Overview that explains how subscription billing platforms work with CRM and pass data to ERP and GL systems. How to add subscription billing and activity pricing to CRM systems to support new business models with usage, activities and entitlements. Tractbilling.com
Xencia brings in multi-decades of knowledge in building Collaboration solutions for Large Enterprises, to deliver pragmatic Products and Services. Xencia mission is to enable enterprises with smart and innovative solutions that are simple to deploy and generates substantial business value in a very short period of time. Our Products and Services are designed to leverage enterprises’ technology investments and multiply their benefits several folds. Xencia vision is to design subscription based hosted model for its products and services that would reap the advancement in Cloud Computing.
A brief presentation on CRM. Speaks about the available CRM options, what to consider when buying CRM, CRM evaluation checklist, Benefits of CRM, Drivers of CRM.
Xencia brings in multi-decades of knowledge in building Collaboration solutions for Large Enterprises, to deliver pragmatic Products and Services. Xencia mission is to enable enterprises with smart and innovative solutions that are simple to deploy and generates substantial business value in a very short period of time. Our Products and Services are designed to leverage enterprises’ technology investments and multiply their benefits several folds. Xencia vision is to design subscription based hosted model for its products and services that would reap the advancement in Cloud Computing.
A brief presentation on CRM. Speaks about the available CRM options, what to consider when buying CRM, CRM evaluation checklist, Benefits of CRM, Drivers of CRM.
Activity based billing for SugarCRM - Transverse LLC presentation from SUGARC...Ben Bradley
For businesses that want to take their subscription or recurring billing to the next level, TRACT from Transverse gives your CRM the power to use subscriptions to increase consumption by tailoring pricing to customers’ usage patterns and preferences.
TRACT includes the following features/functions:
Real-Time Rating Engines
Dashboard/Analytics
Connected Devices
Subscription Management
Billing/Payments
Integration
Product Catalogs
To grow subscription revenue, TRACT has been developed with one thing in mind: empower business people to define the “what ifs” that will drive new product and service development, and to maintain rules on an ongoing basis as the products and services evolve.
In fact, with TRACT, business people in product development, marketing and finance can develop, deploy, maintain, change and decommission services. TRACT boasts a rules-based rating engine that uses a common spreadsheet interface to define rate plans. This approach makes the creation of rating rules one that is already very familiar to business people already using Microsoft Office, NetSuite and other business applications. It is designed to simplify and automate the task of defining complex usage types through a rules-based system that offers straightforward configurations.
TRACT is the only billing product or service that is truly usage-aware without forcing customers to write code or build external systems to handle usage.
Apalia/Amysta Cloud Usage Metering and Billingbuildacloud
This presentation was given by Pierre Vacherand CEO of Apalia a CloudStack integrator and consulting company in Europe. Apalia is also the editor of Amysta a CloudStack plugin to monitor the usage of the Cloud, it fully integrates with the CloudStack UI and mines the usage records to provide advance usage reports, for showback or charge back. Every usage can be monitored and priced, multiple currency are supported.
Zuora CMO, David Gee, kicks off Subscribed 2016 in Sydney with a powerful keynote addressing the global impact the Subscription Economy is making on businesses, consumers, and technology. He shares the stage with Michael Addison, Group Manager at Energy Australia, and Danny Gravell, CIO at Sensis.
Driving Success in the Subscription EconomyZuora, Inc.
Your customers want a new way to relate to you. Build a business that embraces the subscription economy by following these six key steps to success. www.zuora.com
Lessons Learned When Monetizing Subscription ServicesZuora, Inc.
Monika Saha, VP of Product Marketing for Zuora, the world’s leading provider of subscription billing, commerce, and finance solutions, outlines how to design your subscription pricing growth journey, select pricing variables, and maintain a healthy pace of pricing and packaging innovation.
Customer Relationship Management - Case Study [Mercedes Benz]Jas Singh Bhasin
Historically, Mercedes-Benz was sold in the UK through a franchised network of some 138 dealerships.
Each of these was autonomous, with the exception of three dealerships owned by the distributor Daimler Chrysler UK (DCUK).
DaimlerChrysler had relatively little control over relationships between dealers and customers. Dealers managed their own relationships including customer research, data base management, acquisition and retention processes.
This presentation describes the challenges faced by the company initially and how did they overcome those challenges.
Blue Ocean Strategy - Summary and ExamplesKhai Biau Yip
This is a workshop presentation developed by KB Yip and YS Lieu for a Learning Institution. It can be easily customized to suit the needs for other organizations. Please contact KB Yip (ymike27@hotmail.com) if you need to get a copy of this presentation.
Web CRM One 2.0. Super Query (Analysis Indicators, Drill Down on results, Massive activities and assignations), Location Intelligence, Budget management, Active Dashboard , Crystal Reports Integration, Multilanguage support. That's Web CRM One 2.0!
Activity based billing for SugarCRM - Transverse LLC presentation from SUGARC...Ben Bradley
For businesses that want to take their subscription or recurring billing to the next level, TRACT from Transverse gives your CRM the power to use subscriptions to increase consumption by tailoring pricing to customers’ usage patterns and preferences.
TRACT includes the following features/functions:
Real-Time Rating Engines
Dashboard/Analytics
Connected Devices
Subscription Management
Billing/Payments
Integration
Product Catalogs
To grow subscription revenue, TRACT has been developed with one thing in mind: empower business people to define the “what ifs” that will drive new product and service development, and to maintain rules on an ongoing basis as the products and services evolve.
In fact, with TRACT, business people in product development, marketing and finance can develop, deploy, maintain, change and decommission services. TRACT boasts a rules-based rating engine that uses a common spreadsheet interface to define rate plans. This approach makes the creation of rating rules one that is already very familiar to business people already using Microsoft Office, NetSuite and other business applications. It is designed to simplify and automate the task of defining complex usage types through a rules-based system that offers straightforward configurations.
TRACT is the only billing product or service that is truly usage-aware without forcing customers to write code or build external systems to handle usage.
Apalia/Amysta Cloud Usage Metering and Billingbuildacloud
This presentation was given by Pierre Vacherand CEO of Apalia a CloudStack integrator and consulting company in Europe. Apalia is also the editor of Amysta a CloudStack plugin to monitor the usage of the Cloud, it fully integrates with the CloudStack UI and mines the usage records to provide advance usage reports, for showback or charge back. Every usage can be monitored and priced, multiple currency are supported.
Zuora CMO, David Gee, kicks off Subscribed 2016 in Sydney with a powerful keynote addressing the global impact the Subscription Economy is making on businesses, consumers, and technology. He shares the stage with Michael Addison, Group Manager at Energy Australia, and Danny Gravell, CIO at Sensis.
Driving Success in the Subscription EconomyZuora, Inc.
Your customers want a new way to relate to you. Build a business that embraces the subscription economy by following these six key steps to success. www.zuora.com
Lessons Learned When Monetizing Subscription ServicesZuora, Inc.
Monika Saha, VP of Product Marketing for Zuora, the world’s leading provider of subscription billing, commerce, and finance solutions, outlines how to design your subscription pricing growth journey, select pricing variables, and maintain a healthy pace of pricing and packaging innovation.
Customer Relationship Management - Case Study [Mercedes Benz]Jas Singh Bhasin
Historically, Mercedes-Benz was sold in the UK through a franchised network of some 138 dealerships.
Each of these was autonomous, with the exception of three dealerships owned by the distributor Daimler Chrysler UK (DCUK).
DaimlerChrysler had relatively little control over relationships between dealers and customers. Dealers managed their own relationships including customer research, data base management, acquisition and retention processes.
This presentation describes the challenges faced by the company initially and how did they overcome those challenges.
Blue Ocean Strategy - Summary and ExamplesKhai Biau Yip
This is a workshop presentation developed by KB Yip and YS Lieu for a Learning Institution. It can be easily customized to suit the needs for other organizations. Please contact KB Yip (ymike27@hotmail.com) if you need to get a copy of this presentation.
Web CRM One 2.0. Super Query (Analysis Indicators, Drill Down on results, Massive activities and assignations), Location Intelligence, Budget management, Active Dashboard , Crystal Reports Integration, Multilanguage support. That's Web CRM One 2.0!
Oracle Enterprise Manager, OEM, SOA Management Pack, Business Transaction Management, Java Diagnostics, BPEL PM, OSB, Oracle Service Bus, SOA Governance, SOA Monitoring
www.tractbilling.com - Understanding critical processes in subscription + act...Ben Bradley
This document explains the critical processes in deploying a subscription + activity billing model.
TRACT, from Transverse LCC, is the all-in-one activity, rating and subscription billing platform that can bill for anything.
SaaS, cloud, MSP, ISVs, telcos or wireless providers with activity-based business models use TRACT’s pricing levers to rapidly build and evolve any business model: if it can be metered or measured, TRACT can bill for it.
Learn more at www.tractbilling.com.
OMate aka Outsourcing Mate pitched at The Unconvention for Melbourne's Entourage in 2012. The pesentation describes what OMate does as a company, how it does it, and introduces the team.
Supply planning is broken. Modern business challenges have reduced forecast accuracy, increased the effect of the bullwhip, and pushed inventories into a permanent state of imbalance.
Learn what MIT revealed at the Gartner Supply Chain Conference at https://o8supplychain.com/supply-planning-featured-case-studies/why-a-forecast-is-not-a-plan-and-what-mit-research-reveals-ppc/
Improving Supply Planning - A Demand Driven JourneyBen Bradley
Download the complete case study at https://o8supplychain.com/british-telecom-demand-driven-lp
Learn how British Telecom found out that there is a ‘different way’ to improve the accuracy of their demand forecast while realizing the following benefits:
Supply chain ‘de-risked’ from forecast accuracy
Strong positive impact on cash flow and ROCE
Higher service levels and shortened customer response times
Overall inventory reduction typically between 20%-30% across LoBs
Release of supply chain capacity by not producing, buying and storing the wrong stuff
Cost reduction – lower planning effort with improved outcomes – more stable signals to suppliers – lower expedite costs
Supply Planning - Case Study - Boots Contract Manufacturing and Orchestr8Ben Bradley
Get a copy of the deck at https://o8supplychain.com/how-o8-manages-supply-planning-for-bcm/
Learn how one company avoided pitfalls normally associated with forecast-driven production plans that drive up costly stock levels and result in continual rework.
By moving away from an MRP forecast “Push” to a “Pull” based approach using DDMRPII™, they were able to:
• deliver the required level of customer service with minimal stocks at minimal cost
* Reduce the number of stock-outs
* Minimize excess stocks & obsolescence
* Minimize administration, handling & transport costs
* Allow the supply chain to cope with uncertainty
and more
End-to-end supply planning and execution with O8 DDMRPII™Ben Bradley
Get a copy of the deck today. Download the deck. https://o8supplychain.com/ddmrp-vs-mrp/
Learn the difference between O8's DDMRPII™ and DRP/ MRP. Learn how improved supply planning can help you achieve key inventory management objectives:
*To deliver 99% fill rate and service level with minimal stocks at minimal cost
*Reduce the number of stock-outs
*Minimise excess stocks & obsolescence
*Minimise administration, handling & transport costs
*Reduce number of exception messages that drive non-value added activity
*Allow business to focus on high value add processes and decision making
*Minimise the reliance on inaccurate forecasts
*Allow the supply chain to cope with uncertainty
Simple, Stupid CRM segmentation model for professional services firmsBen Bradley
For professional services firms jumping into CRM implementations (and trying to get some marketing and selling done at the same time), this deck explains a simple, stupid method for getting started quickly. For more information or to request a copy of this deck, visit www.maconraine.com - Macon Raine is a Chicago based b2b marketing agency or simply email ben bradley @ ben at maconraine.com
Are processes masquerading as projects hurting your businessBen Bradley
Not long ago, a significant amount of the work done within companies was simpler and a higher percentage of it tended to be fairly repetitive. Today, work featuring unstructured decision-making—knowledge work—accounts for 25% to 50% of all work, and this percentage is growing. The challenge is that while the work needed today has changed fairly radically, technology solutions had not adapted to the new environment—business process management (BPM) and project management solutions are really good at managing a predictable, repetitive world, but these solutions are not well-suited to business scenarios containing a lot of uncertainty and requiring unstructured decision-making in order to reach positive outcomes. Work-Relay is a powerful, easy-to-use platform for designing and deploying business processes of any level of complexity on the Salesforce.com platform. Includes the full spectrum of projects and processes, from fully automated to ad hoc.
Template content marketing plan with an emphasis on cross selling, social med...Ben Bradley
Macon Raine helps companies with outbound, inbound and social campaigns and content that drive demand, prospect inquiries and web visits. We give your prospects reasons to request your content and consider your solutions so that you can woo them with value and keep them coming back until they are ready to be sold.
Build Better Customer Relationships with Subscription Options Ben Bradley
A webinar from TRACTBIlling that explains how to offer subscription options to customers, pitfalls to avoid and economics of various subscription business models.
Businesses that implement subscription billing will eventually go through the same trials, tribulations, proliferation of service offerings and evolution of price plans as experienced by telecommunication service providers. To grow and identify new sources of revenue and compete effectively, these companies will need Dynamic Revenue Management - a single system that can handle quotes, account creation, orders, pricing, payments, settlement, subscriber management, analytics, and business intelligence.
TRACT is an integrated billing system that delivers Dynamic Revenue Management seamlessly from the cloud, on demand. TRACT helps companies identify new sources of revenue through improved billing AND increase sales by dynamically tailoring pricing packages to customers’ usage patterns and preferences. TRACT integrates quickly and speeds the launch of new offers, promotions and bundles.
Why offer subscription options to your customers?
Create multiple price plans
Inject relevant promotions
Longer-term, more predictablerevenues
Market Differentiation!
Customer convenience
Attract a new breed of customer
Build relationships with customers
Understand customer buying behaviors for smarter product management
Available on the web at www.tractbilling.com
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.