Consulting Services

We can Protect Your Brand

The combined knowledge, skills and abilities of the True Pedigree team are unique in providing a broad range of expertise and experience in the field of Brand Protection.		Our highly skilled team is thoroughly experienced in the detection, prevention, investigation and enforcement involving counterfeiting, gray marketing and discount fraud, license abuse, and warranty fraud.
We are a diverse team comprised of engineers, investigators, auditors and lawyers that have been addressing Brand Protection issues with major corporations for over three decades from varying perspectives.		True Pedigree has leveraged this experience to develop game-changing Brand Protection tools and technology, but also consults with our clients to cost effectively protect their products and profits.

Services we offer

Brand Protection Program Development and Benchmarking

Review of current program structure, staffing and funding

Assessment of program in relation to best practices

Brand Protection goal setting

Evaluation of Brand Protection messaging and communications

Analysis of tools and methods

Review of enforcement actions

Brand Protection Investigations and Enforcement

Investigation planning and execution

Management of investigations, in the United States and overseas

Test buys

Online enforcement

Evaluation of evidence for legal action

Manufacturing and supply chain security

Civil and criminal enforcement

Anti-Counterfeiting

Product design analysis to assess degree of vulnerability to counterfeiting

Contract manufacturing leakage

Anti-counterfeit packaging and labeling

Track and trace technology

Forensic analysis of suspect products / expert testimony

Product authentication tools

Development of Customs manuals and recordation

Customs enforcement

Scoping of counterfeit problem

Gray Market/License Abuse/Sales and Distribution

Development of data analytic tools to detect and quantify gray market diversion

Channel compliance and partner audits

Channel partner contracts review

Gray market analysis and scoping

Discount fraud prevention, investigation, litigation and criminal referrals

License piracy and abuse

Warranty and Services Fraud and Abuse

Development of data analytic tools to identify and quantify services fraud and abuse

Warranty and services process review

Warranty terms and conditions analysis

Warranty and services fraud investigations

Reverse logistics /scrap diversion

Civil and criminal case preparation

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True Pedigree's technology-enabled actionable intelligence has fundamentally shifted our approach to product diversion, resulting in improved outcomes for our customers, channel partners, and Avaya and driving business success. I highly recommend incorporating True Pedigree's data driven approach into your brand protection program as a means to improve your efficiency and effectiveness in countering gray market activities.

Lisa McCann Director of Brand Protection
True Pedigree technology has enabled Cisco rapidly and efficiently to scale our audit program using our existing data. Since we began using TP Audit, Cisco has been able to reduce costs, increase the number of audits, and dramatically improve our channel compliance for the protection of our customers, while creating a level playing field for our authorized resellers.

Bill Friedman VP, Compliance & Brand Protection
True Pedigree's technology-enabled actionable intelligence has fundamentally shifted our approach to product diversion, resulting in improved outcomes for our customers, channel partners, and Avaya and driving business success. I highly recommend incorporating True Pedigree's data driven approach into your brand protection program as a means to improve your efficiency and effectiveness in countering gray market activities.

LISA MCCANN Director of Brand Protection

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