The 8% processing fee, verified against the claim
An MCB (Manufacturer Chargeback) is KeHE's mechanism for passing a supplier-funded promotion — a scan-back, a slotting commitment, a marketing co-op — through to the supplier's payment as a deduction. KeHE doesn't originate the promotion; it processes one the supplier already agreed to, and charges 8% of the MCB amount for doing so, with a $65 floor per distribution center, run biweekly. The deduction on the remittance is correct in form far more often than it's correct in substance.
MCB is a processing fee, not the promotion itself. KeHE calculates it as quantity sold × the MCB rate × 8%, with a $65 floor per distribution center. That means the deduction line on a remittance advice is really two numbers stacked: the promotional funding itself, and KeHE's cut for administering it. Suppliers who reconcile against the promotion alone — and never check the 8% math — miss half the story.
An MCB deduction is only as good as three things lining up: the promotional agreement or trade-spend authorization that actually created the obligation (the rate, the SKUs, the date range, the DC list); the submitted claim showing quantity sold within that window; and KeHE's own deduction detail showing quantity sold × rate × 8% arriving at the exact figure on the remittance. A deduction that fails any one of the three — a DC not on the original list, a date outside the promotional window, a fee that doesn't reduce to 8% of the claimed amount — is a dispute, not a write-off.
Axiom re-derives the MCB math from the promotional agreement forward: quantity sold in the claimed window, at the agreed rate, plus KeHE's 8% (floored at $65/DC). Where the remittance figure doesn't match that recomputation — or cites a DC, SKU, or date range outside the original agreement — Axiom flags the delta as recoverable and writes the dispute against the specific figure that's wrong, not the deduction as a whole.
Upload your short-pay remittances and signed contract terms. Axiom categorizes every deduction, matches it to the governing clause, and delivers a completed workpaper within one business day.