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GET  SMARTER  AT  PRICING  BlackCurve  helps  businesses  fine  tune  their  pricing  

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The  Benefits  of    Price  List  Management  SoHware  

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Typical  Business  Case  

In  principle  the  above-­‐menKoned  process  works.  “If  it  ain’t  broke,  don’t  fix  it”.  But  what  if  I  said  to  you,  that  this  process  of  managing  prices  is  holding  your  business  back?  

Customers  find  it  hard  to  opKmise  their  pricing  using  Excel  

Core  business  systems  offer  basic  funcKonality  

Core  Business  System  (ERP)  

Customer  RelaKonship  System  (CRM)  

Offline  Spread  sheet  Based  Tool  

Download  Product  Data  

Download  Customer  Data  

Upload  Revised  Master  File  

Sales  Staff  NoKfied  

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No  need  to  spend  days  and  weeks  on  the  pricing  administraKon  side  of  things.  Make  changes  to  your  benchmark  pricing,  pricing  rules,  promoKonal  pricing,  

customer  pricing,  excepKon  pricing  in  minutes  with  our  easy  to  use  workflows.  

The  Benefits  of  Pricing  SoHware:  Real-­‐Time  Pricing  

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The  Benefits  of  Pricing  SoHware:  Assess  the  Impact  

AnKcipate  the  business  impact  of  your  pricing  changes  with  our  visual  financial  summary.  Increasing  prices  may  sound  great,  but  what  if  this  has  a  detrimental  impact  on  sales?  Vice  versa,  if  I  decrease  prices,  how  many  more  to  I  need  to  sell  

to  make  up  the  shor[all?  

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The  Benefits  of  Pricing  SoHware:  Managing  Pricing  Tests  

The  key  is  to  opKmise  your  pricing  decisions,  and  get  to  a  point  where  you  can  be  sure  you  are  achieving  the  highest  price  possible  whilst  sKll  supporKng  revenue  and  profitability  growth.  Because  you  have  your  sales  history  at  your  fingerKps,  

you  can  easily  idenKfy  the  areas  of  margin  leakage  within  BlackCurve,  and  complete  pricing  tests  to  find  that  pricing  sweet  spot.  BlackCurve  will  even  flag  

up  and  rank  the  areas  of  greatest  opportunity.  

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The  Benefits  of  Pricing  SoHware:  Manage  Rule  Conflicts  

Many  of  our  customers  previously  struggled  with  ensuring  there  were  no  rule  conflicts  for  example  from  any  promoKonal  acKviKes  that  were  running.  

BlackCurve  takes  away  the  stress,  and  automaKcally  idenKfies  conflicts  that  require  resolving.  

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The  Benefits  of  Pricing  SoHware:  Full  Audit  History  

Excel  is  oHen  just  a  snapshot  of  what  is  happening  now  in  your  pricing  world.  BlackCurve  logs  all  the  changes  behind  the  scenes,  giving  you  the  power  to  

interrogate  what  has  happened  previously,  and  keep  a  record  as  to  the  raKonale  of  individual  pricing  changes.  

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The  Benefits  of  Pricing  Tools:  Advanced  Pricing  Rules  

Excel  is  great,  but  it  oHen  struggles  when  it  comes  to  advanced  pricing  methods.  If  you’re  looking  to  take  advantage  of  applying  different  pricing  strategies  across  mulKple  product,  customer,  and  market  segments,  then  an  online  pricing  soluKon  is  a  must.  Simply  by  moving  away  from  a  cost  plus  approach,  you’re  already  on  the  journey  to  value  based  selling,  which  staKsKcally  is  proven  to  support  business  

growth.  

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The  Benefits  of  Pricing  SoHware:  Flexible  Commercial  Terms  

We  know  your  business  is  constantly  evolving  in  an  effort  to  remain  compeKKve,  and  that  cash  flow  is  important  to  you.  That  is  why  the  best  price  list  management  

systems  are  available  on  a  subscripKon  (SaaS:  SoHware-­‐as-­‐a-­‐Service)  model  where  you  can  sign-­‐up  for  our  standard  rolling  term  of  12  months,  and  pay  either  

on  a  monthly,  quarterly  or  yearly  basis.  

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PRICE  MANAGEMENT  AND  CONFIGURE  PRICE  QUOTE  (CPQ)  SOFTWARE  

 Perfect  for  businesses  who  are  over  reliant  on  spread  sheets  to  manage  their  pricing.  

Perfect  for  companies  wishing  to  reap  the  rewards  from  more  advanced  pricing  strategies  to  grow  their  profitability.  Perfect  for  organisaKons  seeking  to  opKmise  

their  prices.  

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PRICE  MANAGEMENT  &  OPTIMISATION  

An  easy  to  use  soluKon  to  implement  and  fine  tune  

your  pricing.  

CONFIGURE  PRICE  QUOTE  (CPQ)  

A  quoKng  system  for  complex  products,  pricing  or  

channels.  

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