Revenue ranking hides contribution
High sales can coexist with aggressive discounts, low-margin mix or costly service patterns.
Customer-wise Profitability
Your biggest customer is not always your most profitable customer
See how customer-specific pricing, discounting, mix and transaction patterns affect realised contribution instead of ranking accounts by sales alone.
Before you decide
Review the source records, allocation assumptions and exceptions behind each margin decision.
01 / Where margin gets lost
Discounts are reviewed one invoice at a time
The cumulative effect of customer-specific pricing is difficult to see without an account-level view.
Product mix changes the economics
Two customers with similar revenue can generate very different gross-margin outcomes.
Negotiations lack evidence
Renewal and pricing discussions are harder when the team cannot show a consistent profitability picture.
02 / What XZMargin analyses
Account-level margin view
Aggregate sales and margin signals by customer across products and periods.
Discount leakage analysis
Identify accounts where realised discounting appears to be reducing contribution.
Mix analysis
See which products or categories are driving a customer’s profitability profile.
Trend review
Compare customer profitability over time to catch deterioration before the next commercial review.
03 / Analysis workflow
- 01
Group by customer
Map consistent customer identifiers across the transaction data.
- 02
Add product and pricing context
Bring SKU mix, discount and cost signals into the account view.
- 03
Compare contribution
Review accounts by margin contribution instead of revenue only.
- 04
Prepare action list
Prioritise pricing, discount or mix conversations with supporting evidence.
04 / Business outcomes
- Better account prioritisation
- Stronger pricing review evidence
- Clearer discount governance
- More focus on profitable growth
05 / Frequently asked
What is customer-wise profitability?
It is the analysis of revenue and relevant cost or margin signals at customer level so the business can compare economic contribution, not just sales.
Can customer discounts be analysed?
Yes, when discounts or realised selling rates are available in the underlying transaction data.
Is this useful for B2B distributors?
It is especially relevant where negotiated pricing and product mix vary materially by account.
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Run a Profit Leakage Audit.
Start with your existing sales, purchase, customer, product and inventory records. We will use the commercial context to identify where a focused margin review can create the most value.
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