The Hidden Pricing Factory The State of Pricing Within every company exists a hidden pricing factory that holds the key to shore up customer trust, employee confidence, competitiveness as well…
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings”, said Julius Caesar in Shakespeare’s unforgettable words. Pricing professionals blame lack of senior management support and…
Sales people must dread account reviews with professional buyers and understandably so. If it is not the bluster to downsize sales volume because of quality or delivery issues then it…
Last fall, the leaders of a mid-sized company were rather worried about an unusually aggressive competitive promotion. After analyzing their competitors ‘past promotions along with the company’s own volume and…
Protecting profits through inventory management is being mentioned on quarterly earnings calls whether the company is Xerox Corporation or Joann Fabrics. The article, Ecolab: Fewer Products Greater Profits, is fairly representative of the manufacturing…