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Behavioral Economics Powered by Machine Learning and AI Techniques | Pricing Matters

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 is often shockingly irrational. Naturally, we […]

Can Tariffs Disrupt Your Pricing Strategy? Short answer: YES! | Paul Greifenberger

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.” If you’ve […]

Pricing: Does Fortune Favor the Bold or the Prepared? | Paul Greifenberger

With every sales bid, there are new data that can be used to improve pricing. Yet, much of this potential remains untapped. Why? Because data gaps and uncontrolled sales cycle data variables are significant roadblocks. Find out how Vistaar’s leading edge pricing practices and price science techniques can help you overcome the roadblocks. It’s worth the effort because […]

Machine Learning—a “Next Level” Pricing Element | Paul Greifenberger

For a pricing strategy to be truly successful, it must be a “win-win-win” for sales, marketing, and finance. This calls for a revenue and margin balancing act consistently performed over time. Vistaar’s SmartQuote  pricing software enables pricing strategies and tactics to efficiently and rapidly adapt as market conditions change. SmartQuote is powered by advanced machine learning techniques […]

Workshop: Successful Transformation for Strategy Optimization | Stratence Partners

Date: Tue, 1 May, 2018 | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: PPS Spring Conference | Loews Chicago O’Hare Rosemont Hotel in Chicago, IL DESCRIPTION Successful Transformation for Strategy Optimization (Level 300 Workshop) Most organizations have objectives to improve their results for profit, volume and market share, but not all of them are really leveraging the most powerful lever […]