Your Trade Spend Is Leaking.Your Chargebacks Are Manual.Your ERP Sees None of It.
Blackbee AI is an agentic Intake-to-Pay platform built for the complexity of CPG finance, governing promotional spend, validating deductions against trade agreements, and resolving retailer chargebacks before they hit your close.
of CPG spend originates outside formal workflows
of revenue lost annually to trade spend leakage
of exceptions resolved autonomously by Blackbee AI
CPG Finance Runs on Complexity
That Standard AP Tools Were Never Built For.
Promotional calendars, distributor pricing tiers, retailer deductions, slotting fees, co-op advertising claims, and chargeback disputes. CPG finance teams manage a layer of commercial complexity that sits entirely outside what any ERP natively governs.
Promotional trade spend
Promotional agreements create invoice deductions that AP must validate against trade deals, manually, at volume, under time pressure.
Retailer chargebacks
Retailers deduct from payments for compliance violations, short shipments, and labelling errors. Each chargeback requires investigation and often dispute.
Distributor pricing tiers
Multiple distributors, multiple price books, frequent price changes. Every invoice requires validation against the right tier for that account and period.
Seasonal volume spikes
Q4 promotional periods create invoice surges that manual AP processes can't absorb without exceptions stacking and close risk rising.
Slotting fees and co-op
Vendor-funded programs generate complex billing arrangements that require contract-aware validation, not just PO matching.
Audit and compliance pressure
Every deduction, every chargeback, every promotional payment needs a documented rationale. Manual processes leave gaps that surface during audits.
The Volume Is High.
The Exceptions Are Complex.
The Manual Work Never Stops.
Promotional deductions arrive without the trade deal attached.
Retailers deduct promotional allowances from remittances. AP must match each deduction to the correct trade agreement and validate the amount, manually, at volume.
Chargebacks pile up while your team investigates one.
Chargebacks for compliance violations, short shipments, and labelling errors each require investigation and dispute drafting. The backlog never shrinks.
Invoice prices can't be validated without knowing which price book applies.
Distributor pricing varies by account, channel, and volume tier. Standard PO matching doesn't know which price book applies. Overcharges pass through.
Unresolved deductions and disputes compress the close.
Unresolved deductions and disputes surface at close. Accruals are estimated. Disputes are deferred. The books close with items that carry forward.
Ask Any Question About
Your CPG Finance Operation.
Get an Answer in Seconds.
Vibe Processing is Blackbee AI's natural language interface, available everywhere in the platform. CPG finance teams ask questions in plain English and get explainable answers drawn from live transaction data, trade agreements, and vendor history.
Contract-Aware.
Trade-Agreement-Aware.
Chargeback-Aware.
Trade Agreement Enforcement on Every Invoice
AI agents read your trade agreements and validate every promotional deduction against the applicable deal: amount, timing, qualifying products, and channel. Valid deductions are auto-cleared. Invalid deductions are flagged with the specific agreement clause.
Chargeback Resolution Without Manual Investigation
Each chargeback is classified by type, matched to the relevant shipment and compliance record, and assessed against your dispute policy. Valid chargebacks are accepted automatically. Disputable chargebacks are escalated with evidence pre-assembled.
Distributor Pricing Validated Against the Right Tier
Every invoice price is validated against the applicable price book for that distributor, channel, and volume tier. Price book changes propagate immediately. Overcharges are caught before payment — not during quarterly reconciliation.
Close Exposure Visible Before Period End
The Spend Intelligence Agent continuously tracks open deductions, unresolved disputes, and pending approvals — giving finance leaders a real-time picture of close exposure. No last-minute surprises.
Traditional AP vs
Agentic I2P for CPG
How finance operations differ for consumer packaged goods organisations.
| Capability | Traditional AP | Blackbee AI |
|---|---|---|
| TRADE SPEND | ||
| Validates trade deductions against agreements | ✗ NoManual matching only | ✓ YesAgreement-aware auto-validation |
| Tracks volume tier progress | ✗ NoManual quarterly compilation | ✓ YesContinuous threshold monitoring |
| Flags expired promotions | ✗ NoNo date awareness | ✓ YesDate and period-aware |
| CHARGEBACKS | ||
| Classifies chargeback type | ⚠ LimitedManual classification | ✓ YesAI-driven type detection |
| Auto-resolves valid chargebacks | ✗ NoAll require human review | ✓ YesPolicy-based auto-resolution |
| Pre-assembles dispute evidence | ✗ NoManual evidence gathering | ✓ YesEvidence retrieved automatically |
| PRICING COMPLIANCE | ||
| Validates against distributor price books | ⚠ LimitedPO matching only | ✓ YesTier and channel-aware |
| Catches price increases before payment | ✗ NoCaught in reconciliation | ✓ YesFlagged at invoice receipt |
| CLOSE READINESS | ||
| Real-time close exposure visibility | ✗ NoManual compilation | ✓ YesContinuous monitoring |
| Plain-English finance queries (Vibe Processing) | ✗ No | ✓ YesAsk anything, get an answer |
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