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Your channel team sees who’s behind pace before year-end

Your channel managers, regional reps and buyers ask Workd out loud for contract pace, tier risk, rebate exposure and lead times, and log calls and draft orders the same way. Run your manufacturing business by voice.

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The reality

Revenue runs through channels your team can’t see

Manufacturers sell through distributors, buying groups, direct accounts and national contracts, with rebate programs and chargebacks layered on top. Revenue depends on contract commitments, volume thresholds, tiered pricing and sell-through.

But the data lives in ERP systems, distributor reports, spreadsheets, rep notes and rebate platforms. Your channel team finds out too late which distributors are behind pace, which contracts are at risk, where pricing is eroding and which end users should be served directly.

Distributor underperformance shows up at year-end
Accounts slip below pricing tiers without warning
Rebate and chargeback exposure hits the P&L late
Direct and indirect sales sit in separate reports
Manufacturing

See every distributor’s pace before year-end.

A channel manager and a distributor partner meeting in an office above the factory floor
A day in a manufacturer

The same day, run two ways

  1. 7:00 AMLine 3 parts request
    Today

    Maintenance fills out a paper parts request for a failed motor on Line 3. Purchasing won’t see it until mid-morning.

    With Workd

    The maintenance lead describes the motor to Workd at shift start. It identifies the part, checks stock across branches and vendors and puts the request in front of purchasing with the ETA.

  2. 9:00 AMVendor lead times
    Today

    A buyer spends the morning calling vendors about lead times on imported bearings and tracking the answers in a spreadsheet.

    With Workd

    The buyer asks Workd for current lead times from every vendor and reviews only the exceptions. Standard items were already reordered at the right time.

  3. 10:30 AMChannel review
    Today

    A channel manager waits for distributor reports to find out who’s behind on their commitment. By then it’s nearly year-end.

    With Workd

    The channel manager asks Workd which distributors are behind pace. Two of five are, and Workd says what order keeps each one in its pricing tier.

  4. 1:00 PMMRO spend report
    Today

    The CFO asks for the monthly MRO spend report. Purchasing spends the afternoon pulling data from several systems and reconciling categories.

    With Workd

    Purchasing asks Workd for the report, with spend by plant, line, vendor and category and anomalies flagged.

  5. 3:00 PMRep in the field
    Today

    A regional rep visits a distributor with last quarter’s spreadsheet and no view of rebate exposure or tier risk.

    With Workd

    The rep asks Workd in the parking lot for the distributor’s pace, tier risk and rebate status, then logs the call and the draft order by voice.

  6. 5:00 PMSecond-shift sensor
    Today

    The second-shift supervisor can’t find a replacement sensor in a confusing catalog. The line stays down until someone who knows the system arrives.

    With Workd

    The supervisor describes the sensor to Workd by equipment and location. It identifies the part and says where it sits in the crib, or orders it for next-day delivery.

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How Workd fits

What your team can do with Workd

Distributor contract performance

Channel managers ask which distributors are on pace and which are falling behind, and compare committed volume with actual purchases before year-end.

  • ✓Committed vs. actual volume
  • ✓Distributors behind pace
  • ✓Early intervention

Purchase pace vs. commitments

Run rates tracked against contracted volumes. Workd flags accounts trending behind so your team can step in early.

  • ✓Run-rate tracking
  • ✓Behind-pace alerts
  • ✓Contract thresholds watched

Pricing tier risk

Find accounts at risk of missing pricing tiers or volume thresholds and protect margin before commitments slip.

  • ✓Tier threshold alerts
  • ✓Volume gap analysis
  • ✓Margin protection

Rebate and chargeback exposure

See rebate eligibility, chargeback activity and returns across your channel before they hit your P&L.

  • ✓Rebate eligibility and accruals
  • ✓Chargeback claims and deductions
  • ✓Returns and credits

Direct account opportunities

Find high-volume end users buying through distribution and flag them for direct engagement or national account status.

  • ✓Large purchasers in channel data
  • ✓National account candidates
  • ✓Direct sales expansion

Regional and national reps

Reps ask for a distributor’s pace, tier risk and rebate status before a visit and log the call by talking, so nobody digs through spreadsheets.

  • ✓Briefings by voice
  • ✓Calls and draft orders logged
  • ✓At-risk accounts surfaced
What it does

Built for channel complexity

Tiered pricing programs

Volume-based pricing with tier tracking and threshold alerts, so every account knows where it stands.

  • ✓Tier tracking
  • ✓Threshold alerts
  • ✓Pricing leakage detection

Volume-based rebates

Track eligibility, accruals and exposure across every rebate program.

  • ✓Eligibility
  • ✓Accruals
  • ✓Exposure by program

National contracts

Manage commitments, pricing and performance across national accounts.

  • ✓Commitments
  • ✓Contract pricing
  • ✓Performance by account

Multi-layer distribution

Visibility through master distributors, regional partners and end users, including sell-through performance.

  • ✓Master and regional distributors
  • ✓Sell-through tracking
  • ✓End-user visibility

Direct and indirect in one view

National accounts, distributor stocking orders and sell-through, rebate activity and chargebacks consolidated in one commercial view your team can ask about.

  • ✓Direct sales
  • ✓Distributor purchases
  • ✓Rebates, chargebacks and returns

Parts and orders by voice

Plant teams and inside sales ask Workd for stock, lead times, tier pricing and certifications, and it drafts the order in your ERP. It can also cover customer order calls as a backup.

  • ✓Lead times and MOQ
  • ✓Tier pricing on request
  • ✓Mill certs and documentation
Your numbers

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Move the sliders to match your operation. The result is an estimate from the numbers you enter, not a benchmark.

Estimated annual cost of downtime
 
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Your systems

Works with the ERP you already run

Your team asks out loud and Workd reads live stock across every branch, customer pricing, open orders and account history from your ERP, then writes their visits, quotes and orders back to it. Nothing gets ripped out.

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Questions we hear

Is Workd just another CRM?

No. Manufacturers need commercial control across channels, not just a contact list. Workd connects your ERP, distributor reports and rebate data so your team can ask about contract performance, pricing tiers, rebates and chargebacks and get one answer.

What can my channel team ask Workd?

Which distributors are behind pace, who is at risk of missing a tier, what order keeps them in, rebate and chargeback exposure, and the history of every call. Reps can also log a call or draft an order by talking.

How does Workd know a distributor is behind pace?

Workd compares each distributor’s purchases with its committed volume and run rate, and flags accounts trending behind or at risk of missing a pricing tier while there is still time to act.

Can it find end users we should sell to directly?

Yes. Workd looks through channel data for high-volume end users buying through distribution and flags candidates for direct engagement or national account status.

Which systems does it connect to?

Workd connects to your ERP, distributor portals and rebate systems, including SAP S/4HANA, Oracle NetSuite, Epicor Kinetic, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Infor M3 and CloudSuite.

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