The MarketTime platform gets better every week as we release new features and functionality. Our team is working hard to ensure that the key features that you utilize in the Brandwise platform are available in the MarketTime platform when you transition over to this upgraded platform.
Please see below for a list of key features and functionality in the Brandwise platform that are not yet available in the MarketTime platform, with expected timing on when these features will be available (or a designation that there is no current development timeline for the feature). We will keep this page updated, so please reference back to this page over time.
NOTE: All dates and feature availability are subject to change, the information within this article should be used as reference only.
To be available in MarketTime in Q3 2024
- Product Option improvements.
- Salesperson Groups to enable reporting for companies with multiple "agencies" within a single Sales Agency.
- Program Codes.
To be available in MarketTime in Q4 2024
- Functionality similar to that available in Stream for mapping fields and managing data errors for Manufacturer order delivery
- Item and Customer import automation via SFTP file drop (aka "BPE")
- Ability for Sales Agencies (and their connected brands) to automatically import orders from an external source (AKA "Agency Stream") into the Sales Agency's MarketTime account, using the MarketTime Public API
- Product Suppression based on Price List (AKA "Restricted Products").
- Supplier Vision Reporting (direct data pull from Manufacturer ERP) in mtView
Features planned but do not have a current ETA on release
Commissions
- "Invoice Only" functionality for Manufacturers within a Sales Agency.
Other
- Additional data automation via external sources, outside of using the MarketTime Public API (e.g. Salespeople, Payment Terms, etc.).
Features with no current plans to support in MarketTime
Pricing/Discounts
- Multi-currency and currencies that require a symbol that is not a $ sign. I.e., GPB, EUR are not supported and there is no current plan to support these currencies in MarketTime.
- "Up-pricing" on Products via an automation (ensuring the latest price is always on an order).
- Enhanced customer-specific pricing via price lists / price codes (e.g. ability to have multiple price lists from one Manufacturer applied to one customer).
- Currency conversion (e.g. CAD to USD).
- Item pricing logic for product "Case" quantities vs. "Split" quantities
- Bulk discount functionality for "Case" quantities vs. "Split" quantities when finalizing an order.
Commissions
- "House Account" salesperson default assignment for retailers outside assigned territories.
- Automatically split and calculate commissions down to more than three levels (e.g., Sales Agency (House), Salesperson Assigned, Order Writer, Key Account Owner).
Other
- Percentage Availability when selecting Ship Dates.
- Ability for Sales Agencies to import orders from an external source directly to a Manufacturer's MarketTime Order Receiving account.
- Default Payment Terms by Sales Location or Customer Type.