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description: Use Price Protection to create a robust, scalable price protection process to protect your partners’ margins against price fluctuations. Review the capabilities of Price Protection and see how you can achieve various business outcomes with it.
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# Capabilities of Price Protection

Use Price Protection to create a robust, scalable price protection process to protect your partners’ margins against price fluctuations. Review the capabilities of Price Protection and see how you can achieve various business outcomes with it.

 
| Capability | Business outcome |
| --- | --- |
| Define and configure Price Protection rules and eligibility for partners/distributors. | Ensures partner loyalty by protecting margins and maintaining trust. |
| Support for price changes, including list price and contracted price adjustments. | Stabilizes market conditions by mitigating partner hesitation in purchasing inventory. |
| Execution of Price Protection through simulation and payout calculations. | Improves transparency and efficiency in managing partner relationships. |
| Support for Reverse Price Protection to handle price increases and debit adjustments. | Enhances flexibility to adapt to market trends and pricing adjustments. |
| Ability to update price changes in the inventory ledger automatically or manually. | Improves inventory accuracy and reduces disputes related to pricing discrepancies. |