The CadDo Blog

Is Warehouse Variability Quietly Increasing your Cost-to-Serve?
Margins under pressure despite strong warehouse KPIs? Discover how hidden operational variability inflates cost-to-serve and what finance and logistics teams can do about it.

From Legacy Systems to Real-Time Insights: Bridging the IT-Business Divide
This blog explores the challenge of data discrepancies in supply chains and shows how businesses can bridge the gap between IT and operational teams. Learn more.

Black Friday & Beyond: Why Trade Spend Optimisation Matters More Than Ever
Discover how CadDo helps distributors and wholesalers optimise trade spend and discounting with real visibility, data-led insights and scenario planning, turning promotions into profitable, strategic investments all year round.

When Finance Meets Sales: Turning Cost-to-Serve Into a Customer Conversation
With Cost-to-Serve, Finance and Sales no longer operate in silos. Instead, they share a common language, a unified perspective, and a roadmap for making smarter, more profitable decisions together. Read on.

Why Leading Companies Are Replacing Legacy Acorn Software with CadDo: Lessons from Dot Foods
As businesses have become more data-driven, faster-moving, and digitally connected, Acorn’s limitations have become more pronounced. Organisations are now looking for modern, scalable alternatives that preserve the analytical value of Acorn while addressing its shortcomings.

The Missing Metric in Your CRM: True Customer Profitability
Learn how adding Cost-to-Serve insights to your CRM can unlock smarter pricing, customer tiering, and service strategies; helping you focus on profitable growth, not just revenue.

Why Cost-to-Serve is the Missing Link in Your Supply Chain Planning Strategy
Discover why Cost-to-Serve is the missing link in supply chain planning for large FMCG businesses. Learn how CTS helps finance and supply chain teams align decisions with profitability.

Are You Over-Servicing Your Worst Customers?
Many supply chains lose profit by over-servicing low-value customers. Discover how cost-to-serve analytics can protect margin and improve efficiency.

5 Hidden Costs You’re Probably Missing in Your Cost-to-Serve Calculations
Many Cost-to-Serve models look clean on paper. But in practice? They often miss the real stuff that drains margin. We pulled together 5 of the most commonly overlooked costs – and how to surface them.

Good Data In, Good Decisions Out: Making Data Quality a Priority
Discover why data quality is essential for accurate analysis and decision-making. Learn the key components of clean data and how to embed quality checks into your workflow.

Why Housing Providers Need Smarter Data, Not Just More of It
We’ve pulled together some thoughts on why smarter data matters more than ever—and how it can help teams move from “just keeping up” to actively managing for the future.

How Data-Driven Simulation Transforms Truck Load Utilisation and Delivery Planning
In this blog post, we will explore how data can revolutionise industries reliant on trucking by driving efficient truck load utilisation and delivery frequency planning.