ClaimDS and net-net margin
Net-net margin is gross sales minus all trade spend. ClaimDS determines the rebate and deduction layer that feeds it — your BI or ERP does the margin math.
Net-net margin — what's left after every rebate, deduction and allowance comes off your gross sales — is a number a lot of finance teams want and struggle to pin down. ClaimDS is a big part of getting it right, but it's worth being precise about which part it owns.
Where ClaimDS fits
The hard part of net-net margin is usually the trade-spend layer — the rebates accrued, the claims and chargebacks, the deductions taken. That's exactly what ClaimDS determines and keeps clean. So ClaimDS gives you a trustworthy figure for the part of the gross-to-net bridge that's normally the murkiest.
What ClaimDS doesn't compute
ClaimDS doesn't calculate the margin itself. It doesn't hold a revenue figure and it doesn't track your cost of goods — and without those, there's no margin or net-net margin to compute inside ClaimDS. That math needs to sit where your sales and cost data already live.
How to get to net-net margin
Take the accrual and settlement numbers ClaimDS produces as your trade-spend input, and combine them with sales and cost in your BI or ERP. ClaimDS supplies the reliable rebate and deduction figure; your reporting layer subtracts it from gross to land net-net margin. That division of labour is what keeps the number defensible.
A note on "margin leakage"
If you've seen the Smart margin leakage view, don't read it as a profit-margin number. It's about rebate cash — accruals you've earned but not yet claimed or collected — not gross-to-net margin. It's a useful "money left on the table" signal, but it's a different thing from net-net margin.
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