Length: 10 pages For Business Process & Applications Professionals
Noha Tohamy November 12, 2004
Grading Price Solutions For Nonretail Industries
Forrester Wave™: Nonretail Price Solutions, Q4 2004
by Noha Tohamy
with John Ragsdale, Jessica Harrington

This is a document excerptEXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Manufacturers and distributors have been investing in pricing tools, ranging from visibility and reporting to complex optimization. And while the vendor market is still fragmented, users' satisfaction with achieved ROI is encouraging prospects to take the plunge. In order to capitalize on these investments, user companies must move beyond standalone pricing solutions and use these tools to smooth out supply and demand mismatches.

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NOTES & RESOURCES

itemPrice Management Promises Significant Top-Line Improvement

itemAssessing The Solution Landscape

itemPricing Solution Vendors Come In Three Different Flavors

itemPricing Solutions Receive High Marks From Clients

itemThe Major Implementation Challenge Is Data Quality And Integration . . .

item. . . As Well As Aligning Business Processes With The New Technology

itemCompanies Balance The Benefits Of Hiring Specialized Best-Of Breed-Vendors. . .

item. . . With Vendor Viability Concerns . . .

item. . . And Still Grapple With Usability Limitations

itemForrester Wave: Evaluation Criteria

itemForrester Wave: The Findings

recommendations

itemFirms: Use Pricing Solutions To Smooth Supply And Demand Variations

WHAT IT MEANS

itemFirst-Mover ERP Acquires The Pick Of The Litter

Forrester interviewed seven vendors and evaluated their responses to an extensive list of criteria. The vendors were: Manugistics, Metreo, PROS Revenue Management, Rapt, Revenue Technologies, Vendavo, and Zilliant. In addition, Forrester interviewed 12 user companies in various industries who are currently using a pricing solution.

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itemUsing Supply Network Influence To Tame Demand Variability

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itemPrice Optimization Adoption Soars In 2004

December 5, 2003, Brief

itemHelping Supply Chain Cope With Demand

June 24, 2003, Report

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