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SERVING THE RETAIL SECTOR

We optimize – you save

We offer a broad portfolio of innovative, forward-looking services that support indus-

trial and retail companies in the food and nonfood sectors in their daily business – in

particular against the background of increasing digitisation. With nearly 7 decades of

market experience and predominantly long-term cooperation agreements we know

what our partners‘ needs are. Due to the international orientation of MARKANT Group,

we offer our services across national borders and in multiple currencies.

We live for cooperation – Our services optimize processes and reduce costs

Our services promote, optimize and augment the processes of our industry and retail

partners. However, our services never compete with the specific core competencies of

our partners, but instead they respect their entrepreneurial independence and deci-

sion-making freedom. MARKANT‘s fields of business extend from Central Settlement

and payment guarantees to product-based services, data transmission, and financial

services. All the web-based services can be accessed centrally via markant.net – our B2B

online platform. As the interface between industry and retail, we view it as our job to

promote efficient communication between industrial and retail partners. That‘s why we

organize regular forums and exhibitions where manufacturers and purchasers come to-

gether, and where industrial partners present their new products and selected speakers

discuss current industry topics. Our yearly Information Days in the individual countries

offer additional industry platforms and forums as needed for effectively exchanging

ideas.

At the heart of the value-added chain – benefits for industry and retail

We are part of the value-added chain. We collaborate with more than 14,000 industrial

companies and approximately 150 retail partners throughout Europe. In everything that

we do our primary objective is always to provide reliable support for day-to-day indust-

rial and retail processes – both at national and international level.

MARKANT GROUP – THE RELIABLE PARTNER IN THE BACKGROUND

WE OVERCOME BOUNDARIES FOR OUR PARTNERS

Location

Supported entityTarget market

Spain

France

Denmark

Netherlands

Belgium Germany

Switzerland

Italy

Austria

Czech Republic

Poland

Slovakia

HungaryMoldova

Ukraine

Belarus

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

MacedoniaAlbania

Greece

Turkey

China

Bulgaria

Romania

Serbia

Slovenia

Croatia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ireland

United Kingdom

Norway

Sweden

Schweden

Finland

Portugal

Australia

CONTENTS

FINANCE & GUARANTEES

European Central Settlement

ONE GLOBE

MARKANT cost accounting workflow

DATA MANAGEMENT

MARKET RESEARCH

- MARKANT brand promotion price information system

- MARKANT shelf price monitor

- MARKANT Shopper Insights

- MARKANT Commodities Monitoring

MARKANT Product Management Information System

MARKANT product document database

MARKANT mediaBASE

PURCHASING & LOGISTICS

Private labels

Fruit and vegetables

MARKANT analysis and forecasting platform

MARKANT Sourcing Management

MRO24

MRO

MARKANT Procurement Logistics


European Central

Settlement

Reduce costs in

payment transactions

You can enhance and streamli-

ne your document and payment

processing with European Central

Settlement: our services for concen-

trating transactions based on auto-

mated processes simplify payment

processing, reduce your long-term

administration expenses and redu-

ce costs.

Handel + Industrie• Reduction of administrative expenses and associated costs:

- Payments must only be made to one creditor, MARKANT

- Payments are always combined in one weekly invoice

• Process optimisation by direct debit and automatic data provision on current

merchandise management, auditing, finance and accounting systems

• Resource and cost reduction by reducing archive capacities

• Regular checking and certification of process chains

• Multi-currency, multi-country processing of incoming documents (document, system

and payment currency) and formal checking of all documents

• Settlement of (return) debit notes for invoice discrepancies, returns and subsequent

reimbursements

• Digitisation of paper documents and archiving of all documents according to the

statutory time schedules as part of MARKANT Enterprise Content Management

• Customized digital input and output formats as per Electronic Data Interchange:

EANCOM Standard, WebEDI

• Customizable with bilateral agreements relating to conditions and payment terms

• Multi-client service capability

• Hierarchy-compatible

OUR SERVICES

Existing target market

THE BENEFITS FOR YOU


ONE GLOBE

THE Compliance Portal

Don‘t overlook any legal changes

and keep up-to-date with the latest

product warning notices – with

ONE GLOBE. Our Compliance Portal

protects your company from dama-

ge and loss of image and assists you

with helpful instructions, specialist

information and expert feedback in

your day-to-day business.

Handel + Industrie

Handel + Industrie• Risk management: prevention of claims and image losses affecting your product and

business

• Time and cost savings: savings in research costs free up business capacities for QM

and QS departments

• Process optimization: subscription function providing the latest crucial content

• ONE GLOBE news updates, explanatory videos, subject teasers, podcasts and infor-

mation newsletters on current compliance issues and legislation

• Vigilance Internet monitoring system with automated research tool and notification

of any complaints

• Information database containing rules on import regulations, veterinary medicine

residues and additives in pet food

• Recommendations for practical work in the form of checklists and leaflets.

• Answers to questions provided by our team of experts

• Customizable through selection of categories and target market

• Multilingual

OUR SERVICES




MARKANT cost accounting

workflow

Cost-efficient

invoice processing

Enhance your processes for invoice

control and processing with the

MARKANT cost accounting work-

flow: the automated application

reduces the time required and

costs incurred and also offers you

direct cost savings with discounts.

Make your processes transparent

and legally secure, be kept up-to-

date at all times and archive your

documents securely in the MAR-

KANT computer centre with the

digital workflow tool.

Handel + Industrie• Time and cost savings: reduction in manual labour, process optimization through

quick and efficient processing

• Direct cost savings from settling invoices: taking advantage of the discount period

• Conserving resources by saving paper print-outs and with archive and storage areas

• Legal certainty and information availability through the invoicing process

• Included MARKANT services: document preparation, scanning and OCR (Optical

Character Recognition)

• Rights management, access control, possibility of checking collective invoices

simultaneously

• Automated processes and audits

• Recording processes and archiving documents

• Cost invoices can be supplemented with attachments

OUR SERVICES


KostenrechnungsworkflowKoReWo


DATA MANAGEMENT

MARKANT brand

promotion price information

system

Promotion prices of your

competitors at a glance

Secure valuable competitive

advantages with the MARKANT

brand promotion price information

system to effectively increase your

profits: you receive complete

transparency of promotion and

permanently low prices from over

500 retailers so that you can align

your promotion product ranges

and prices as best as possible with

the competition in future.

Handel + Industrie• Maximize your profits with the perfect design for promotion product ranges and

prices and by scheduling promotion measures

• Competitive advantages through strategic competitor analysis

• Basis for conducting successful industry negotiations

• Capacity and cost reductions through savings in research expenditure

• Comprehensive database: digitally record all the products purchased from over 500

retailers, including prices, discounts and product uses

- Leaflets

- Newspaper adverts

- Radio adverts

- TV adverts

• Supplementing data with themed and seasonal markings, frequency of promotions

and regional analyses

• Automatic price alarm: email notification of promotions which meet specific, preset

criteria (brands, products or groups of goods)

• Wide range of customized evaluation options

• Regular newsletter

• Training facilities and support

OUR SERVICES



DATA MANAGEMENT

MARKANT shelf price

monitor

A step ahead of

the competition

The MARKANT shelf price monitor

offers you maximum price and pro-

duct range transparency across the

market – including an insight into

the product listings of your com-

petitors. You as a MARKANT retail

partner receive the ideal competi-

tive advantage which you can use

to optimise your product ranges

and prices and generate maximum

profits.

Handel + Industrie• Maximize your profits by defining the best possible shelf prices and by scheduling

promotion measures

• Basis for successful industry negotiations and listing discussions: defending price

increases, implementing price cuts

• Competitive advantages through strategic competitor analysis

• Capacity and cost reductions through savings in research expenditure

• Comprehensive database: article- and price-related information for high-street and

online retailers, comprising

- Discounters (full range, weekly (DE))

- Pharmacies (classic pharmacy products, weekly (DE, online), fortnightly

(DE, high-street))

- Consumer markets (FMCG full range, quarterly (DE))

OUR SERVICES


Regalpreis-Monitor


DATA MANAGEMENT

MARKANTShopper Insights

The transparent customer

Secure a decisive competitive

advantage with our MARKANT

Shopper Insights analysis tool: you

will receive an extensive insight

through your buyer groups and

those of your competitors and can

use this insight to generate profits

in future. You will also recognise

untapped potential in your goods

groups and increase your turnover

in the long term with minor stra-

tegic adjustments to the product

range, placement, price and pro-

motion.

Handel + Industrie• Identifying and quantifying optimization potential up to goods group level

• Competitive advantages through strategic buyer and competitor analysis

• Identifying more leverage for increasing the number of buyers, frequency or average

sales receipt

• Provision of pre-built standard reports based on a database updated each monthly:

- GfK consumer panels (FMCG Panel: 30,000 households, Frische Panel: 13,000

households, Individual Panel: 40,000 people)

- Market data, consumer figures, additional expenditure and potential analyses

- Sociodemographic characteristics (family living environments, net household

income, household size, etc.)

- Specific goods group characteristics

- Shares: brand vs. retail brand, promotion vs. non-promotion

• Depiction of individual sales channels

• Access to the „GfK SimIT“ analysis tool with pre-built data cubes for in-depth

in-house analyses

• Offer of in-house training for the „GfK SimIT“ analysis tool

OUR SERVICES


Shopper Insights


DATA MANAGEMENTDATA MANAGEMENT

DATA MANAGEMENT

MARKANTCommodities

Monitoring

At home at all

trade market places Identify the ideal time to purcha-

se your goods and improve your

bargaining position in industry

talks with MARKANT Commodities

Monitoring: we offer you market

transparency through the price de-

velopments at international trading

venues and analyse the commodi-

ty cost drivers among customary

consumer goods products. Benefit

from our current commodities facts.

Handel + Industrie• Savings through optimised purchase planning

• Basis for successful industry negotiations: defending price increases,

implementing price cuts

• Savings in research costs free up business capacities

• Product models from the food, near-food and nonfood sectors

• Reports on product price increases and price cuts in the last 12 months

• Analyses of price developments on international trade market places incl. exchange

rates and currency fluctuations

• Background information on different commodities and their trade

• Training facilities

• Monthly newsletter on the current developments on the commodities market and

more information on market movements of individual products

OUR SERVICES


Rohstoffmonitoring


DATA MANAGEMENT

MARKANT Product

Management Information

System

360 ° product expertise

Get all product-related master and

media data and documents from

more than 14,000 MARKANT indus-

trial partners from a single source

with the MARKANT product ma-

nagement information system. We

automatically provide you with all

product-related data, documents

and information from our industrial

partners – for even more time and

cost efficiency in your day-to-day

business.

Handel + Industrie• Time and cost savings: free capacities by reducing research expenditure and quality

controls for master and media data as well as for product documents

• Reduction in incorrect deliveries, returns and invoice discrepancies due to the use of

reliable standardized data

• Process optimisation: automated data provision and subscription function of content

• Procurement, quality control, archiving and updating of data and documents

• Customized delivery methods: web research/download, push exports or web service

• GDSN-compatible

• Automated

• Multilingual


OUR SERVICES



DATA MANAGEMENT

MARKANTproduct

document database

Safety-related documents –

available at all times Dispense with time-consuming and

expensive searches for product-rela-

ted documents such as safety data

sheets, product certificates, confor-

mity declarations and catalogues. We

acquire and review all product-re-

lated documents from more than

14,000 MARKANT industrial partners

and archive them for you centrally

in our MARKANT product document

database. This means you have access

to specific documents if needed and

are always kept informed.


controls for product-related documents

• Process optimisation: automated data provision of content

• Archiving with intuitive search function

• Update and quality assurance in relation to legal requirements

• Various delivery methods: web research/download or web service

OUR SERVICES



DATA MANAGEMENT

MARKANTmediaBASE

Media data – the latest data

always delivered automatically

Save yourself time and cost-inten-

sive searches for media data for

your advertising and online shops

with MARKANT mediaBASE. Gain

access to the groupwide multi-

media data pool and retrieve

product images, video and au-

dio files, metadata, promotions,

experiences, logos and design

elements from all product sectors

of our 14,000 MARKANT industri-

al partners centrally and automa-

tically.


controls for metadata

• Process optimisation: automated data provision and subscription of content

• Procurement, checking, archiving, provision and updating of multimedia data

• Customized delivery methods: web research/download, push exports or web service

• Automated

• Multilingual


• Data quality portal in 9 languages

OUR SERVICES




Private labels

Competitive in the

entry-level price sector

You are guaranteed a wide pro-

duct range of more than 2000

items in the entry-level price

sector with our range of private

labels – at low prices and from

a single source. Dispense with

expensive processes; we will

take responsibility for the entire

purchasing and order process as

well as all legal risks and tasks as

distributor.

Handel + Industrie• Low prices due to the large negotiation volume throughout the MARKANT

cooperation

• Competitive position in the entry-level price/discount sector

• Legal certainty: no risk, no legal liability

• Reducing capacities and costs for purchasing, product range design, quality

management and product design of private labels

• Extensive product range: more than 2000 products in the food, pet food, drugstore

and near-food sector

• Different family brand products and single brands to choose from

• Product range design and development, price negotiations, order processing, manu-

facturer auditing, quality control and assurance, product design

• Brand strategy for customer retention

• First placement on the market, contact for authorities/institutions, risk assumption for

goods, transport and safety as well as liability for all products

• Free delivery or delivery ex-works

OUR SERVICES




Fruit and vegetables

Certified quality

at low prices

Iberiana Frucht offers you high-quality

fruit and vegetables from controlled and

integrated cultivation as a MARKANT

retail partner. Take advantage of a wide

product range from a single source –

without time-consuming and expensive

procurement processes. We handle the

entire process and quality control as well

as the legal liability for all our products.

Handel + Industrie• Legal certainty: no risk, no legal liability

• Reducing costs and capacities for purchasing, product range design

and quality management

• Extensive product range: more than 730 products from controlled, integrated and

organic cultivation

• Product range design and development, price negotiations and order processing,

controls of producers and laboratory analyses

• Quality management and food safety: certified cultivation areas, facilities and packing

halls according to the GLOBALG.A.P. certificate, the EU Organic Regulation certificate

as well as the BRC, IFS and QS standards and a separate certificate issued by Iberiana

for compliance with social standards

• Different private labels and customer brands available to choose from

• Customised strategies for products and packaging

• First placement on the market, contact for authorities/institutions, risk assumption for

goods, transport and safety as well as liability for all products

• Free delivery

OUR SERVICES




MARKANTanalysis and forecasting

platform

Looking ahead into the futu-

re at the POS Purchasing products precisely and

according to requirements – with

the MARKANT analysis and fore-

cast platform: our product-related

forecasts for the future sales volu-

mes will improve your inventory in

the long term and help you to rule

out any out of stocks. Reduce costs

and gain valuable competitive

advantages.

Handel + Industrie• No revenue losses through out-of-stock situations and delivery bottlenecks

• No capital commitment due to excessive stock levels

• Reduction in losses with markdowns

• Exact product forecasts of future sales volumes at GTIN level for 26 weeks

• Extensive database:

- Retailers‘ dispatches of goods for at least the past 30 months

- Data from MARKANT services

- External information

- Planned promotions

- Changes to product ranges

• Verified data quality

• Support with specific issues relating to analysis and forecasting

OUR SERVICES




MARKANTSourcing

Management

We negotiate −

You benefit

Buyers in the MARKANT Sourcing

Management sector will advise

and support you as MARKANT

retail partners in the strategic

purchasing of retail goods, cost

articles and services. Allow us to

help you improve your purcha-

sing activities and use of purcha-

sing resources.

Handel + Industrie• Reducing operational overheads in strategic purchasing

• Time and cost savings: increased capacity due to savings in purchasing

activity expenses

• Holding all tenders and auctions

• Analysis and preparation of tender and auction results

• Holding and organising contract negotiations

• Commercial and technical consulting services

• Organising and managing work groups

• Preparing market appraisals

• Supplier and product search and credit assessment of suppliers

• Supplier communication

OUR SERVICES




MRO24

You need. We have.

With MRO24 you can procure

consumer and investment goods

and your own goods and services

at very favourable terms and effi-

ciently both in terms of time and

cost. You have quick and easy ac-

cess to pre-negotiated framework

agreements and quotes from over

60 suppliers.

Handel + Industrie• Preferential terms due to central negotiation and standardized procurement

• Time and cost savings: increased capacity due to savings in contract negotiation

expenses

• Negotiation and provision of cooperation contracts with preferential conditions

• Quotations from over 60 suppliers can be accessed in one online portal

OUR SERVICES




MRO

Procurement –

digitised and optimised

MRO is the MARKANT e-procure-

ment software for digitising your

company order process. You can

standardise and enhance your

processes and make your procure-

ment activities transparent with

the digital purchasing tool inclu-

ding workflow function.

Handel + Industrie• Process cost improvement and optimisation by digitising and standardising the procu-

rement process

• Transparency of processes and procurement activities

• Depicting and digitising all elements of the procurement process:

- Catalogues

- Cost articles

- Order

- Approval

- Goods receipt

- Account assignment

- Auditing

- Booking

• Customisable for all product and service purchasing sectors

• Statistical analyses can be retrieved

OUR SERVICES




MARKANTProcurement

Logistics

Efficient and low-cost

transportation

Improve your delivery and transpor-

tation processes with MARKANT

procurement logistics. Reduce

transportation, administration

and goods receipt costs in the

long term with efficient logistics

processes and volume consolida-

tion. You will also receive the best

possible support in the event of

damage. We take over the proces-

sing and transportation risks.

Handel + Industrie• Cost savings through optimised logistics processes and volume consolidation

• Concluding logistics agreements with industrial partners

• Organizing and carrying out transport consignments

• Invoicing with service recipients and providers

• Risk transfer for transportation and liabililty as well as the handling of claims relating

to goods in transit

OUR SERVICES



MARKANT Handels- und Industriewaren-Vermittlungs AGChurerstrasse 1668808 Pfäffikon SZSCHWEIZ

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