Pricing systems are a rapidly expanding area. Many companies have seen the systems quickly pay back their investment while others have struggled to make the change.
There are now more than 30 pricing systems vendors globally. Their offerings provide a diverse range of functionality, and so navigating through the alternative solutions to find the one that fits your needs can be difficult.
Pricing Solutions has deep expertise in the pricing systems area. Our knowledge will ensure that your company makes the correct buying decision and implements it the most effective way, achieving a high return on your investment with a minimum of organizational stress.
Based on our clients’ Pricing systems needs, Pricing Solutions has developed our “Four Stage Process” to guide the organization and ensure a successful systems implementation.
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Pricing Solutions will conduct a Diagnostic to determine what must be done to ready the organization for a successful implementation, and then work with the company in making any changes. In collaboration with your team, Pricing Solutions will determine the most effective processes and tools, develop internal capabilities, and ensure the knowledge transfer from Pricing Solutions to your organization. We will conduct a deep dive to analyze the potential opportunity for your company related to improved pricing systems. Pricing Solutions will prepare the business case for systems implementation to determine the return on investment and provide recommendations on next steps if appropriate. Pricing Solutions will grow the Pricing expertise of your people, allowing a full understanding of Pricing concepts and ensuring the optimum level of participation on the upcoming project. |
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Pricing Solutions will execute a collaborative process to prepare a Requirements Document that ensures all stakeholders have input into the RFP, and that the organization has a complete and prioritized description of the present and future needs and the required functionalities. The Requirements Document serves as a base for the Systems RFP (next step), and will take into account the different dimensions of Pricing Systems: Processes, Analytical Requirements, Execution and Monitoring Tools, Data Flow, and IT Platform. |
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Based on the Requirements Document, Pricing Solutions will work to prepare the RFI/RFP and help you select the appropriate software vendors or systems developers to invite into the selection process. Pricing Solutions has attended every major systems conference and met with most of the vendors, enabling us to provide a unique perspective on which systems are best suited to your organization’s needs. Pricing Solutions is independent from the systems firms, and will ensure that the solution selected will allow you to capture all of your organization’s pricing potential. In addition to that, Pricing Solutions has developed the expertise to handle the legal/contractual part of your systems project, ensuring that the investment and interests of your company will be protected. |
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Once the organization has selected the vendor, the hard work begins. Pricing Solutions has deep expertise in helping companies successfully implement their systems plans. As experts in Change Management, the required hardware, processes, data, cultural, people, and incentive system changes will be made in concert with the pricing systems implementation. These steps are vital to achieving the payback. Pricing Solutions will work alongside your organization through every step of the project to ensure a smooth and successful implementation. |
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To reach a European contact, click here to contact Fernando Ventureira
To reach a contact in North America, click here to contact Paul Hunt
