New! Spot Margin Risk Faster with White Cup’s Tariff Impact Tracker + Product 360 Scorecard Enhancements
In today’s volatile supply chain environment, distributors can’t afford to wait months to react to supplier cost increases and tariff impacts. Delayed pricing decisions mean eroded margins – and lost profits.
That’s why we’re excited to introduce two major enhancements to White Cup BI:
- Tariff Impact Tracker
- Product 360 Scorecard Enhancements
These new dashboards help distributors detect margin threats earlier, align purchasing, pricing, and sales teams faster, and make smarter, data-backed decisions – all directly from live ERP data.
Industry Insight: Distributors Under Pressure from Tariff Volatility
The current landscape demands urgency. According to a recent MDM article (April 28, 2025), most distributors are already anticipating tariff-driven cost increases, with rising concern about margin compression and delayed pricing action.
In a Baird-MDM survey referenced in the piece, distributors cited significant challenges around reacting to sudden supplier passthroughs and aligning internal teams quickly enough to protect margins.
At a time when pricing agility and cross-functional visibility are more critical than ever, White Cup’s new Tariff Impact Tracker and Product 360 Scorecard enhancements in White Cup BI give distributors the real-time insights they need to act fast, using the data they already have.
Introducing the Tariff Impact Tracker in White Cup BI
The Tariff Impact Tracker Dashboard is now available in the Executive Library within White Cup BI. It helps distributors:
Detect Margin Erosion Before It Hits Your P&L
- Track COGS, selling price, and profit % trends for products and suppliers
- Identify where COGS is rising but pricing hasn’t kept up – signaling early margin risk
Identify Cost Pressure Earlier
- Spot suppliers and products with rising purchase costs over the past 6 months
- Compare cost trends across three time periods to detect early signs of inflation
- Act early with pricing, sourcing, or vendor conversations before margins are affected
Take Action Faster
- Re-negotiate supplier contracts
- Prioritize products for pricing review
- Alert finance and sales teams to immediate risks
No spreadsheets. No guesswork. Just live insights you can use to stay ahead.
Enhancing the Product 360 Scorecard
We’ve also expanded the Product 360 Scorecard to give distributors a deeper view into long-term margin trends.
The new Cost & Margin Trend Monitor lets you:
- Track 12-Month Trends across unit purchasing cost, COGS, selling price, and gross profit %
- Spot Margin Slippage Early, before it spirals into profitability loss
- Support Pricing Conversations with hard visual evidence from your live ERP data
With these new visuals, you can quickly see when margin started slipping, if selling prices kept pace with rising costs, and where immediate adjustments are needed.
Built for Distributors. Ready for This Moment.
White Cup’s Tariff Impact Tracker and Product 360 Enhancements are the latest example of how our distributor-first focus translates into meaningful, timely innovation. While other BI tools chase broad financial modeling, we build tools that help distributors respond to today’s volatility – fast.
Why it matters:
- Built around real margin threats, not forecasts or hypotheticals
- Native to White Cup BI – no exports, bolt-ons, or IT bottlenecks
- Designed to connect purchasing, pricing, and sales in one shared view
When conditions shift, distributors can’t afford to wait weeks for answers. With White Cup, you don’t have to.
Start Protecting Your Margins Today
Both the Tariff Impact Tracker and the Product 360 Scorecard Enhancements are now live for White Cup BI users.
Current customers can find the dashboards under the Executive Library in your Catalog. Check out this Support Article for more information
Ready to see how White Cup can help you stay ahead of tariff volatility, protect your margins, and move faster with confidence? Contact us for a demo today.
