Zilliant’s Executive Pricing Summit Draws Record Attendance

May 11, 2009 - PRLog -- Zilliant, the leading provider of price optimization and management software for manufacturers, distributors, and high-tech companies, today announced the success of its recent Executive Pricing Summit which drew double the expected number of attendees from over forty B2B manufacturing and distribution companies.  Senior pricing executives in attendance heard real-world implementation strategies and learned how price optimization practices have enabled companies similar to their own increase profit margins by 10-15 percent and more, even in unfavorable market conditions.

“The fact that attendance doubled is a clear demonstration of the strong interest of B2B companies have in innovative pricing approaches that protect margins and deliver sustainable competitive advantage so that, when the economy turns around, they emerge stronger than ever,” said Tim Hamilton, SVP of sales and marketing, Zilliant. “As part of our commitment to helping B2B organizations preserve and grow margin, we launched our Executive Pricing Summit series several years ago as an educational forum exclusively for these B2B companies to drill into key pricing topics, and learn from industry experts and peers in an interactive setting.”

Zilliant’s Executive Pricing Summit featured presentations from leading B2B companies in manufacturing and distribution, as well as from Zilliant executives and pricing scientists. The open forum format enabled summit attendees to discuss critical topics and share best practice experiences directly with peers.

“In this economic environment pricing needs to be part of the solution.  Better in-sight into pricing practices and decisions based on concrete data and analytics is key to preserving margin, while wading through these turbulent times,” said Lynn Brenton, senior director, Hubbell, Inc.  “My team and I take away from these Summits proven and practical insights into improving our pricing operations that we can immediately put into practice.  It isn’t just theory and a spreadsheet.”

Zilliant’s next Executive Pricing Summit is scheduled for May 21, 2009 in Chicago.  For more information on the Chicago Summit, please email laura.case@zilliant.com. To keep on top of Zilliant developments, news, events and happenings via RSS, please subscribe to http://www.zilliant.com/zilliant.xml.

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About Zilliant
Zilliant is the leading provider of price optimization and price management applications for manufacturing, distribution, high-tech, and industrial service companies. Zilliant Precision Pricing Suite (ZPPS) uses existing transactional data to improve decisions across all facets of price analysis, setting and execution. ZPPS applications combine powerful price segmentation and optimization science with easy-to-use business applications to help companies achieve the best pricing possible on every deal, increasing profits by tens of millions of dollars. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Zilliant is a privately held company. Investors include Austin Ventures, Cardinal Ventures, JP Morgan Partners, and Trellis Partners. For more information contact Zilliant at 877.893.1085 or visit www.zilliant.com.