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Learn about what is rebate strategist and how they can drive value for the wider business.

Organizations that rely on out-of-date, legacy solutions may be exposing their companies to avoidable risks. That’s why regular health checks are necessary — to identify potential problems and fix them before they create bottlenecks within your team.

This blog explores the post-contract negotiation process that is essential in ensuring that financial gains are achieved.

To help you overcome your collaboration struggles, here are some steps you can take to execute the perfect trading partner collaboration:

In this blog, we look at a real story on replacing a traditional approach to SPA management with a new world approach.

Today, we’ll be exploring the ins and outs of rebates: what they are, their strategic potential and benefits, as well as how you can make fuller use of rebates without the extra work.

In this blog, we’ll take a look at all the moving parts of a SPA and how you execute on them.

In this blog, we’ll explore some of the most common challenges and anxieties surrounding SPAs – and reveal how the right tools can help you overcome them.

We firmly believe that collaboration is a crucial element for trading partners to succeed, as it can offer various benefits that can help them to emerge as winners.

Although SPAs are notoriously difficult to manage. Does their complexity outweigh their benefit? We’ll let you judge.

We’ll explore in this blog, how rebate processing services may be able to help you overcome your challenges.

In this blog post, we’ll take a look at how going paperless can improve your trading partner collaboration efforts and help you achieve your goals.

Let's dive into how rebate management software can increase customer retention.

When evaluating and choosing a software to manage your construction rebates, look out for the following must-have features.

Businesses that establish a single source of truth for their data enjoy many benefits of efficient and streamlined collaboration.

Let's look at the advantages of trading partners working together.

In the modern supply chain where digital platforms and data-sharing reign, collaborating with partners is becoming an increasingly critical part of many businesses’ trading strategy.

We review the endless examples of why you should switch to an online rebate solution.

Did you know: rebates have been around for a long time — since at least the 1800s.

What is a discount? What is a rebate? Learn the definitions and differences between a rebate and discount, and discover examples of each.

When your competitors are also vying for your customers’ loyalty, too, you need to know all the strategies to make sure your rebate loyalty program stands out.

Today, we’ll be taking a look at SPAs to shine a light on the true nature of these valuable strategic tools.

Today, we’ll be covering the top 5 best practices for perfecting your rebate management processes.

Let’s see how a rebate management solution can help you reach your business growth goals in years to come.

Making a final decision on whether rebates fit your business strategy can be a challenge, but it doesn’t have to be. In this blog, we’ll be covering the benefits and uses of rebates for businesses at every stage of the supply chain.

In this deep dive into SPAs, we’ll explore the common special pricing challenges we set out to solve and the specific features we created to overcome them, along with a few tips for how you can use them in your workflows.

By understanding the impact that these incentives have on customers, businesses can better tailor their rebate management strategies to encourage desired buying behaviors.

In this article, we discuss how rebates provide benefits to many industries at every step of the supply chain.

When you become an independent business owner, you’re always thinking of ways to reduce your expenses, manage your finances better and stay ahead of the competition. One of the best ways to solve all three is to join a buying group also known as a group purchasing organization (GPO). A buying group handles the payments, sourcing, contract and supplier management for you, while leveraging the purchasing power of the group to get better pricing than you could negotiate if you were independent...

How do you actually implement a rebate strategy in your business? In this article, we explain all the ins and outs so you can succeed in 2023.

Today, we’ll take a look at the growing significance of rebates for manufacturers and distributors amidst a changing supply chain.

If rebate programs are so important, why are they so challenging for the electrical industry? 

In this blog, we’ll be answering your burning questions about rebates: what are they? How are they different from discounts, and are they the right tool for your business?

With the new year just around the corner, in this blog post, we have compiled the top rebate management predictions to watch out for in 2023.

Today, we’ll let you in on the secret that nobody talks about when it comes to leveraging your rebates for growth.

View the highlights of our ‘Rebate Strategists University’ webinar series with our Professor of Rebates and Evangelist, Mark Gilham.

Those who decided to transform their role from reactive to proactive rebate strategists are now heading in the right direction and have found solutions to their problems with the help of rebate management software. Here are their inspirational stories:

Discover how to utilize our collaborator platform to simplify trading partnerships and streamline rebate agreements.

A dedicated rebate dashboard can change the game for your rebate team. What key features should you look for in a rebate dashboard?

Discover how to utilize rebate management services to strategically prepare, survive and thrive through the holiday season.

Discover what the purpose of manufacturer promotions are and how you can manage them better with rebate management software.

Whether you’re starting fresh or starting over, where should you begin with rebate management?

In this article, we share the reasons why you should be pursuing transparent data with your trading partners.

Rebates can be a key revenue source for many suppliers. Explore 5 reasons why construction supplier rebate management is crucial to the construction industry.

A vendor rebate is an incentive program in which vendors or manufacturers (but sometimes distributors) offer customers (usually distributors or retailers) a monetary reward for reaching designated purchasing goals.

Today, we’ll be starting at the beginning: what are supplier rebates, and how are they used to promote growth in the HVAC industry?

In this blog, we’ll be covering the basics of special pricing agreements and how can they benefit your business without the extra work.

In this blog, we’ll be covering some of the most useful types of rebate deals you could be using to boost your sales and build stronger strategic relationships.

Cloud-based rebate processing software can alleviate rebate complexity and automate the process. Learn about the best rebate management software vendors.

Fresh on the heels of our $94M Series C funding, Enable are proud to announce a spot on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™. As one of the 500 companies listed, Enable ranked number 44 in California.

At Enable, our mission to enable trusted trading relationships to serve customers better together. That’s why we have not only created an online portal called Collaborator within our rebate management software but we have taken it one step further and launched Partner Dashboard to place your insights into the hands of your trading partners and members.

My Trip to the Right Side of Rebates on the Wrong Side of the Road

From increasing customer loyalty and channel sales to boosting under-performing SKUs and brand awareness, channel rebates are a powerful tool – but just what are these unique incentives, and how can you use them to grow your business?

In this article, we’ll cover why commissions are essential to manufacturers and how Enable can help you strategically manage commissions with ease.

Whether you’re in procurement, sales, marketing or finance, if your role touches rebates, don’t miss this ground-breaking conference!

This blog will explain the process of how rebates are calculated, specifically by Enable.

In this article, we discuss the similarities and differences between rebate and pricing optimization.

How rebates can help you unlock your market opportunity

This article shares why growth is so critical and how to unite successfully to attain growth.

In this article, we describe what data silos are, why they exist, how they impact the supply chain, and – more importantly – how to remove them.

Where do deals sit within the supply chain? How are deals currently managed? And how do you build better deals? This blog post answers all these questions.

Follow along this blog as we outline the key features of the dashboard as well as quick tips to act on the insights surfaced.

Our product and development team have been hard at work to bring you the most recent enhancements from the last quarter. In case you missed any of them, we’ve compiled a breakdown.

For those that may be new to online communities, I wanted to take time to talk about a few basics when it comes to community and how to make the most of your experience in Enable’s Rebate Strategists community.

Businesses need a better way to manage high-quantity, stand-alone, lump sums for marketing, events and promotional funds that are not part of their yearly rebate contracts. For these unique and complex deals, spreadsheets accompanied by lengthy email chains are not going to cut it.

In this blog post, we explain how finance leaders can go from reactive to proactive to drive revenue with the help of an often-ignored tool in their financial arsenal: The humble rebate.

This blog post explains what clarity and simplicity have to do with effective supply chain relationships, defines trading partner collaboration, reveals five ways rebates drive collaboration, and shares how Enable’s secret weapon can help.

We took our vision for a healthier, more vibrant supply chain to the market— and the market has spoken, allowing us to raise an oversubscribed $94M Series C funding round to help businesses throughout the supply chain overcome all these challenges.

In this article, we explain why spreadsheets have been a necessary evil but why they aren’t up to managing rebates effectively, how to make Excel a spreadsheet a thing of the past, and what the alternative is.

In this article, we examine the various methods of managing deals, discuss why it’s important to keep them in one place and suggest an alternative to traditional non-secure storage methods.

Promotions can help your business achieve important goals by incentivizing specific buying behaviors that align with your needs. If you’re looking to boost a new product category, centralize shipping operations in a certain region or accomplish almost any other objective, designing specific promotions that reward your customers for desired behaviors can be a very efficient approach.

Can your supply chain deliver what your customer actually wants? Discover how to improve the supply chain for your customers.

Enable is delighted to announce that we have been named Momentum Leader for the first time in G2’s Fall 2022 Grid Reports. We’ve also been named High Performer for the fifth time and won the Best Support badge for four consecutive quarters.

In this article on improving the supply chain for retailers, we investigate the challenges pragmatically while reminding ourselves why the retailer is an integral part of the supply chain. And then, we share a few tips for forward-looking retailers.

In this blog post, we address the industry's current state, look at why the distributor is an integral part of the supply chain, and reveal tips for improving the supply chain for distributors.

Discover how Enable and NetSuite have teamed up to bring you the ultimate rebate management solution.

We love hearing career stories from our Enablees. We recently met with Lissa Songpitak, our Head of Revenue Enablement based out of our San Francisco office, on how she got started and is now making a big impact on the Revenue team by equipping them with the knowledge and resources they need to be ready, effective, and productive in their roles.

In this blog post, we look at the biggest supply chain trends and recommend tips for improving the supply chain from a manufacturer’s perspective so manufacturers can continue evolving, with a little help from their friend: rebate management software.

On some level, making bad decisions is unavoidable. No one can always be right. But organizations can find ways to make fewer bad decisions. Using rebates as a strategic driver of growth is one way to mitigate bad decision making. Don’t believe us? Here’s how it works:

What are business to business rebates and how do they work? Learn about what B2B rebates are and how to manage them effectively.

The strategic CFO is so much more than a number-cruncher. They have the opportunity to shape the business and its future. But, to be a true business partner, they need to consider all revenue streams, including B2B rebates.

Managing risk and compliance is no easy job. However, there are ways of reducing the burden somewhat, particularly when it comes to leveraging tools that can help CFOs monitor their company’s compliance organization-wide.

Enable is excited to announce we are now an official Service Provider to AD!

What are supplier rebates and how do they work? Learn more about how supplier rebates work to incentivize the wholesaler to purchase more.

In this article, we discuss the importance of collecting revenue in a timely way, share why finance leaders are still leaving money on the table in a digital age and reveal how they can put a stop to it.

Discover how purchasing teams can better control costs and mitigate risks with a strategic sourcing approach.

The B2B buying process has changed drastically and now more closely resembles that B2C experience. The modern buyer wants to consume and interact with content on their own before deciding to engage with the seller. As a B2B software business, we get this. That’s why we want to equip potential customers with the appropriate tools and best information to set them up for decision-making success.

What role do rebates play in rebuilding loyalty and trust in the supply chain? And why have these been broken in the first place? This article reveals why rebates are vital to rebuilding loyalty and trust.

In this blog post, we elaborate on three cost optimization strategies Gartner recommends and discuss four ways these strategic goals can be translated into reality.

Here are six items you should consider ticking off your checklist before making your ROI calculations for supplier rebates.

In this article, you’ll discover what happens if you don’t form strategic partnerships and what the alternative is.

This handy checklist will go through seven ways you can make sure your rebates drive ROI—whether you’re in spreadsheets or using a robust software like Enable.

Rebates don’t develop, negotiate or implement themselves. But by tracking rebates properly they can be a vital tool for B2B business growth when managed by savvy rebate managers or strategists.

Read on to discover what factors often prevent efficient rebate management processes, why efficiency is important, and how to achieve efficiency and work towards the utopia of frictionless finance.

Learn our secret to calculating and measuring your ROI for supplier rebates.

In this article, we share a few ways CFO's can tackle economic uncertainty and overwhelm, generally, and with specific reference to rebate management.

Amid the global uncertainty and chaos that COVID and other factors have had on global supply chains, it would be nice if something could remain certain. Fortunately, using digital intelligence, sound systems, and effective rebate programs are one way of turning chaos into revenue.

You may have heard the following key facts about rebates before, but what do they have to do with leveraging your data to drive revenue growth with rebates? In this blog post, we summarize the essence of a webinar on how to achieve this goal by improving how you manage rebates.

Looking for new ways to become a strong and modern CFO? Look no further than this article on the 5 opportunities available to forward-looking CFOs to capitalize on a strong rebate strategy.