AI Agents for Distribution Companies

A leading frozen foods distributor managed millions of dollars of temperature-sensitive inventory across its refrigerated fleet but had no visibility into trailer temperatures during overnight hours. This created a significant risk of product spoilage, inventory loss, and customer service disruptions.

A $50 million consumer packaged goods (CPG) brand was struggling with the growing complexity of trade promotion management. Despite investing heavily in a traditional TPM platform, many critical processes remained manual, including trade planning, accrual management, deduction reconciliation, customer profitability reporting, and trade spend analysis. The company was spending approximately $180,000 annually on TPM software while dedicating significant internal resources to managing promotions, deductions, and reporting activities.

A $250M+ frozen food manufacturer managed inventory across multiple third-party warehouses and cold storage facilities. Accurate inventory visibility was critical for supply planning, production scheduling, customer service, and inventory management. However, the company relied on a highly manual inventory reporting process that required data from twelve separate sources, including warehouse portals and accounting system reports, to be downloaded, reconciled, and consolidated twice each day.

A leading business services provider supported multiple consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies with aggregate annual sales exceeding $800 million. The organization was responsible for transcribing retailer deduction documentation, validating deductions against trade promotion planners, proof-of-performance documents, and promotional contracts across multiple customers, channels, and retailer platforms. As client volumes increased, the process of extracting, validating, and transferring retailer data into spreadsheets, reports, and operational dashboards became increasingly dependent on manual labor.