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Show your reps a model price when they quote

Oct 10
3 min read

Updated: Oct 11

Public-domain art plate: Redouté, Rosa indica (Les Roses, 1817–1824)
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Rosa indica, from Les Roses (1817–1824).

Your best reps already know the right price, but they do not use it every time.


The study. Two Columbia researchers worked with a US seller of steel and aluminum. A computer model learned the past prices of each sales rep, and the reps saw its price advice on random quotes.


The finding. Quotes with the model price made 11% more profit than the other quotes. Gross profit per quote line was $105.11, against $94.16 for the control quotes.

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