In today's fast-paced supply chain, maintaining healthy and transparent relationships with trading partners is more crucial than ever. Whether you're managing customer rebates, supplier rebates, or overseeing a buying group, the key to fostering these relationships lies in clear communication and shared insights.
This is where Enable's Partner Dashboard comes into play, offering a comprehensive solution to streamline collaboration and drive mutual growth. Here's a guide to getting started with Partner Dashboard and leveraging its features to boost your trading partnerships.
What is Partner Dashboard?
Partner Dashboard is an extension of Enable's Collaborator, designed to provide trading partners with a single source of truth for all trading agreements and progress towards goals. It allows users to share insights obtained from the Progress Tracker with their collaborators, ensuring both parties are always on the same page. This transparency not only minimizes discrepancies and disputes but also strengthens the trust between partners, paving the way for more strategic and profitable collaborations.
Customers also using Enable often receive requests from their Collaborators to provide reports, insights and attainment. Traditionally this can be a slow or infrequent process for both the users receiving these requests and the Collaborator. With Partner Dashboard, you can share a link to your progress tracker with your Collaborator, and they will get a filtered view just to their data!
Benefits for Buying Groups
For a Buying Group, Partner Dashboard makes it easy to see a single source of truth between the group and its members. You can increase the value you provide to your members by seeing how close they are to rebate thresholds and incentivize their behaviour to boost their bottom line.
The main benefits include:
- Transparency: Allow members to independently access their data, promoting a culture of trust and self-service.
- Collaboration Boost: Transform members into active participants in the rebate process, fostering a sense of community and shared goals.
- Efficiency Gains: Dramatically reduce administrative burdens, freeing up resources for strategic activities.
- Enhanced Earnings: Provide insights into strategic margin improvement opportunities, leading to increased earnings for the group.
Benefits for Companies Managing Supplier Rebates
- Build Trust: Enhance trust by openly sharing expenditure information related to ongoing programs.
- Collaboration: Foster a collaborative environment by involving suppliers in identifying and improving rebate programs.
- Adaptability: Enable swift joint responses to changes in market conditions or supply chain dynamics, maintaining competitiveness.
Benefits for Companies Managing Customer Rebates
- Trust and Transparency: Empower customers with the ability to access their data whenever needed, fostering trust and openness.
- Increased Loyalty: Strengthen relationships by assisting customers in achieving their rebate targets, enhancing loyalty.
- Improved Efficiency: Minimize the need for reporting requests, significantly reducing administrative tasks and saving time.
- Influence Buying Behavior: Guide customers towards purchasing decisions that align with more profitable products, optimizing sales strategies.
- Volume Increase: Accelerate sales by proactively showcasing opportunities for margin improvement, encouraging more frequent purchases.
Getting Started with Partner Dashboard
Once a trading partner accepts an invitation to join Collaborator, both parties gain access to shared trading programs and can begin to benefit from the insights Partner Dashboard offers. Here's how to set it up:
- Invite Your Trading Partners: The first step is to invite your trading partners to join Collaborator. This can be done directly within the Enable platform, where you can send invites and manage your collaborators.
- Access Partner Dashboard: Once your trading partners have accepted the invite, you can access Partner Dashboard from within Collaborator. Here, you'll find a comprehensive view of all shared trading programs and their progress.
- Share Insights with Progress Tracker: Partner Dashboard integrates seamlessly with Enable's Progress Tracker, allowing you to share real-time insights with your trading partners. This includes tracking progress towards rebate targets, ensuring both parties are aligned on goals and expectations.
Schedule a demo for a more in depth walkthrough of Partner Dashboard.