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# Coordinate promotions from commercial plan to launch.

Offer details and dependencies diverge across teams and channels.

Trigger An offer is approved, or its stock, terms or receipt date changes.

A late receipt changes the promotion Illustrative example

The confirmed receipt moves from 12 to 19 November.

1.  Automation
    
    ### Identify affected work
    
    The system links the receipt to the weekend offer, email send, store signage and checkout rule.
    
2.  AI assistance
    
    ### Draft the brief changes
    
    AI prepares updated copy and a summary of the products and dates affected.
    
3.  Automation
    
    ### Update tasks and notify owners
    
    Linked tasks move to needs review; lifecycle, retail and digital owners receive the relevant changes.
    
4.  Approval
    
    ### Approve and release
    
    The commercial owner chooses a reduced product set. Approved updates are published and the channel checks run again.
    

**What you get**Connected offer rules, briefs and channel tasks that respond to changes and keep approval status visible.

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## Today

Each team interprets an offer from its own thread. Changed terms or availability reach some channels after launch.

## With this in place

A confirmed change identifies affected offers and tasks, prepares brief updates and notifies the right owners. Approved decisions flow into the selling channels.

## Who does what, step by step.

### Your team

Commercial owners decide whether to delay, narrow or change the offer and approve publication.

### AI

AI drafts change summaries and revised briefs from approved facts, with differences shown for review.

### Automation

Integrations detect source changes; dependency rules identify affected work, update tasks and route notifications.

01 02 03 04 05

1.  01
    
    Step 1:  Automation
    
    ### Receive the changed receipt
    
    An integration receives the confirmed supplier date and records which source changed.
    
2.  02
    
    Step 2:  Automation
    
    ### Find the affected offers
    
    Dependency rules connect the receipt to products, scheduled offers, channel tasks and store allocations.
    
3.  03
    
    Step 3:  AI
    
    ### Prepare revised briefs
    
    AI drafts a concise change summary and proposed brief updates using the confirmed date and approved offer facts.
    
4.  04
    
    Step 4:  Your team
    
    ### Notify and obtain approval
    
    The workflow updates linked tasks, routes the proposed changes to the right owners and holds affected launch checks.
    
5.  05
    
    Step 5:  Automation
    
    ### Publish the approved change
    
    After approval, integrations update the authorized destinations and verify that live terms and readiness checks match the new version.
    

### Guardrails

-   Keep pricing and commercial commitments with authorized decision-makers.
-   Test eligibility and purchase behavior in affected channels before launch.
-   Revised terms invalidate relevant readiness checks until owners confirm the update.

## What a first project includes.

A bounded first build around your systems and team. We agree the scope, fee and baseline before we start.

[Scope this with us](<https://www.thekeating.co/contact/?source=project&landing_path=%2Fuse-cases%2Fpromotion-orchestration%2F&intent=project&cta_page=%2Fuse-cases%2Fpromotion-orchestration%2F&cta_placement=content&use_case=promotion-orchestration>)  [How we work together](<https://www.thekeating.co/working-together/>)

Sample scope Promotion orchestration

### We build

-   Offer and dependency mappings across inventory, commerce and existing work tools
-   Source-triggered task updates, AI-assisted brief revisions and targeted owner notifications
-   Approval rules, channel checks and a change history linked to the live offer

### We start from

-   Approved offer rules and eligible products
-   Stock, receipts, contribution assumptions and channel constraints
-   Campaign calendar, asset requirements and operating owners

### From your team

Owner

-   Commercial Director
-   Ecommerce Lead

Involves

-   Merchandising
-   Growth
-   Lifecycle
-   Creative
-   Digital product
-   Retail
-   Supply chain
-   Customer service
-   Finance

Access to these systems and real examples to test against.

### Adapts to

-   Omnichannel retail
-   Wholesale
-   International commerce

### We’d measure

-   Lead time and unresolved launch dependencies
-   Offer mismatches and availability exceptions
-   Contribution and supported incrementality, including promotion costs

Baselines agreed before we build.

## Questions teams ask.

Do we need to replace our current tools?

Usually not. We start with the systems you already use and build only what’s missing.

Typical connections: Your commerce platform, ERP, planning spreadsheets, pricing and promotion tools.

Who owns it once it’s running?

Your team does. You own the agreed deliverables under the engagement terms, with documentation and training for the people who run it. Ownership usually sits with your commercial director or ecommerce lead.

Ongoing support is optional and agreed separately.

How do we get started?

If the problem and scope are already clear, we can scope this build directly. If you’re weighing it against other priorities, start with Discovery & Action Plan.

Its fee is credited in full if we build the recommended work.

[How discovery works](<https://www.thekeating.co/discovery/>)

## Often paired with.

Part of [Commercial and supply planning](<https://www.thekeating.co/solutions/commercial-supply-planning/>)

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    ### Store campaign execution
    
    Stores receive campaign instructions that do not reflect their stock, systems or local operating needs.
    
    Location-specific tasks, approved assets, associate guidance and accountable readiness status.
    
    [Store campaign execution](<https://www.thekeating.co/use-cases/store-campaign-execution/>)
    
-   Creative & content operations
    
    ### Campaign production
    
    Channels interpret the same brief differently and duplicate production effort.
    
    Versioned asset packages tailored to channel and audience.
    
    [Brief1](<https://www.thekeating.co/use-cases/campaign-asset-production/>)
    
-   Finance & business intelligence
    
    ### The weekly trading brief
    
    Leaders receive dashboards but still have to assemble the narrative and next steps.
    
    A sourced trading brief with decisions, action owners and follow-through.
    
    [Revenue grew; contribution weakened](<https://www.thekeating.co/use-cases/executive-trading-brief/>)
    

More connected work

## Also related

-   [Fulfillment exceptions](<https://www.thekeating.co/use-cases/fulfillment-exceptions/>)

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-   [Merchandising & commercial planning](<https://www.thekeating.co/programs/merchandising/>)
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-   [Digital commerce & conversion](<https://www.thekeating.co/programs/digital-commerce/>)

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