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Manufacturers: Overcome CPQ Pitfalls and Streamline Sales Processes with Zilliant

Read this blog post to discover CPQ pitfalls and how Zilliant CPQ streamlines the sales process and improves buying experiences for manufacturers.

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Economic Trends | Sales

The Precipitous Transformation of B2B Selling

When does something go from trend to mainstream? When is a fad no longer a fad? When does a novelty proliferate to become commonplace? When do the statistics for an emerging development become so ordinary we must look for a new one? According to social commentator Malcolm Gladwell, the "tipping p...

[WEBINAR] Applying Pricing Software in Commodity-Driven Industries
Partner | Pricing

[WEBINAR] Applying Pricing Software in Commodity-Driven Industries

Though commodity markets have rebounded slightly in 2022 after a rocky 2021, “investors shouldn’t be so fast to take it as an indication that we are in the clear,” states MorganStanley.com. Along with inflation-driven concerns, current geopolitical tensions have “added another layer of volatility to...

IT & CIO | Manufacturing

What Digital Transformation Really Means for Manufacturers

“Digital transformation in my opinion is thinking about, ‘How are you using data and technology to transform how you sell and engage with customers?’ It really is a very broad term but in the context of what Zilliant does, we’re helping customers transform how they price and sell.” So said Zillian...

IT & CIO | eCommerce

[WEBINAR] Getting Closer to the Customer in the Digital Age

Although the overall 2022 economic outlook continues to look strong, supply chain disruption and a volatile materials market are still plaguing the manufacturing industry, which is being particularly felt by auto parts manufacturers. “Toyota is cutting production at its truck-producing plant in San...

[Guest Post] CPQ for Manufacturing: How to Choose the Best Solution
Partner | Pricing

[Guest Post] CPQ for Manufacturing: How to Choose the Best Solution

CPQ software streamlines quotes and the sales process for manufacturing companies. Here’s how to select the right CPQ for manufacturing.By: Blake Grubbs, head of marketing, Logik.ioThis post originally appeared on the Logik.io blog.CPQ software streamlines quotes and the sales process for manufactur...

IT & CIO

Evolution of the Chief Digital Officer Role

This is a follow up to Mick Naughton’s July 28blog “Evolution of the Sales Operations Function” The role of “Chief Digital Officer” (CDO) first started showing up in the early 2010s. In 2012 Gartner said it was the next “hot executive title.” The analyst firm predicted that by 2015, 25...

Manufacturing | Pricing

[WEBINAR] How Manufacturers Can Win in 2022 and Beyond

Whatcomes to mind whenyou are asked to pinpoint the biggest disruptive force in manufacturing since 2020? Perhaps it is inflation, which has persisted long enough to put serious downward pressure on manufacturers’ margins. Orspeaking morebroadly,is itcost volatilitycaused by material shortages and...

Change Management | Sales | Pricing

What Makes Zilliant Customers Successful: A Q-and-A with Nathan Rabold

Nathan Rabold is a Zilliant veteran; he’s worked closely with our customers for more than seven years on both the solutions and customer success teams. Prior to Zilliant, his background was in software implementation and consulting. He now leads Zilliant’s global Customer Success organization, which...

Sales | Pricing

Year-in-Review: Zilliant’s Accelerated Growth

2021 marked a year of accelerated growth for Zilliant. The most significant milestone occurred this past December when Zilliant entered into an agreement to be acquired by funds affiliated with Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (“MDP”), a leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago. 2021 al...

Advice on Digital Commerce and the Sales Role
IT & CIO | Sales

2022 Advice on Digital Commerce and the Sales Role

In part two of our 2022 advice roundtable, we get to the biggest paradigm shift for B2B, the rise of digital commerce, with some additional thoughts on how the role of the B2B salesperson will need to adapt. Read part one here. A recent Digital Commerce 360 piece, citing McK...

2022 Advice on Inflation, Dynamic Pricing & More
Economic Trends | Pricing

2022 Advice on Inflation, Dynamic Pricing & More

Welcome to 2022.As we mentioned in our 2021 B2B manufacturing and distribution previews last January, the start of a new calendar year is not a clean slate, but it is an opportunity to take stock of the previous 12 months and prepare for the road ahead. In lieu of making predictions for 2022, some o...

Learn More About Zilliant's Real-Time Pricing Engine™
IT & CIO | Pricing

Learn More About Zilliant's Real-Time Pricing Engine™

Today, we are excited to announce the Zilliant Real-Time Pricing Engine™, the latest addition to our industry-leading, cloud-native pricing and sales software solutions. The new product enables business-to-business (B2B) companies to calculate and deliver prices in real-time to any commercial system...

How to Make CRM Effective
Sales

How to Make CRM Effective

Perspective: You are a sales manager responsible for 25 of your organization’s 500 salespeople. Think about the last “all sales” email you were copied on from your marketing or sales ops department that came with a spreadsheet attached. Maybe it was a list of products with too much inventory, a list...

Year-in-Review: Zilliant Events
Sales | Pricing

Year-in-Review: Zilliant Events

As I sat down to write Zilliant’s “Best of” events blog for 2021, I took a look back at where we were a year ago, when we were still learning how to adjust to our new virtual way of meeting, and we viewed 2021 as our chance to see each other in person again.With safety still top of mind, 2021 found...

Year-in-Review: The Essential Zilliant Content
Sales | Pricing

Year-in-Review: The Essential Zilliant Content

For B2B companies the year 2021 was a precedented one, but only because they had just lived through 2020. As the economy re-opened, uneven surges in demand brought supply chain snarls and creeping inflation, while new COVID variants continue to introduce more uncertainty. At the same time, the digit...

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