The other day, I had a very interesting conversation with one of our customers. They just completed a customer survey to help determine the core reasons their customers valued them as a supplier. Many items were listed – service level, relationships, ease of procurement, technology, price, market leadership, quality and much more. Price didn’t make…
With the success of PROS’ Global Leadership Seminar Series along its stop in Shanghai, China, Robert Rutledge, who leads Accenture’s Pricing & Profit Optimization practice in Asia-Pacific noted, “Manufacturers in China today face low-cost competition from places like India and Mexico and design and engineering competition from Japan and the west.” The seminar focused on…
On a recent project I did a “Day in the Life” with Mark*, a sales representative responsible for selling animal health supplies to rural feed and farm/ranch supply stores. Seeing my customer’s sales force interact directly with their customers provided valuable insights that augmented the discussions we had already had with the corporate pricing team….
John Salch recently posted a great blog about removing the boundaries of technology – allowing your sales force to use tools they are already comfortable with, yet still providing key information to make great pricing decisions. One of the most important pieces of information you can provide is knowledge about a specific customer, the product…
Jacqueline Davis says:
Hi Siva,
Thanks! I couldn’t agree with you more on the...
Jacqueline Davis says:
Hi Rikhath,
The question of why your company needs a pricing team...
Siva Ram Yellapragada says:
Simply awesome !!
We have a strong pricing team in our global...
Rikhath says:
Also in enterprise products world do you think Product operations would...
Rikhath says:
Hi Jacqueline,
We fighting the same battle and I out...
