# confidotech.com > AI-optimized mirror of confidotech.com containing 50 pages totalling 43,191 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://confidotech.com. Last updated: 2026-08-22T17:18:13.108Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Confido | AI Infrastructure for CPG Brands](/content/site-root.html): Confido is the AI infrastructure for CPG brands, providing a single source of truth for accounting, finance, sales, and operations teams. (643 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [Confido | Changelog](/content/changelog/index.html): Stay updated with Confido’s latest product features, improvements, and fixes with our live changelog. (7,451 words) - [Retailer Deductions and How to Win Them Back | Confido](/content/blogs/retailer-deductions-what-they-are-and-how-to-win-them-back.html): What retailer deductions are, why CPG brands absorb so many of them, and how to build a dispute process that wins back the ones you can recover. (1,600 words) - [How to Manage UNFI Deductions and Cash Application | Confido](/content/blogs/manage-deductions-and-disputes-for-unfi/index.html): Work through UNFI deduction codes, remittance matching, and the dispute process, with the steps CPG accounting teams use to recover valid claims. (1,725 words) - [Deductions and Trade Software for Beverage Brands | Confido](/content/industries/confido-for-beverage/index.html): Beverage brands carry high deduction volume and tight margins. Confido connects accruals, trade spend, forecasting, and planning in one place. (826 words) - [Deductions and Planning Software for Food Brands | Confido](/content/industries/confido-for-food/index.html): Food brands face heavy deductions, complex trade programs, and seasonal demand. Confido brings deductions, trade spend, and planning together. (842 words) - [CPG Sales Software: Forecasting and Trade Spend | Confido](/content/solutions/sales-teams/index.html): Plan promotions, forecast revenue, and analyze performance in one platform, so CPG sales teams see trade spend and the results it drives side by side. (549 words) - [CPG Software for Health and Wellness Brands | Confido](/content/industries/confido-for-health-and-wellness/index.html): Health and wellness brands run wide SKU ranges and fast innovation cycles. Confido connects accounting automation with planning in one platform. (909 words) - [CPG Finance Software: Plan, Forecast and Report | Confido](/content/solutions/finance-teams/index.html): Connect annual planning, trade promotion, forecasting, analytics, and reporting so CPG finance leaders work from one reliable view of performance. (741 words) - [Deduction Management: Automated and Integrated | Confido](/content/blogs/why-deduction-management-needs-to-be-both-automated-and-integrated.html): Automation alone does not fix deductions. Recovery improves when disputes, cash application, and accounting share the same data and evidence trail. (1,177 words) - [The Deduction Management Playbook for CPG Teams | Confido](/content/blogs/the-playbook-to-manage-and-automate-deductions/index.html): The five manual steps in a CPG deduction workflow, where each one breaks, and how to automate classification, evidence, disputes, and recovery. (1,528 words) - [Confido for NetSuite Brands](/content/erp/confido-for-netsuite-brands-copy/index.html): Confido connects directly to NetSuite to automate accounting and planning processes for CPG brands - so your team spends less time reconciling and more time growing. (652 words) - [CPG Accounting and Planning for Brands on NetSuite | Confido](/content/erp/confido-for-netsuite-brands/index.html): Confido connects directly to NetSuite so CPG teams automate accounting and planning work, cut reconciliation time, and share one operational view. (658 words) - [Types of Trade Promotions: MCB, OI, and Scans | Confido](/content/blogs/types-of-trade-promotions-mcbs-oi-scans-and-more/index.html): MCBs, off-invoice, scans, and the other trade promotion event types that CPG brands run, with how each one is funded, deducted, and reported on. (925 words) - [Trade Promotion Management: CPG Best Practices | Confido](/content/blogs/trade-promotion-management-best-practices-for-cpgs/index.html): How CPG teams plan promotions, book accruals, handle deductions, and measure performance, plus who should own each step as trade spend grows. (1,416 words) - [Getting Started With CPG Trade Accounting | Confido](/content/blogs/getting-started-with-cpg-accounting/index.html): A starting point for CPG trade accounting: deductions, cash application, trade spend, and the workflows that keep the month-end close honest. (1,075 words) - [Deduction Management Software for CPG Brands | Confido](/content/products/deduction-management/index.html): Automatically ingest remittances, match payments to invoices, classify every deduction, and recover invalid ones. Deduction management software for CPG. (513 words) - [CPG Sales Forecasting: Distribution and Velocity | Confido](/content/blogs/building-holistic-sales-forecasting-processes-for-cpg.html): Forecast CPG sales by modeling distribution and velocity together, then validating both against actual sell-through at every retailer and door. (1,159 words) - [How to Calculate Trade Promotion ROI in CPG | Confido](/content/blogs/calculating-the-true-roi-of-a-trade-promotion-methods-and-walkthrough.html): A walkthrough for calculating true trade promotion ROI, connecting promoted spend, deductions, and lift so you know which events paid for themselves. (638 words) - [CPG Case Studies and Retailer Deduction Guides | Confido](/content/case-studies/index.html): See how CPG brands use Confido to recover deductions, control trade spend, and plan better, plus practical guides to retailer-specific workflows. (431 words) - [S&OP Software for CPG Demand and Supply Teams | Confido](/content/solutions/operations-teams/index.html): Confido unifies demand and supply planning, forecasting, trade planning, and analytics so operations teams keep supply aligned with what the market does. (529 words) - [CPG Forecasting Without the Planning Silos | Confido](/content/blogs/planning-without-silos-best-in-class-approaches-for-cpg-forecasting.html): How leading CPG teams remove planning silos, connect finance, sales, and operations inputs, and align the business behind a single demand signal. (1,495 words) - [What Integrated S&OP Actually Looks Like | Confido](/content/blogs/what-integrated-sop-actually-looks-like/index.html): Integrated S&OP connects demand, supply, finance, and sales on one plan. Here is what that takes, and where fragmented CPG planning falls apart. (1,200 words) - [CPG Accounting and Planning for Brands on Sage | Confido](/content/erp/confido-for-sage-brands/index.html): Confido connects to Sage so CPG finance teams automate accounting and planning work, reduce reconciliation, and keep one shared view of performance. (642 words) - [Annual Planning and Forecasting for CPG Brands | Confido](/content/blogs/annual-planning-for-cpg-brands-best-practices-and-tips.html): How CPG brands build an annual operating plan, set assumptions that both finance and sales can commit to, and keep the forecast honest all year. (521 words) - [AI in CPG: Where Brands Are Actually Using It | Confido](/content/blogs/unlocking-the-power-of-ai-for-cpg-brands/index.html): Where AI is already working in CPG finance, accounting, sales, and operations, with the use cases that cut manual work and sharpen planning. (791 words) - [CPG Trade and Deductions Roles: Who Does What | Confido](/content/blogs/trade-deductions-roles-in-cpg-who-does-what-and-when-should-you-hire.html): Which trade and deduction roles does your CPG brand need, and when? Learn what each role does and how to sequence your hires as distribution scales. (1,135 words) - [Auto-Disputes: Recover Invalid Deductions | Confido](/content/blogs/auto-disputes-never-reach-your-breaking-point/index.html): Confido Auto-Disputes finds invalid deductions, files disputes with evidence, and pushes them to repayment. Recover money your team can't chase. (942 words) - [The CPG Forecasting Stack and Why Integration Wins](/content/blogs/the-forecasting-stack-every-cpg-brand-needs-and-why-integration-is-the-whole-game.html): The tools a CPG brand needs to forecast well, and why the integration between them matters more than any single piece of the planning stack. (866 words) - [Scaling AI in CPG: Matan Friedmann, Head of AI | Confido](/content/blogs/scaling-ai-in-cpg-matan-friedmann-joins-confido-as-head-of-ai.html): Matan Friedmann joins Confido as Head of AI to scale practical AI across CPG finance, accounting, and planning workflows. Here is what that means. (622 words) - [CPG Software for Beauty and Personal Care Brands | Confido](/content/industries/confido-for-beauty-and-personal-care/index.html): Manage beauty and personal care deductions, forecasting, and demand planning in one platform built for wide assortments and many retail doors. (672 words) - [CPG Finance, Accounting and Operations Blog | Confido](/content/blog/index.html): Practical guides on CPG deductions, trade promotions, cash application, forecasting, and planning, written by the operators who ran these workflows. (306 words) - [Book a Demo: Deduction Dispute Automation | Confido](/content/book-a-demo-auto-disputes/index.html): See how Confido spots disputable deductions, pulls the supporting documents, drafts the submission, and tracks repayment. Book a walkthrough demo., Welcome to Confido!We start by learning about your current setup — the tools you use, your workflows, and where your team feels the most friction. That way, we can tailor the conversation and show the parts of Confido that matter most to your business.Schedule a 30-minute, expert-led tour of the (273 words) - [CPG Deductions: Outsource or Handle In-House? | Confido](/content/blogs/cpg-deductions-outsourcing-vs-in-house/index.html): Compare outsourced and in-house CPG deduction management on cost, control, recovery rate, and team capacity, and see which model fits your volume. (625 words) - [Pricing: Confido CPG Software Pricing Plans by Department](/content/plans/index.html): Compare Confido plans for emerging and enterprise CPG brands, with connected tools for accounting, deductions, trade management, and planning. (474 words) - [Confido Acquires Muffin Data to Expand CPG Analytics](/content/blogs/confido-acquires-muffin-data-to-expand-analytics-capabilities-for-cpg-brands.html): Confido has acquired Muffin Data to expand sales analytics for CPG brands, bringing deeper retailer reporting into the same platform as planning. (498 words) - [Confido, Explained: CPG Finance and Planning Software](/content/blogs/about-confido/index.html): A short introduction to Confido: what the platform covers across CPG accounting, trade, forecasting, and planning, and the CPG teams it is built for. (354 words) - [Book a Demo: CPG Demand Planning Software | Confido](/content/book-a-demo-demand-planning/index.html): See how Confido connects forecasts, customer inventory, and commercial input into one demand plan. Book a demand planning walkthrough for your team., Welcome to Confido!We start by learning about your current setup — the tools you use, your workflows, and where your team feels the most friction. That way, we can tailor the conversation and show the parts of Confido that matter most to your business.Schedule a 30-minute, expert-led tour of the (286 words) - [Deduction Dispute Automation for CPG Brands | Confido](/content/products/auto-disputes/index.html): Confido finds the deductions worth disputing, pulls the backup documents, drafts the submission, and tracks repayment until the money comes back. (430 words) - [Sales Forecasting Software for CPG Brands | Confido](/content/products/sales-forecast/index.html): Combine POS, depletion, and syndicated data into bottoms-up real-time forecasts. Run unlimited scenarios and track promo activity in one view. (447 words) - [Two Years at Confido: A Founding Engineer's View](/content/blogs/two-years-in-a-conversation-confidos-founding-engineer.html): Adrien joined Confido as one of our earliest engineers in June 2024. Two years in, he talks scale, why the modules connect, AI, and focaccia. (540 words) - [Book a Confido Demo: CPG Finance and Planning Software](/content/book-a-demo/index.html): See how Confido automates deductions, disputes, and cash application, and streamlines trade spend and demand planning. Book a demo tailored to your team., Welcome to Confido!We start by learning about your current setup — the tools you use, your workflows, and where your team feels the most friction. That way, we can tailor the conversation and show the parts of Confido that matter most to your business.Schedule a 30-minute, expert-led tour of the (179 words) - [Trade Promotion Management Software for CPG | Confido](/content/products/trade-promotion-management/index.html): Manage trade promotions, from planning on a centralized calendar, automatically matching accruals to deductions, and monitoring in-market performance. (375 words) - [Deductions and Planning Software for Pet Brands | Confido](/content/industries/confido-for-pet/index.html): Pet brands run broad SKU catalogs and complex retail terms. Confido handles the deductions, accruals, forecasting, and supply planning that follow. (568 words) - [Retail Sales Analytics Software for CPG Brands | Confido](/content/products/sales-analytics/index.html): Automatically ingest POS, distributor, and DC data into one platform. Track store-level sales, promo lift, and fill rates. Retail analytics for CPG brands. (372 words) - [CPG Supply Planning Software, Demand to PO | Confido](/content/products/supply-planning/index.html): Reads your demand plan directly to generate recommended POs against each SKU's lead times, MOQs, and safety stock targets, then updates as forecasts change. (524 words) - [CPG Demand Planning Software for S&OP Teams | Confido](/content/products/demand-planning/index.html): Combine statistical models, live customer inventory, and commercial team input in one demand plan that feeds an S&OP process CPG teams can run. (561 words) - [Automated Cash Application Software for CPG | Confido](/content/products/cash-application/index.html): Confido pulls in remittances, extracts the data, and matches invoices automatically, so CPG accounting teams close cash faster and with fewer errors. (555 words) - [Confido Raises Its Series A for CPG Finance Software](/content/blogs/a-note-from-our-founders-raising-our-series-a-to-build-the-future-of-cpg-finance.html): A note from the founders on Confido's Series A, what the funding pays for, and the plan to connect CPG accounting, finance, sales, and operations. (387 words) - [Demand Planning and Deductions for Home Goods | Confido](/content/industries/confido-for-home-goods/index.html): Home goods demand shifts with seasons, resets, and holidays. Confido brings demand planning, sales forecasting, and deduction management together. 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