We are thrilled to be back in person for MindShare Europe, the industry’s top B2B pricing and sales conference, on 30 November in Paris, France. In this episode, Zilliant Chief Marketing Officer Lindsay Duran interviews Vice President, EMEA Michel Safi about what attendees can expect from the event....
We welcome Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Enterprise Architect Prashant Garg, who specializes in Quote-to-Cash, to the show to talk all things manufacturing and CPQ. Given the recent industry upheavals and the scramble to digitize commercial processes, Garg and host Barrett Thompson describe the ur...
Back for the second time, Zilliant Business Solutions Consultant Vishal Asatkar joins us to share his eye-opening insights in the world of food service distribution. When we last had Vishal on, he focused on the challenges facing food manufacturers in the middle of a pandemic. Now he sheds light on...
Zilliant General Manager of Commercial Excellence Barrett Thompson welcomes distribution guru Ian Heller of Distribution Strategy Group and The Wholesale Change Show on for his first B2B Reimagined appearance. The topic du jour is distribution sales: how the game has changed, how sales teams must ev...
Today we are joined by Salesforce Sr. Director of Product Management, Quote-to-Cash Solutions Erwan Kerebel for a breakdown of challenges, opportunities and reimagined solutions within the Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) space.Kerebel outlined three focus areas for manufacturers: faster quote turnarou...
This week marked the official launch of Zilliant’s newest product, Zilliant Campaign Manager™. An exciting evolution, this 100% cloud-native SaaS solution takes the insights generated by Sales IQ™ to the next level by unlocking self-service capability and providing the flexibility to scope, refine a...
Even before COVID-19 changed everything, distributors in the electronic components industry were dealing with seismic shifts. The dawn of 5G, the explosion of IoT and the ever-shortening product lifecycle combined to create complex business challenges and new opportunities to capture. The pandemic p...
This episode features a lively preview of Zilliant MindShare 2020, the premier B2B pricing and sales conference, which is going virtual for the first time on Oct. 27-29. Event MCs Barrett Thompson and Rick Chappell joined the show to explain how though the format may be new, the customer stories, th...
You’ve probably heard the old adage: “We can get it done right, we can get it done fast or we can do it for cheap.” For high-tech manufacturers and technology providers, the same concept applies to their quoting and offer creation processes. Most can consistently do a good job of delivering quotes w...
Dr. Steve Laborda, chief executive officer of ValueBiz Booster, joins our show to discuss the importance of commercial excellence in the specialty chemicals distribution industry. Laborda and host Barrett Thompson diagnose the biggest challenges facing these businesses, including increased complexit...
Modern Distribution Management (MDM) is the leading information resource for executives in the wholesale distribution business. MDM’s annual reports and periodic surveys provide an unparalleled snapshot into the distribution market, including pricing and sales trends, market share data and deep indu...
The Configure, Price and Quote (CPQ) market has exploded in recent years, as businesses embrace smarter technology to empower their sales reps to build better offers and close more deals. Zilliant has teamed up with Oracle, a market leader in CPQ, to infuse scientific price guidance, price segmentat...
The role of a traditional B2B field seller, and the sales process itself, has fundamentally changed in a post-pandemic world. With buyers and sellers transitioning to remote work, B2B eCommerce on a meteoric rise and Zoom calls replacing shop floor visits, companies have adapted on the fly with vary...
Auto and heavy-duty truck parts distributors operate in a “pizza delivery model,” in which the goal is to be the first call on a garage’s list and to be able to deliver in 30 minutes or less. These distributors service many independent garages and must maintain inventory, get parts there fast and co...
In this, the first episode of B2B Reimagined, we welcome special guests Barrett Thompson and Brian Hirt to the podcast to discuss trends, challenges and opportunities unique to B2B electrical products distribution companies Brian Hirt served as the marketing director for a large, U.S.-based electric...
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