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June 29, 2010 - IT Business Edge: Putting an End to Folklore Pricing
One of the things that end users like to use analytic applications for is to investigate various pricing models and the impact they might have on profit and revenue. After all, the whole point of analytics and business intelligence is to figure out how to make more money.
May 07, 2010 - Managing Automation: Deloitte, PROS Team Up on Pricing
In the latest partnership to blend consulting expertise with software prowess, pricing management technology specialist PROS has announced that it will team up with global consultant Deloitte to provide manufacturers and other customers bundled support for determining the most profitable prices for their products.
May 05, 2010 - S.P. Richards: SPR recognises top suppliers
SP Richards has awarded it best-performing vendor partners at its recent vendor summit in Florida. PROS, the software analytics platform behind the MyAnalystPro margin enhancement program, received the Strategic Partner of the Year award.
April 21, 2010 - Industry Week: Using Pricing as a Competitive Advantage
After a year of cutbacks, organizations can no longer shrink their way to profitability. So the question remains how can a manufacturer put itself ahead of the competition? One way is by focusing on three key areas of pricing. Profitability improvements from pricing depend on investing in strategies and tools to examine, rationalize and enforce pricing policies and best practices.
March 24, 2010 - Big Fat Finance Blog: Pull the Pricing Lever
Pricing may be both the biggest and most forgotten lever the CFO can pull with when trying to bolster the balance sheet. A 1 percent increase in price can result in an 11 percent increase in operating income, according to PROS Holdings, a pricing optimization vendor. Just correcting current pricing mistakes usually will give you that 11 percent increase.
March 23, 2010 - Manufacturing.net: Top Five Pricing Strategies to Come Out Ahead in Economic Recovery
Manufacturing.net sat down with Doug Fuehne, VP, Professional Services of PROS Pricing Software Solutions to talk about how manufacturers can improve their pricing strategies and come out ahead as the economy turns around.
March 19, 2010 - Managing Automation: Don’t Fire Unprofitable Customers; Price Them Out the Door
PROS, a company that got its start in the 1980s in the airline industry and today offers pricing and profit management software for manufacturers and others, gathered a small group of individuals who focus on pricing practices every day, and the ensuing conversation revealed much about entrenched business practices and companies’ ability to change their customer-facing practices.