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| | EPPS (Efficient Program Planning Sessions)® category-specific events consist of one-on-one planning sessions scheduled between buyers and sellers to review new items, marketing initiatives and strategic direction. | | | | | | | | |
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- Streamline presentation of new items to your buyers or customers, as well as seasonal programs, promotions and displays
- Record all pertinent meeting information: items of interest, notes from both parties & next steps
- Recap Email enables immediate follow-up for all parties with key information and retailer custom forms
- Download of spreadsheets and custom item forms saves time & eliminates paperwork
- Use at EPPS events or for any meeting year-round
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What Does It Cost?
MarketGate is now available to all companies for a site license fee that covers all associates at your company. Site licenses include access to all MarketGate tools, to include: download to PDFs, PowerPoint and Excel, Analytics & Insights and BASE Rating.
For more information on MarketGate and a site license for your company, please contact David Shafer at dshafer@ecrm.marketgate.com or 440-498-0500. |
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| | | | |  | Promotional Planning |
- Search ads from over 130 retailers across 650 categories in hundreds of markets
- BASE rating scores ads dynamically to provide accurate measure of effectiveness
- Ad analytics and insights provides trend analysis, downloads to excel, PDF and power
points
- Planning ties histories to POS, BASE Rating and analytics to streamline future event
planning
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|  | Product Catalog |
- Includes hi and low res image and comprehensive central data store of over 500 data fields
- Download product files to custom online, PDF or excel catalogs which may be emailed to reps, brokers, wholesalers & customers
- Facilitates automatic download to retailer custom formats or to retailer custom item forms and buyer spreadsheets. Retailers can publish catalogs, to include vendor items, to their stores for ordering or viewing
- NEW SERVICE: ECRM now offers a product imaging service, click to learn more!
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|  | Scorecard Manager |
- Create scorecards, surveys, company profiles or evaluations
- Send to customers, suppliers, brokers, 3rd party providers, or internal organizations
- Points may be applied to answers and sections may be weighted as to importance
- Unlimited application includes global sourcing, sustainable/ethical sourcing, diversity
supplier rationalization, outsourcing areas of law, report cards, performance reviews, and more
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|  | Contact Manager |
- Organize internal and external contacts by functional area
- Store company and personal information, products, scorecards and communication logs
- Streamline mass communication to internal and external groups
- Used in conjunction with product catalog and promo tools, Contact Manager can increase
speed to market and enable streamlined sales functionality
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What Does It Cost?
MarketGate is now available to all companies for a site license fee that covers all associates at your company. Site licenses include access to all MarketGate tools, to include: download to PDFs, PowerPoint and Excel, Analytics & Insights and BASE Rating.
For more information on MarketGate and a site license for your company, please contact David Shafer at dshafer@ecrm.marketgate.com or 440-498-0500. |
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| | | | | | Ad Histories |
- Circular ads two year history
- 130 retailers in 9 channels across over 650
categories
- Search by representative market; all major markets across the country;
or custom market by city name or zip code
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|  | The BASE Rating™ |
- The BASE Rating is a powerful circular advertising rating system which dynamically
scores ads to measure effectiveness
- Developed by ECRM for Wall Street, BASE Rating is now being used to predict shifts
in market share prior to the availability of POS.
- BASE Rating, now available to CPG companies, evaluates the ad for each brand according
to 10 criteria which includes scoring factors for competitive activity at that retailer
as well as other retailers
- Retailers can use BASE Rating to help them develop more powerful, consumer friendly
ads and suppliers can use it to improve return on investment.
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|  | Promotional Planning |
- Create national events, attach FSI’s, media, products and displays, allocate funding
by channel, team or leader
- Set up feeds from IRI, Nielsen or POS to evaluate performance and streamline future
event planning
- Download planning data and item specs to retailer custom forms and buyer spreadsheets
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|  | Ad Analytics and Insights |
- Standard reports available for each ad search
- Customized reporting
- Downloads to Excel, PDF or PowerPoint
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What Does It Cost?
MarketGate is now available to all companies for a site license fee that covers all associates at your company. Site licenses include access to all MarketGate tools, to include: download to PDFs, PowerPoint and Excel, Analytics & Insights and BASE Rating.
For more information on MarketGate and a site license for your company, please contact David Shafer at dshafer@ecrm.marketgate.com or 440-498-0500. |
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| | | | | | Products |
- Includes hi and low res image and comprehensive central data store of over 500 data fields
- Download product files to custom online, PDF or excel catalogs which may be emailed to reps, brokers, wholesalers & customers
- Facilitates automatic download to retailer custom formats or to retailer custom item forms and buyer spreadsheets. Retailers can publish catalogs, to include vendor items, to their stores for ordering or viewing
- NEW SERVICE: ECRM now offers a product imaging service, click to learn more!
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What Does It Cost?
MarketGate is now available to all companies for a site license fee that covers all associates at your company. Site licenses include access to all MarketGate tools, to include: download to PDFs, PowerPoint and Excel, Analytics & Insights and BASE Rating.
For more information on MarketGate and a site license for your company, please contact David Shafer at dshafer@ecrm.marketgate.com or 440-498-0500. |
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| | | | | | Scorecards |
- Create scorecards, surveys, company profiles or evaluations
- Send to customers, suppliers, brokers, 3rd party providers or, internal organizations
- Points may be applied to answers and sections may be weighted as to importance
- Unlimited application includes global sourcing, sustainable/ethical sourcing, diversity
supplier rationalization, outsourcing areas of law, report cards, performance reviews
and, more
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What Does It Cost?
MarketGate is now available to all companies for a site license fee that covers all associates at your company. Site licenses include access to all MarketGate tools, to include: download to PDFs, PowerPoint and Excel, Analytics & Insights and BASE Rating.
For more information on MarketGate and a site license for your company, please contact David Shafer at dshafer@ecrm.marketgate.com or 440-498-0500. |
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| | | | | | Contacts |
- Organize internal and external contacts by functional area
- Store company and personal information, products, scorecards and communication logs
- Streamline mass communication to internal and external groups
- Used in conjunction with product catalog and promo tools, Contact Manager can increase
speed to market and enable streamlined sales functionality
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What Does It Cost?
MarketGate is now available to all companies for a site license fee that covers all associates at your company. Site licenses include access to all MarketGate tools, to include: download to PDFs, PowerPoint and Excel, Analytics & Insights and BASE Rating.
For more information on MarketGate and a site license for your company, please contact David Shafer at dshafer@ecrm.marketgate.com or 440-498-0500. |
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| | | | |  | Contacts | | Search our database of over 100,000 manufacturers located throughout the world. Organize contacts to fit your business needs and email perspecitve trading partners. |
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|  | Scorecard | | Create custom questionaires, surveys or scorecards for information gathering or to qualify potential business partners. Generate questionnaires from scratch or with the use of one of our standard templates. Email and reporting applications are provided for sending out scorecards and evaluating results. |
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|  | Products | | Search for new products by category, sub category, brand or manufacturer. Download retailer custom item forms or high-res images. Create custom catalogs of items of interest for viewing or ordering. |
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|  | The BRC launches its highly acclaimed Global Standards in North America... | | The BRC Global Standards are a leading global safety and quality certification program used throughout the world by over 12,000 certificated suppliers in 90 countries through a network of over 80 accredited and BRC recognized Certification Bodies. The BRC are working closely with ECRM to raise the profile of product safety standards in the food and consumer product industries. |
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What Does It Cost?
MarketGate is now available to all companies for a site license fee that covers all associates at your company. Site licenses include access to all MarketGate tools, to include: download to PDFs, PowerPoint and Excel, Analytics & Insights and BASE Rating.
For more information on MarketGate and a site license for your company, please contact David Shafer at dshafer@ecrm.marketgate.com or 440-498-0500. |
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| | | | | | Industry Events | | Complete listing of all ECRM as well as competitive trade events throughout the world - a perfect tool for planning your yearly event attendance. |
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|  | Industry Links | | Looking for industry associations, consultants or services? Our Industry Links section includes consultants, brokers, financial services, logistics services, market research companies, planogram services and many others. |
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|  | ECRM Career Center | | ECRM has exciting opportunities for talented individuals interested in Information Technology, Web Development, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Advertising, Marketing, Client Relations, International Business and Sales. |
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| | Industry Career Center | | ECRM's Industry Career Center connects job seekers and employers throughout the CPG industry. Job seekers can post resumes and search for opportunities while employers can post openings and search for qualified candidates. |
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|  | Broker Portal | | Brokers and manufacturer representatives occupy an important role in the supply chain and ECRM maintains an extensive directory of brokers. Use the Broker Portal to find brokers by category, location, international capabilities or other criteria. |
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|  | Diversity Portal | | The MarketGate Diversity Portal enables corporations and businesses to attract new customers and buy their goods and services. This comprehensive tool will help corporate supplier diversity managers, and minority business owners maximize their productivity. |
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What Does It Cost?
MarketGate is now available to all companies for a site license fee that covers all associates at your company. Site licenses include access to all MarketGate tools, to include: download to PDFs, PowerPoint and Excel, Analytics & Insights and BASE Rating.
For more information on MarketGate and a site license for your company, please contact David Shafer at dshafer@ecrm.marketgate.com or 440-498-0500. |
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