TRW Aftermarket Selects PROS Big Data Applications to Drive Growth Through Enhanced Customer Experience and Sales Effectiveness
HOUSTON & LONDON, April 1, 2014 – PROS® (NYSE: PRO), a big data software company, today announced TRW Aftermarket has selected PROS big data applications to support its business in Europe, Asia and North America. TRW Aftermarket is headquartered in Neuwied, Germany. The transaction closed in the fourth quarter of 2013.
TRW Aftermarket is a leading provider of parts, service, technical and diagnostic support to both the vehicle manufacturing service channels and the global independent automotive aftermarket. In Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, TRW Aftermarket manufactures and sells aftermarket products through its extensive distribution network. The company globally delivers a wide range of premium quality, TRW-branded replacement parts for braking, steering and suspension, as well as a range of other brands, products and services on a regional basis.
“Our business is global, and we sell across multiple channels and a broad range of brands,” said Alan Bartovsky, TRW Aftermarket Global Strategic Pricing Manager. “PROS took a proactive approach working with us, learning about our business and listening to our requirements. With PROS, we will be able to equip our sales teams with unique insights about each customer, allowing them to more quickly and easily present offers tailored to meet each company’s needs. PROS offered the most compelling and powerful big data applications to make this process easier, faster and smarter. Their experience in the service parts industry, exemplary references and demonstrable commitment to customer success made PROS the best choice for our business.”
“We appreciate the confidence TRW Aftermarket places in PROS to further strengthen customer experience through our big data applications for sales,” said PROS EMEA General Manager Sebastian Mamro. “We look forward to partnering with TRW Aftermarket to drive growth by unlocking powerful insights in their data and streamlining their selling, quoting and pricing processes.”
To learn more about PROS, visit the website at www.pros.com.
About TRW
TRW Aftermarket is a leading provider of original equipment quality replacement car parts, as well as service, technical and diagnostic support to many of the world’s motor manufacturers and the independent aftermarket across the world. The company partners with customers to supply high quality, reliable aftermarket passenger car and commercial vehicle parts. It also supports installers with detailed product and technic al information.
As part of leading tier-one supplier TRW Automotive, TRW Aftermarket has the backing to deliver globally with a local feel. The aftermarket business shares in TRW’s 100-year heritage as a supplier to the world’s original equipment manufacturers (OEM), providing parts and systems for passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers and related aftermarket components and services. Today TRW is the global leader in the supply of automotive safety systems.
About PROS
PROS Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PRO) is a big data software company that helps customers outperform in their markets by using big data to sell more effectively. We apply 28 years of data science experience to unlock buying patterns and preferences within transaction data to reveal which opportunities are most likely to close, which offers are most likely to sell and which prices are most likely to win. PROS offers big data solutions to optimize sales, pricing, quoting, rebates and revenue management across more than 40 industries. PROS has completed over 600 implementations of its solutions in more than 55 countries. The PROS team comprises more than 800 professionals around the world. To learn more, visit www.pros.com.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about the functionality and benefits of PROS pricing and big data software. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon PROS historical experience with pricing and big data software, and its current expectations of the benefits of pricing and big data software for organizations that implement and utilize such software. Additional information relating to the uncertainty affecting the PROS business is contained in PROS filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements represent PROS expectations as of the date of this press release. Subsequent events may cause these expectations to change, and PROS disclaims any obligations to update or alter these forward-looking statements in the future, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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