Periscope by McKinsey, a suite of marketing and sales analytics solutions that help companies achieve sustainable revenue growth, announced that it has received a Badge of Excellence and a Best-in-Class distinction in the POI 2020 TPx Vendor Panorama.
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The Promotion Optimization Institute (POI) annually evaluates leading vendors in its TPx Vendor Panorama. This aims to help its manufacturing and retail partners to understand technology and related service options that can assist in improving promotional outcomes and driving profitable growth. This is the fifth year that Periscope by McKinsey has been highly rated.
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Periscope was named Best in Class in five functional areas:
- HQ Analytics and Insights
- Collaboration – External
- S&OP Capabilities
- Artificial Intelligence
- Revenue Growth Management (RGM)
The report highlights some of the main strengths of Periscope:
- From the acquisition and preparation of data, to insight-based planning, to simulating the best possible promotion or price, this is where Periscope excels.
- The tile-based landing page is exceptional because it presents the icon as a mini of the underlying report, which aids in recognizing and navigating to it.
- The depth of experience working the promotion cycle for both manufacturers and retailers gives Periscope a hands-on understanding of what retailers are thinking about and struggling with.
- Willingness and ability to manage data hygiene of retailer POS as well as other data sources.
- Linkage between category management and TPO is a real plus because of how the insights can be easily brought to bear in the planning cycle.
- Industry expertise and depth of talent base enable a focus that starts with the strategy and includes marketing as well as trade effects.
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