$10MM of Cross-Sell Hidden in Plain Sight: Product Affinity at a Mid-Market Manufacturer

Overview: Product Affinity Analytics This case study shows how product affinity analytics uncovered $10MM in hidden cross-sell opportunity at a mid-market manufacturer by applying machine-learning association rules across the full transaction history. Product affinity was the concept leadership beli

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Repairing the Customer Portfolio Tail: $130K of Margin Recovered Without Losing Volume

Overview: Customer Portfolio Tail Repair This case study shows how repairing the customer portfolio tail recovered $130K in annualized margin for a manufacturer — without losing volume — by combining statistical rigor with elasticity-aware pricing moves. The customer portfolio tail was isolated into

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From Discount Chaos to Disciplined Tiers: Redesigning a Manufacturer’s Pricing Architecture

Overview: Pricing Architecture Redesign This case study shows how a data-driven pricing architecture replaced a manufacturer legacy discount stack with a clean, governable metal-tier structure — and aligned every customer to their pricing architecture tier using RFM segmentation and price elasticity

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Protecting $1.6MM of Margin: Price-Cost Discipline and Category Strategy at a Mid-Market Manufacturer

Overview: Price-Cost Discipline at Category Level This case study shows how rigorous price-cost discipline and category-level analytics protected $1.6MM of margin at a mid-market manufacturer by exposing divergence in the largest category before it compounded. Price-cost discipline, applied on a sam

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Building the AI Analytical Foundation: A 93.17 Data Health Score Across 3.56M Transactions

Overview: Data Health Check Methodology This case study shows how a rigorous data health check scored 93.17 across 3.56M distributor transactions, establishing the AI-ready foundation required before any serious pricing or revenue growth analytics can be trusted. The five-dimension data health check

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Turning Purchase Patterns Into Pipeline: $1MM+ Cross-Sell Opportunity Uncovered at an Existing Customer Base

Overview: Cross-Sell Opportunity Analytics This case study shows how a $1MM+ cross-sell opportunity was surfaced through association rule mining at an existing distributor customer base — turning intuition into a measured cross-sell opportunity pipeline. Every customer basket was compared to high-co

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Stemming the Flow: $1.5–$3MM in Sales Recovery Through Customer Retention

Overview: Customer Retention Analytics This case study shows how customer retention analytics, driven by RFM segmentation, recovered between $1.5MM and $3MM in at-risk Showroom sales at a mid-market distributor by flagging churn risk before it hardened into lost revenue. The customer retention progr

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Turning Loss-Making Customers into Margin: 15% Gross Margin Lift at a Mid-Market Distributor

Overview: Gross Margin Lift Playbook This case study shows how an elasticity-driven gross margin lift playbook produced a 15% gross margin lift on chronically loss-making customer-SKUs at a mid-market distributor — without triggering unacceptable volume loss. The gross margin lift was delivered by i

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Reclaiming $1.7MM in Lost Price Realization for a Mid-Market Distributor

Overview: Price Realization Recovery This case study shows how rigorous price realization analytics helped a mid-market distributor reclaim $1.7MM in lost price realization over twelve months — reversing a persistent year-over-year pricing headwind. Disciplined price-cost governance, a same-customer

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Build Post-Acquisition Pricing Capability: A Phased Playbook for Mid-Market Value Creation

As M&A activity is set to accelerate in 2026, turning deal theses into value is critical. Elevated valuations and competition require flawless execution and rapid operationalization of synergies. Most deals fall short because pricing is often postponed post-integration, eroding margins and affec

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