Rebate Management Foundations

Rebate Management Foundations. This cluster defines the category space around managing the rebates and incentives that IT channel partners earn from the vendors they sell. It covers the software, the practice and the perspective - what rebate management is, who it serves (the partner who collects, or the vendor who pays), and the adjacent disciplines it overlaps: channel incentive management, channel revenue management, and partner profitability. Read these terms first; the rest of the wiki builds on them.

Anchor terms (Tier A):

• Rebate management software
• Channel rebate management
• Partner-side rebate management
• Vendor rebate

Supporting terms (Tier B):

• Vendor-side rebate management
• Channel incentive management (CIM)
• Partner incentive management
• Channel revenue management
• Partner profitability optimization
• Rebate optimization
• Rebate tracking software
• Vendor incentive management
• MDF management software
• Co-op fund management software
• BI dashboard (business intelligence dashboard)
• Rules engine
• Formula engine
• Rebate calculator
• Rebate audit software