Worked scenario
Honoured a manufacturer scheme that closed on the fifteenth
Manufacturer schemes are the retailer's margin, and honouring one outside its terms converts a promotion into a loss.
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A manufacturer runs an exchange or cashback scheme. The shop applies it, funds the discount at the point of sale, and claims reimbursement afterwards.
The gap between applying and claiming
A scheme applied outside its dates, or on an ineligible model, is not reimbursed. The shop discovers this at settlement, weeks later, by which time the customer is long gone.
Claims need tracking as receivables
Scheme claims are money owed by the manufacturer. Retailers that track them as such recover materially more than those who treat settlement statements as arriving correct.
What changes
- Scheme terms and dates recorded where the sale is made
- Eligibility checked at billing rather than recalled
- Claims tracked against schemes so shortfalls are visible
- Unreimbursed claims chased rather than absorbed
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