CPQ Podcast

The CPQ Market is fragmented with 100+ CPQ Solutions and so it is challenging to find the best Solution for any customer. We make it easier to find a suitable solution by providing eight common evaluation views. While a specific Industry focus is common, do you know what a "Swiss Army Knife CPQ" is? Listen and find out

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In this episode you can learn what impact the current COVID-19 Pandemic has on CPQ stakeholders (CPQ Vendors, System Integrators and Customer). You further hear what is currently in high demand with customers and some tips concerning starting a CPQ Project during COVID-19.

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Blog Posts regarding COVID-19 & CPQ

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In this episode of CPQ Podcast we discuss me joining MGI Research as the CPQ Practice Lead and share my interview with MGI Research Managing Director and co-founder Igor Stenmark. We cover COVID-19 impact on CPQ, MGI 360 Ratings for CPQ vendors, CPQ as a key element of the Agile Monetization Platform and much more.

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David Demres has master's degrees from Harvard and Stanford and is currently the VP of Marketing and Strategic Development at AutoQuotes. In this interview he talks about the impact of COVID-19 to the Foodservice Equipment and Supply Industry, the private equity investment from Luminate Capital Partners into AQ, their AQ Cares program that includes a no-layoff pledge, electronic quotes, equipment financing, eCommerce, and much more.

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddemres/

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Website https://aq-fes.com

Lindsay Duran has been with Zilliant for 8+ years and was previously with Deloitte + Dun & Bradstreet. In this Interview she talks about Club Blue, why pricing is so important, fair & rational prices, the impact of coronavirus to their business, what solutions Zilliant integrates with, why CPQ and Pricing is different and much more

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsayduran/

Club Blue in Austin http://www.clubblueaustin.org

Website www.zilliant.com

Pricing Influencer: Bert Thompson, Brooks Hamilton

Our listeners asked us why we mention the CPQ Circle Subscription in each CPQ Podcast episode for the last 12 months or so. This episode provides an answer to this question. The CPQ Circle Subscription provides high quality and low cost, monthly CPQ Industry News, Industry Trends, Tips and much more that you can't find anywhere else. Just spend 5 minutes to learn more and see if this is for you. We strive to be "the" industry-leading CPQ Subscription for all CPQ Stakeholders.

Richard has 20 years of experience with various CPQ Solutions like BigMachines/Oracle CPQ Cloud, Apttus, Zuora and Salesforce CPQ at various organizations. In this Interview he explains why it is important for CPQ teams to have broad experience, what challenges and benefits teams can expect from CPQ Solutions, what to consider for global CPQ usage, why some people and/or teams should potentially not use a CPQ tool and much more

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Alexandria is a native of Portland, Oregon that moved to Denmark seven years ago and received her masters and PhD from DTU in Copenhagen. In this interview she talks about Complexity Management and the impressive results she achieved during her 3-year Industrial PhD project which includes a product variety reduction from 80,000 to 38,000 products. She also talks about the key success factors and the key objectives for Complexity Management and much more

Contact her on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandriatrattner/

Ulf Harlou, a PhD in Product Development, founded CPC in 2007 as a spin-off from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in Copenhagen. In this interview he explains why his team only employs experts with a Master degree, why he partners with Configit and Tacton, why they always want to work with their customers on-site, who he considers thought leaders in modularization and configuration, how they use their "Office Fridays", where he expects growth and much more

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