Manufacturing Digital: Getting a big impact from Big Data: Part Two

September 25, 2013-  By Sebastian Mamro Apply big data insights during contract negotiations Sales people can now use these insights as they negotiate prices with each individual customer.  Using software and mobile devices, a manufacturer’s sales team can construct the highest value deal for both the customer and for the vendor. This approach uses tools […]

Manufacturing Digital: Getting a Big Impact from Big Data: Part One

September 24, 2013-  By Sebastian Mamro, Director, Head of Professional Services EMEA, PROS Chemical manufacturers today face a host of challenges that have produced extreme pressure on both their sales performance and margins. Aggressive price competition has been fed by volatility in raw material costs and marketplace demand. In the midst of this highly competitive global […]

PROS Webinar: Using Big Data Science to Drive Bigger Sales Growth

WHAT: Join PROS for a live webinar to learn how to put the power of data science behind your strategy, no matter your company size. PROS latest big data application – Step™ – provides mid-size companies with pricing and selling recommendations, powered by data science, in a cloud-based, self-service model, that’s easy to set up […]

Spend Matters: Using Procurement’s Big Data for Better Sales Effectiveness

September 10, 2013-  By Sebastian Mamro Exploit the Information You Already Collect While most supply chain companies have done an excellent job of managing costs and negotiating deals from the procurement perspective, far too many organisations today come up short when trying to link procurement information to their own sales performance and product pricing activities.  […]

Spend Matters: Using Procurement's Big Data for Better Sales Effectiveness

September 10, 2013-  By Sebastian Mamro Exploit the Information You Already Collect While most supply chain companies have done an excellent job of managing costs and negotiating deals from the procurement perspective, far too many organisations today come up short when trying to link procurement information to their own sales performance and product pricing activities.  […]

UK Signing to Boost Sales for PROS

September 5, 2013-  Big data software company, PROS, has announced the appointment of Eric Allen as general manager for operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Based at its European headquarters in London, Allen will report to president and CEO Andres Reiner. Allen joins PROS following an eight-year career with Emptoris, where he […]

PROS Latest Cloud-Based Big Data Tool Aims to Help Firms Boost Revenues

September 4, 2013-  By Vance McCarthy Big data software company PROS is offering a cloud-based big data app aimed at helping companies increase sales. PROS Step, which uses Microsoft Azure, aims automatically analyze transactions and recommend how a company can adjust pricing and increase revenues. Big data software company PROS is offering a cloud-based big […]

PROS Webinar – The New “V” in Big Data: How Viability is Driving Better Outcomes

WHAT: The era of big data is not “coming soon.” It’s here, and it’s brought both big change and unprecedented opportunity to countless businesses across many industries. The first wave of big data focused on the underlying resource demands – the three “V’s” of big data – volume, variety and velocity. It’s now time to […]