Certainty up and down the chain

Be certain that your distributors, dealers and suppliers are complying with contractual agreements.

StoneBridge Business Partner distributor audits take these considerations into account:

• Are distributors selling what they say they’re selling?
• Are they over-reporting discounts or rebates?
• Is product being diverted to unauthorized parties?
• Is grey market product finding its way onto distributors’ shelves or into their warehouses?
• Are you overpaying rebates because of incorrect reporting of end user sales?
• Is your profitability being reduced by errors or mismanagement in your channel?

What about your supply chain? A supply chain audit examines the following:

• Are you being invoiced at the prices you negotiated?
• Is the product you’re receiving the product you ordered?

If you are a group purchasing organization:

• Are you sure that all eligible products being ordered under your agreements are being reported to you, and all administrative fees are being remitted?
• Is your membership represented accurately?
• Are your members being charged the right prices?

Our ability to recover funds and close loopholes has produced seven to eight-fold returns on investment and prevented tens of millions of dollars more in future losses.

Among the issues with which we have experience:

• pass-through discounts
• cost-plus discounts
• end user rebates
• usage rebates
• chargebacks
• tier pricing
• administrative fees

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For more information about our distributor, dealer, and supplier audits, please contact us today: