Helping manufacturers navigate disruptive supply chains
during inflationary times to improve profitability
Global manufacturing companies face significant challenges when developing effective pricing strategies and managing customer contracts. Gross margins are no longer sufficient for measuring the profitability of strategic customers. Modern manufacturers must integrate diverse datasets across all processes—from the factory floor to supply chain to sales—to understand the complete profitability for each customer and contract.
Sales teams can:
In the current marketplace, manufacturers are assuming more roles traditionally held by retailers and implementing omnichannel strategies that include ecommerce. This shift enables manufacturers to build more direct consumer relationships and expand their reach, but also adds complexity in pinpointing profitable growth channels and products. With Profit Isle, manufacturers can integrate datasets—from sales, pricing, and inventory, to supply chain and marketing data—to understand which channels and products drive profitable growth.
Sales teams can:
The rapid pace of innovation and change in the manufacturing industry poses challenges in S&OP, particularly in managing fluctuating product demand and supply. Profit Isle helps manufacturers integrate diverse data from ERP, SCM, WMS, third-parties, and even spreadsheets, to understand demand shifts by geography and specific product line—enabling smarter decisions about production capacity, workforce needs, and supplier management.
Sales and operations planning teams can:
Amid the digital evolution of manufacturing toward the factory of the future, adopting a data-driven approach in operations leads to improved product quality, shorter time-to-market, and a more productive workforce. The key to success lies in leveraging data from intelligent factories. With Profit Isle, manufacturers can understand how variances impact the profitability of specific SKUs, customers, and contracts, so they can focus on what changes to make to boost the bottom line.
Operations teams can:
Vendor performance and compliance are two critical components of modern global manufacturing operations, where supply chains are extensive and regulatory environments are complex. Compliance programs generate valuable data that can help improve procurement strategies and supply chain management. Profit Isle integrates purchase order patterns with vendor compliance data to improve visibility into vendor performance based on profitability, helping teams make informed, strategic decisions.
Procurement and operations teams can:
