Pricing Technology can be a highly valued tool for sales. The traditional core objective of pricing technology was centred on the identification of margin leakage. The typical process was the pricing team operated the software, and then provided sales with insights. Put another way; the software served as a business intelligence support system and required…
Price optimization to unlock ROI potential The Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) software market growth is exploding. According to Gartner, CPQ market revenue was approximately $878 million in 2016, with a 20% CAGR expected through 2020. However, CPQ is not new, and many organizations that have invested in CPQ solutions are failing to meet expected ROI. So, what’s…
In today’s fast-paced world, rapidly evolving data and software driven strategies are imperative to creating sustained commercial pricing success. Good processes and experienced personnel alone are no longer enough. It is nearly impossible to rely on spreadsheets, custom software tools, and empirical observation to properly manage the complexity of becoming a “data-driven” pricing organization. That’s…
Not to fear, enterprise-class pricing software is here With the latest round of tariffs going into effect from 23rd August 2018, many companies are turning to their finance and pricing teams to provide a strategic response that maintains profitability without disrupting demand. To help navigate the complexities of tariffs, Vistaar has put together a four-step…
Unlock latent potential with price experimentation With every price quote or posted price, there is an opportunity to learn about the market, and in turn, improve pricing. Yet, a tremendous amount of the information is not captured, systemized or utilized, neither by people in pricing nor the algorithms they employ. The potential in learning from…
“Vistaar’s 2.0 Pricing Solution Can Help…” A few weeks ago, Amazon.com, Inc. announced that it will be acquiring PillPack, the full-service online pharmacy that delivers to your door. It is no secret that the Retail Pharmacy landscape is unquestionably challenging, but it is about to get even more aggressively competitive. Are you ready? Retail pharmacies will…
Pricing teams that rely on Excel models and manual processes can be overwhelmed with the challenge of optimizing price as tariffs whipsaw cost. An Excel-based response can feel like “bringing a knife to a gun-fight.” Many companies have finite opportunities to change their price in any given year placing even greater weight on the right…
“It’s in the game.” The traditional core objective of pricing technology was centered on the identification of the margin leakage. The pricing team operated the software and provided sales with insights to mitigate the margin erosion. Put another way, the software served as a business intelligence support system with considerable human intervention. From the sales…
A true path to optimized pricing There is a growing focus among pricing practitioners to use price science to drive pricing decisions. It’s a fabulous trend with many recent innovations in the use of advanced techniques such as machine learning and AI. It is important however to consider behavioral economics because our economic decision making…
Short answer: YES! Commodity market fluctuations that whipsaw product margins are a persistent downstream pricing challenge. Should you take price now, incrementally, or eat the cost change? What will your competitors do? How many times can you change customer pricing this year? Get it right or you risk locking your margins into that corporate “unhappy place”.…