{"id":6958,"date":"2022-05-11T07:19:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T07:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/product-solution-information\/pros-platform-distribution-industry\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T18:51:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T18:51:50","slug":"pros-platform-distribution-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/product-solution-information\/pros-platform-distribution-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The PROS Platform for the Distribution Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><div id=\"pdf-container\" data-pdf=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/b2b\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Solutions-Brief_Distribution_Final-3.pdf\"><\/div>\n<p>The Solutions Brief for\u202fDistribution explains how PROS enables distributors to address the challenges of their end-to-end sales process to deliver a better user experience, boost margins and increase revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Distributors find themselves dealing with high degrees of complexity and uncertainty. To drive growth, margin and an optimal user experience they are looking to the power of digital technologies.<\/p>\n<p>Digital transformation doesn&rsquo;t come easy, so manufacturers are wondering, &ldquo;where should we focus&rdquo;? PROS believes the best place to begin any process of change is where it will have the most impact. When it comes to digital transformation, that would be the interactions between the manufacturer and its dealers and clients, otherwise known as the end-to-end sales process.<\/p>\n<p>In this Solutions Brief, you will learn how the PROS Platform Enables you to address the following challenges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&ldquo;We find it difficult to anticipate market conditions and respond to the competition&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>\u202f&ldquo;Without visibility into our data, we cannot fix margin erosion&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re under pressure to hit growth targets but don&rsquo;t know what customers to focus on&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t easily keep prices updated, relevant, or consistent across channels&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t know what customers would be willing to pay so we quickly opt to offering high discounts&rdquo;<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;Our pricing processes are manual and lengthy&rdquo;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>PROS in Distribution<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/ai-solutions\/\" target=\"_self\">PROS AI-powered platform<\/a>\u202f enables distributors to leverage deeper insight for better business decisions, optimize and manage prices for maximized profitability, and streamline complex selling and ordering processes. After 35 years of working with 32 different industries, PROS continues to pioneer data-science strategies to partner with and support distributor&rsquo; success. The PROS\u202f Platform for distributors includes<a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/products\/sales-opportunity-detection-software\/\" target=\"_self\">\u202finsight<\/a>\u202fand\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/products\/dynamic-pricing-management-software\/\" target=\"_self\">analytics<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/solutions\/price-optimization-management\/\" target=\"_self\">price optimization and management<\/a>,\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/solutions\/sales-acceleration\/\" target=\"_self\">digital selling<\/a>, and\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/pros.com\/products\/cpq-software\/\" target=\"_self\">CPQ (configure price quote)<\/a>\u202fsolutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PROS Platform for Distribution explains how PROS enables distributors to address the challenges of their end-to-end sales process in order to deliver a better customer experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[84,90,46,200,49,117,113,91],"class_list":["post-6958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-solution-information","tag-industry-distribution","tag-label-product-solution","tag-language-english","tag-product-rebate-management","tag-product-smart-configure-price-quote","tag-product-smart-price-optimization-management","tag-topic-pros-platform","tag-type-product-solution","post-type-docs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The PROS Platform for the Distribution Industry | AI-Powered CPQ, Dynamic Pricing, &amp; 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