Ducker Carlisle Builds AI Pricing Agents to Optimize and Improve Pricing Performance
Artificial Intelligence offers a transformational shift in revenue management capabilities. Our Sparkwise Solutions team, which includes former members from Google and other leading AI startups, builds AI pricing agents and technologies to optimize and enhance pricing performance. These applications are custom fit to your organization’s needs and are licensed for continued use when/if needed.
Leveraging AI for Enhanced Pricing Performance
SparkWise Tariff Impact Analyzer
Utilizes internal and external data to collect product attributes, material content, Country of Origin and HTS codes, then utilizes these inputs to calculate the impact of Tariffs that changed since the last cost role as well as various user defined scenarios to model various Tariff announcements. The output is SKU level predicted future costs associated with any Tariff scenario. Outputs can be integrated with traditional price determination tools to support pricing scenario analysis and decisions.
SparkWise Tariff Competitor Price Predictor
Utilizes external data to collect product attributes, material content, Country of Origin and HTS codes, then utilizes these inputs to estimate the impact of Tariffs based on client determined margin, cost roll, and price reaction assumptions. The output is potential predicted future competitive price points. Outputs can be integrated with traditional price determination tools to support pricing scenario analysis and decisions.
SparkWise Bidmaster
AI generated RFP responses based on historical RFP responses and key sales defined criteria. We work with clients to customize Bidmaster for specific offerings. Reduces busy work of writing RFP and focuses sales team on value added inputs to deliver high quality RFP responses in a much faster time frame.
SparkWise Quotemaster
AI recommended pricing for bid quote business based on historical quotes, specifications, and win loss records. Reduces time to respond to quotes and improves quote win ratios.
SparkWise SourceNavigator
AI compares contract terms to system terms and invoices identifying invoice errors to reduce costs.
Competition Monitor
AI monitors competitor prices and competition news available in the public domain. Output includes alerts/warnings of competitive activity and summarized results around competitor’s stated strategies.
Custom Applications
Don’t see what you are looking for? Our AI team can assess your needs and develop custom AI applications targeted for your business very rapidly. Typical time to design, build and deploy new AI capabilities is usually 1-3 months.
Revealing Strategic Insights: Ducker Carlisle's Thorough Benchmarking Approach
Ducker Carlisle hosts benchmarking studies dedicated to OEM parts and service spanning multiple global regions. View our benchmarks below.
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“Ducker Carlisle are the only true experts in this sector. They understood our needs better than we did and have been instrumental in getting our project across the line.”
“Ducker Carlisle are the only true experts in this sector. They understood our needs better than we did and have been instrumental in getting our project across the line.”
“Ducker Carlisle are the only true experts in this sector. They understood our needs better than we did and have been instrumental in getting our project across the line.”
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Pricing Strategy and Process Transformation
Ducker Carlisle utilizes a fact-based approach to help you determine the best pricing strategies and redesign your pricing processes to optimize margins and grow your business.
Incentive Programs
We design incentive programs that enhance channel partner performance and foster customer loyalty. By embedding desired behaviors into program structures, creating performance metrics, and developing tailored reward systems, we drive measurable results. Our holistic approach aligns stakeholder input, integrates spend across key functions, models financial impacts, and ensures seamless communication, launch, and ongoing monitoring to achieve sustained success.
Market Research
Ducker Carlisle has been conducting bespoke B2B customer research for over 60 years and we leverage this expertise to help understand market needs, market dynamics, and competitive behavior. We customize our research offerings, but often provide research in the following areas related to pricing.
Price Determination Software
Our clients manage millions of price points with a limited organizational footprint. In many cases, managing prices on that scale effectively and efficiently requires price determination software. Ducker Carlisle helps clients identify the best software package for their business, and maximize its potential during or after implementation.
Private Equity Pricing Acceleration
Ducker Carlisle partners with private equity firms to rapidly assess and upgrade pricing performance at portfolio companies. We identify margin expansion opportunities and support implementation across core pricing levers in 8–12 weeks.
Assessment and Roadmap
Our quantitative and qualitative assessments are designed to identify revenue and growth potential, with timelines that are flexible to your organization’s level of need. Ducker Carlisle can rapidly assess your current pricing capabilities, identify quick win improvements, and provide a transformation roadmap to achieve best-in-class results.
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