Deloitte's focus on margin optimization s/w

HOUSTON: PROS, a player in business-to-business pricing and margin optimization software, announced a non-exclusive global alliance agreement with Deloitte Consulting LLP, a subsidiary of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. The two companies will work together to offer scalable and efficient solutions that enable B2B customers to maximize their return on pricing.

By combining Deloitte’s knowledge in designing and implementing robust business and pricing strategies with PROS’ proven pricing solutions, companies in the manufacturing, distribution, and services industries will rapidly increase margins and enterprise profitability, create competitive differentiation in the marketplace, and reduce total time to value.

“As one of the largest global management consulting firms, Deloitte is closely aligned with the performance and bottom-line profitability of many top-tier companies around the world,” said Andres Reiner, PROS executive vice president. “This is a great opportunity for us to expand our relationship with this industry leader to help companies increase margins and market share by optimizing pricing practices.”

Deloitte, which was recently rated as the top pricing consulting practice of 2009 by Kennedy Consulting Research & Advisory, offers an unmatched depth of industry and pricing consulting expertise, as it adds in the press release. That knowledge will be bundled with PROS’ pricing software to provide a holistic approach to achieving and sustaining pricing excellence.

“We are very excited about the PROS relationship. PROS has all of the capabilities needed to address our clients’ pricing challenges, from transactional analysis through econometric modeling, but especially in the area of advanced pricing science. The combination of their pricing capabilities and our industry expertise will drive exceptional results for our clients,” said Michael Simonetto, founder and global lead of Deloitte’s Pricing and Profitability Management practice, Deloitte Consulting LLP.