Consumer Goods

Separate the products that sell from the products that create profit.

Optifi connects product cost, packaging, batch economics, trade spend, returns and channel fulfilment to show what every SKU and customer contributes after the full cost of complexity.

Management signalFully absorbed SKU and range cost
01The management question
What distorts margin

Which parts of the portfolio create contribution after complexity and channel cost?

Consumer portfolios expand through variants, new launches, smaller batches and channel-specific packs. Promotions, e-commerce fulfilment, returns and markdowns then create a wide gap between gross margin and net profit.

01Materials, labour and packaging
02Batch size and SKU complexity
03Trade spend, discounts and promotions
04Returns, markdowns and obsolescence
05Retail, e-commerce and fulfilment activity
Connected in OptifiTrue profitability
02What matters to leadership
The economics management must see

Focus the model on the decisions that determine profit.

01

True SKU economics

What matters

Variants, pack sizes, changeovers and short runs increase conversion cost in ways that standard category margins cannot reveal.

How Optifi helps

Optifi calculates actual and standard cost by SKU and range, including batch, packaging, changeover and complexity effects.

02

Portfolio decisions

What matters

New products and long-tail SKUs absorb development, inventory and operating attention even when revenue is modest.

How Optifi helps

Optifi combines lifecycle and operating cost with volume and margin to test launches, rationalisation and mix scenarios.

03

Promotion effectiveness

What matters

Trade spend can lift volume while reducing net profit once discount, cannibalisation, handling and fulfilment are considered.

How Optifi helps

Optifi connects promotional investment to product and customer economics so management can compare incremental revenue with incremental profit.

04

Channel profitability

What matters

Retail, marketplace, direct-to-consumer and e-commerce channels have different fulfilment, return, service and working-capital demands.

How Optifi helps

Optifi assigns channel-specific cost to orders and customers, revealing net profitability and the economics of service choices.

03Automated profitability process
One governed model

Connect portfolio complexity to net product and customer profit.

Stratic configures Optifi to automate product, production, trade-promotion, order, returns and finance data. The model calculates fully absorbed SKU cost and extends it through customer and channel activity to net portfolio profitability.

01Extract

ERP + operational systems

02Reconcile

Finance + operational controls

03Allocate

Direct + indirect cost

04Report

Dashboards + review packs

05Act

Decisions + accountability

04Reporting rhythm
Insight without the reporting delay

Management reporting at the cadence your business requires.

Give category, commercial, supply-chain and finance teams the same view of SKU, promotion and channel economics.

DailyEmerging varianceOperating exceptions while action is still possible.
WeeklyPerformance trendAccountability, movement and corrective action.
MonthlyProfitability reviewReconciled cost, allocation and profit performance.
Close + 1 dayManagement packAvailable one day after month-end close.
05Where management acts
Decision-ready profitability

Manage assortment and growth against net contribution.

Explain margin through product complexity, price, mix, promotion, returns, inventory and fulfilment.

01
Fully absorbed SKU and range costTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
02
Customer and channel profitabilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
03
Promotion and return accountabilityTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
04
Evidence-based portfolio decisionsTraceable to approved data, drivers and allocation rules.
06Where to start
Begin with one material question

Start with one category, range, channel or customer group.

Discuss your use case
01SKU and range profitability
02Promotion and trade-spend return
03New-product and rationalisation scenarios
04Customer, channel and fulfilment cost
Consumer Goods

Ready to identify the products that truly contribute?

Automate SKU, customer and channel profitability across the commercial cycle.