Mandatory Data (PO)

warning Please note: Accelerate PO Package has very similar data requirements as Sales Insights Package. Just pay attention to the slightly different purpose of the Product/Customer attributes in the two packages. It is encouraged to deploy Accelerate Sales Insights Package first and include all Product/Customer fields that you will need for the segmentation right away.

You can use this Excel Template to get an idea what the data could look like:

Sample_Data_Structure.xlsx

Type

Data

Fields

Use Case

Transaction Data

Sales Data (Transactions)

  • Unique Id (String)

  • Product Id (String)

  • Customer Id (String) – mandatory if customer master is deployed

  • Pricing Date (Date)

  • Invoice Price (Money/Number)

  • Gross Margin (Money/Number)

  • Gross Margin Rate (needs to be added as a calculated field in Datamart after deployment. It is “Gross Margin / Invoice Price”)

  • Quantity (Quantity/Number)

Optional:

  • Currency (you need filled Ccy Datamart when using currency)

  • UoM

Transaction data is essential for price optimization process.

 

warning Product/Customer master data should be provided in a separate data structure if it is to be used in segmentation and deal guidance.

Master Data

Product

  • Product Id

  • Product Name

  • Up to 30 custom attributes

Product and Customer master data is used to drive the segmentation process.

Good examples for Product Dimensions are:

Product:

  • Product hierarchy

  • Brand

  • Product performance markers

    • Competitive / Captive

    • Product Lifecycle

    • Basic / Premium Products

Customer:

  • Regional Data / Org Data

    • Country

    • Region

    • Sales Office

    • Sales Org

  • Customer performance markers

    • Loyalty

    • Size / Classification

 

These Dimensions are used in the Optimization model to drive the segmentation of the model. Each segment will be optimized separately.

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Try to add as many product attributes as possible to make sure the Machine Learning Algorithms can evaluate the most optimized segmentation tree.

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Customer

  • Customer Id

  • Customer Name

  • Up to 30 custom attributes