PSP Product Competition Module

This module gathers and displays product competition data. This can be used for any competition-based strategy.

Technical Name

Label

Available in Independent PL/PG

Available in Dependent PL/PG

UI Visible

Output Type

Description

Technical Name

Label

Available in Independent PL/PG

Available in Dependent PL/PG

UI Visible

Output Type

Description

RawCompetitionData

 

Yes

Yes

No

List

The list of competition data obtained from the Competition Data master table

CompetitionData

Competition Data

Yes

Yes

Yes

Matrix

Formatted competition data

RawRelevantCompetitionData

 

Yes

Yes

No

List

The list of target competitors data obtained from the Competition Data master table

RelevantCompetitionData

Relevant Competition Data

Yes

Yes

Yes

Matrix

Formatted relevant competition data

Mechanism

 

Competition data

Relevant competition data

 

Competition data

Relevant competition data

Dependency mapping

Set the dependency mapping in the DependencyMapping PP table with the key Product Competition. Details can be found at https://pricefx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACC/pages/4998696881.

Lookup

Search for records of the current SKU which are at the corresponding dependency level in the CompetitionData master table.

 

  1. Search for target competitors in the corresponding RelevantCompetitionData PP table.

    • Table name convention: <<dependency>>RelevantCompetitionData.
      Examples: RelevantCompetitionData, AsiaRelevantCompetitionData, GlobalRelevantCompetitionData,…

  2. Filter the Competition data list to get only data from target competitors.

Data fallback

If none is found, use the dependency fallback mechanism with the mapping type Lookup.

Product Competition Module and Competition-based Strategies

If the module is turned off, null will be passed to the pricing engine. The resulting price will then be null as well and there will be a warning message indicating that there is no competition price to be calculated.

For more information about the competition pricing engine, see https://pricefx.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACC/pages/4998695355.