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NewAxiom Customer Onboarding Guide

Getting Started with a Structured Pricing Baseline

Prepare the core product, cost, price, and sales context your team needs to run a structured first pricing review.

What this guide helps you do

The first goal is not perfect pricing. The first goal is to assemble enough clean product, cost, price, and sales context to run a structured pricing review.

Who this is for

Distributors
Manufacturers
Wholesalers
Trades suppliers
SKU-heavy B2B teams
Teams using spreadsheets, ERP exports, supplier cost files, or manual quote workflows

What to prepare before your first review

Product or part number
Description
Category
Current cost
Current approved or list price, if available
Recent sales or demand information, if available
Optional competitor or market reference price
Optional stock or inventory position

Minimum useful baseline

Start with the fields you can trust

A useful first run can start with product, cost, price, and category fields. More context improves the review, but the first workflow should be simple enough to complete and repeat.

Add context deliberately

Sales history, market references, and inventory position can add useful context after the core baseline is clean and reviewable.

Common data issues to check

Missing or duplicate part numbers
Blank costs
Zero or negative prices
Mixed units of measure
Old price lists that no longer reflect approved pricing
Supplier cost files with changed product codes
Categories that are too broad or inconsistent

First baseline workflow

  1. 1Import the catalog or cost file
  2. 2Map the required fields
  3. 3Set a default margin or minimum margin guardrail
  4. 4Review exceptions and obvious data issues
  5. 5Run the baseline
  6. 6Inspect margin exposure and recommended changes
  7. 7Export or move approved outputs into the next workflow

What not to decide too early

The first run should not automatically replace judgment. It should reveal data gaps, margin risk, questionable prices, and areas that need business review. Use the baseline to prepare the team to decide, then document and publish only the changes that are approved.

Next step

Continue with the part of the workflow your team needs to strengthen next.

Pricing Workbench

Review pricing options and margin guardrails.

Demand Workbench

Add sales movement and demand context.

Price Lists

Prepare approved prices for operating use.

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