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  3. Commercial adjustment review
Process · Commercial adjustment review

Commercial adjustment review

Review promotional and launch assumptions before they enter consensus.

Step by step

  1. Activity scope Marketing Manager

    Marketing Manager selects the item, market and applicable dates for a promotion and supplies the introduction assumptions for review.

    • Fixes item and time scope
    • Updates Promotions, NP is, Items
  2. Assumption Marketing Manager

    Record expected uplift and confidence for the promotion; for a launch, record peak quantity, ramp duration and curve references.

    • States uplift or ramp shape
    • Updates Launch curves, Launch curve shape points, Promotions, NP is
  3. Commercial review Demand Planning Manager

    The deciding reviewer checks the affected planning entity and period forecasts before approving a submitted record.

    • Records an approved decision
    • Updates Promotions, NP is, Planning entities
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  4. Period comparison Demand Planner

    Demand Planner compares the promotion assumption and adjusted amount with the statistical baseline.

    • Compares baseline and adjusted amounts
    • Updates Promotions, Forecasts
  5. Consensus handoff Marketing Manager

    Marketing Manager explains the approved assumption in the cycle's contribution discussion.

    • Carries reason into cycle review
    • Updates Consensus contributions, Consensus plans
Marketing Manager
Prepares activity; Demand Planning Manager reviews the decision; Demand Planner checks forecast amounts.

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