Houston, Texas – October 18, 2005 — The 2006 PROS Pricing Excellence Summit will be held March 5-7, 2006 at the Hilton of the Americas in Houston, Texas.  The annual Pricing Excellence Summit is designed to help executives of Fortune 1000 companies increase profits through best practices in pricing strategies and processes.   The theme of the 2006 event is Profitability through Pricing Excellence; the lectures and networking sessions will discuss how companies can create world-class pricing capabilities that generate extraordinary margin improvements.

The 2005 Pricing Excellence Summit was attended by over 170 people across a variety of industries.  Attendees are predominately Vice President or C-level executives, and 92% of the 2005 attendees said they were likely to return to the 2006 event. 

“The conference provided a solid overview of pricing processes:  analytics, optimization models and enforcement methodologies” stated John Landis, Chief Financial Officer, Foster Farms. “I came away with a clear understanding of the array of consulting resources and software tools available to improve my current pricing practices.”

Key benefits of attendance:

• Learn best practices for pricing strategies and processes to increase profitability
• Identify the most costly profit leaks and methods to address them
• Discuss real-world case studies in pricing improvement with industry experts
• Improve pricing execution and enforcement among the sales organization
• Clarify methods for measuring pricing improvements
• Discuss key needs for pricing decision support in deal negotiation
• Learn about technologies to improve visibility into pricing decisions and margins
• Network with industry leaders
• Gain significant competitive advantage over less sophisticated competitors – or more sophisticated customer purchasing departments

 

Featured presentations include:

• How to help your sales force make more profitable pricing decisions
• Creating a world-class pricing organization that can generate increased profits
• The right price for the right customer every time
• How to improve supply chain effectiveness through better pricing
• Determining true profitability from every deal – do you know where you are losing money?
• Best-practices for streamlining pricing decisions to quickly increase profits

 

This conference is designed for executives of Fortune 1000 companies who have a direct or supporting role in developing and implementing pricing strategy.  Attendees represent marketing, sales, product management, operations, product development, finance, business strategy, and top management.

Early registration is open at www.prospricing.com.

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