affordable, off the shelf, solution that can be configured to cater to their individual needs for promotions, rebates and related trade spend activities. We look forward to our customers being able to immediately leverage the global experience that has been embodied in the Trade+ for Dynamics product.”

Trade+ for Dynamics extends Dynamics AX functionality by providing an integrated means of managing all aspects of promotions, rebates and complex pricing requirements that are generally the bane of Consumer Goods companies. The specialised functions required are well outside the scope of standard ERP solutions. Despite the ever increasing pressure to better manage costs and expenditure in the highly competitive Consumer Goods industry, commentators Aberdeen, TPMA and others report disparate tools and methodologies still being used to attempt management of Trade Promotion data and risks. Trade+ for Dynamics presents the means to truly manage TPM; tools to plan the most effective programs, with smarts like workflow controls to ensure efficient yet compliant collaboration, plus audit methods expected of a modern system dispensing trade funds that at times reach 30% of sales revenue.