Applying The 80/20 Rule To Pricing Segmentation
- Meagan Ford
- Jul 6, 2020
- 1 min read
What does it mean to apply the 80/20 rule to pricing segmentation?
Paul Hunt, Chairman of Pricing Solutions, and PPS faculty, recently shared a Blog and Keynote on this principle, including the core tenants, why 80/20 is so impactful, and how to apply 80/20 with value-based pricing to your business.
The 80 /20 business model is not just about squeezing out the complex customers/product lines that only makeup 20% of your revenue. It is also about extracting more value out of those who make up the critical 80% with value-based pricing strategies.
A Layered and Streamlined Approach to Pricing
Is there such a thing as selling too many products or having too many customers? The resounding answer is ‘yes’! Many successful industrial manufacturing companies have proven it by using the 80/20 process developed and refined at Illinois Tool Works.
80/20 is a proven methodology for reducing complexity, which decreases costs and dramatically improves profits, but there is one area that 80/20 does not do a great job of addressing and that is pricing. For this reason, pricing is a major opportunity for companies using the 80/20 process to increase revenue and price effectiveness.
First, let’s briefly review what the 80/20 process is and how it works.
80/20 is a process of sorting products and customers into two categories: those in the “80” category comprise 80 percent of the company’s revenue. Those in the “20” category include the remaining 20 percent of the company’s revenue.
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