Background Indian FMCG companies use two primary sales channels to market, distribute and sell their products i.e. General Trade (abbreviated as GT) and Modern Trade (abbreviated as MT). General trade is the first model that came into being before the... Continue reading
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Introduction How many Indian companies in your professional career have you seen implementing a robust, comprehensive, automation-driven and scalable key performance indicators (KPI) framework for any business function, leave alone sales? I am pretty sure the count is low, if... Continue reading
Introduction Van Sales or Ready-Stock Sales has been a common and successful distribution model for the Indian FMCG industry. Simply putting, van sales is when a company by-passes the typical order cycle of its supply chain and delivers products directly... Continue reading
What is Sales Analytics? Ask any entrepreneur or CXO the single most important aspect of running a successful business, 99 out of 100 times the answer would be predictable and consistent sales. That's because sales is the logical culmination of... Continue reading
Introduction DMS or Distribution Management System is essentially a software that sits between a FMCG manufacturer say Britannia Industries Limited (one of India’s leading food companies with a 100 year legacy) and an FMCG retailer say 37 Krishna Super Marche... Continue reading
Around 500 million smartphone users in 2019 Average selling price of a fully-loaded smartphone INR 7000 43% of wireless telecom subscribers (pan-India) from rural areas Cheapest mobile data in the world at INR 18.5 / GB Average monthly data usage... Continue reading
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