Alternative Channel Solutions

FreeFlow is the world’s leading provider of alternative channels for at-risk inventory in consumer electronics companies.

We enable companies to maximize recovery at every stage of the product lifecycle and create a positive impact on the company’s P&L.

We provide private marketplaces for

some of the world’s leading brands.

Your Challenges

The pace of new product introduction and mismatches in the

demand/supply planning process result in At-Risk Inventory -

Excess Active, End of Life, Obsolete and Returns

• Inventory reserves which are used to offset this risk have a

direct impact on your company’s profitability.

• Alternative channels are needed to offload inventory without

causing existing channel conflict or impacting the brand

negatively.

• Manufacturers must be able to find routes to these

alternative channels without incurring high selling costs.

Our Solution

Branded and unbranded online marketplaces

Authenticated secondary channels

Fixed Price and Auction based selling

Key decisions remain in the hands of our clients

We bring improved lifecycle profitability through

selling to existing and alternative channels.

Performance Metrics

With an online audit trail and integrated

performance metrics FreeFlow helps you bring

control to an informal process.

“What you can measure you can control. What you can control you can improve”.

Freeflow Asset Recovery Dashboard

Your Services

We enable our clients to maximize recovery from their at-risk inventory by combining:

Award-winning Technology

Deep Industry Experience

Specialist Services

Award Winning Technology

• Flexible, easily customized to your new channel requirements.

• Branded or unbranded, auctions or fixed price selling.

• Powerful global performance metrics that let you manage at-risk inventory as a business, not a project.

• No IT involvement means rapid deployment.

Awards & Recognition

Deep Industry Experience

Specialist Services

Market Insight & Sales

• Profiling of inventory, product positioning and provision of additional channels.

• Recommending informed reserve prices based on market insight to optimize recovery.

• Implement private marketplaces and auction analysis.

• Real-time handling of buyer queries to ensure sales closure, escalations by exception only.

Channel Control, Trade & Compliance

• Control of ‘do not sell to’ lists to protect brand and minimize primary channel conflict.

• Grey market purchasing on client request to investigate channel leakage.

• Compliance with import and export regulations, Incoterms 2000.

• Encrypted product control.

Finance & Credit Control

• Set up and maintenance of approved vendors including credit checks.

• Handle all financial transactions providing you with a single settlement payment.

• VAT and sales tax regulation, SOX compliance.

• Cash Collection and Dispute Management.

• Tailored reporting allowing full visibility to Sales, Finance & Supply Chain.

Logistics

• Order Consolidation.

• Freight Management.

• Dispute Management.

Warehouse Services

• Inventory Manifesting and Order Fulfillment.

• Consignment Model and Storage.

• Product differentiation/debranding.

How We Work Together

Restricted Access Example: Microsoft

(Home Entertainment)

Featured Listings Example: SanDisk

Fixed Price/Best Offer vs Auction

Next Steps

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