Ben Seidman is a hilarious master of deception. He uses pickpocketing, sleight of hand and mentalism to create stunning and original magic experiences. Seidman stars in the Vanity Fair VF Review on pickpocketing and sleight of hand. He guest-starred on the Netflix Original Brainchild produced by Pharrell. Ben appeared twice on Penn & Teller: Fool Us on the CW network, Vanderpump Rules on Bravo and starred in Magic Outlaws on Travel Channel. Ben was the highest-rated headlining performer for Princess Cruises and won the title of Entertainer of the Year. On September 19, he will amaze the VISTAS audience.

Join McCain Foods, the world's largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, as they share their journey to implement a Global Trade Planning solution for their Retail Business.

In this session, ScanSource, a leading international distributor of specialty technology products, will discuss how Data Objects is automating their agreement creation, allowing their pricing team to focus on sales support, not data entry. You will hear firsthand how ScanSource took the steps needed to successfully implement this project.

Join Swank Motion Pictures, the world's largest non-theatrical distributor of motion pictures for public performance, as the team discusses how they unlocked game-changing efficiencies through thoughtful design, configuration (& re-configuration) and custom approaches to achieve an optimized state with GTMS. They will also explore their future needs for sustained excellence.

Artificial Intelligence and, more specifically, GenAI are all over the news. In this session, learn about how Vistex is leveraging this technology to improve business functions within our suites. Here about how we will provide insights into your business, improve productivity with our Vistex Assistant, and manage and improve your data with DataFlow.

Join Cardinal Health, a distributor of pharmaceuticals, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical and laboratory products, and a provider of performance and data solutions for healthcare facilities, as the team shares their journey to improving billbacks accrual forecasts.

Join Composites One, the largest distributor of composite materials in North America, as they share their transformation journey from a legacy ERP to SAP’s S4 HANA, while also changing their comprehensive pricing strategy. Get insights into price setting and price guidance with the help of Vistex and SAP solutions.

As the world moves to the cloud, so is Vistex. Learn about Vistex's Cloud Extension architecture and how it can extend your Vistex implementations. Once such example is for partner portals. Casual users such as partners, sales reps and executives want an easy-to-use, intuitive user experience when interacting with their Revenue Management programs. Vistex has 2 solutions to expose information to non-administrative consumers: VIBES and RevFlo. In this session, you'll learn how sales representatives can efficiently run negotiation and contract cycles, leveraging AI-driven Price Guidance, margin validation and pricing insights. You'll see how partners can submit MDF projects and claims, view their rebate attainments, and submit ship-and-debit and promotional claims. You'll also explore how vendors can submit and consume program information and details. See how Vistex significantly simplifies and enhances the experience of manufacturers and distributors across all our suites. We'll also focus on additional available cloud applications, those in development, and those planned for the future.

Today's mantra in the Agribusiness space is the connected farm and the need to keep costs in check while planning for the long term. Vistex enables the savvy farmer with tools to optimize these factors. Learn more during this introductory session on the Vistex Agribusiness Solution and see how we are growing in this space.

Professional Pricing Society (PPS) has observed best practices of Pricing Departments for nearly 40 years. The organization regularly communicates with Pricing practitioners of all titles and experience levels from a variety of industries worldwide. This session will cover best practices by world-class Pricing departments, as well as current trends in pricing.

Learn how to extend Vistex functionalities for your Go-to-Market programs with Vistex Advanced Analytics Platform!

Henry Schein is a solutions provider for healthcare professionals, driven by a network of people and technology. Join us as we explore our journey in building a robust chargeback and pricing system using Vistex solutions. We’ll highlight our strategic approach to project management, resource deployment and process optimization, showcasing how we’re streamlining chargebacks and enhancing pricing accuracy to deliver greater value.

Join Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation with operations in more than 100 countries, on a journey through development and implementation to managing daily business. Learn how Schneider has partnered with Vistex to maintain pricing data, process customer claims and tackle challenges that arise along the way.

Join the Cheney Brothers team for this interactive conversation regarding upgrading, S/4 transformations, and Vistex V4. Judy, Andrea and Mark will share their insights, benefits and challenges. Come ready to share yours, too.

In this session, LK Packaging -- formerly Elkay Plastics, a trusted packaging supplier for over 50 years -- will chronicle their collaboration with Vistex to craft a comprehensive solution capable of managing the intricate nuances of their incentives programs. They'll also discuss how the partnership ensures that they can effectively support both small and large customers. Learn how Vistex's meticulous attention to detail has been crucial in delivering tailored and efficient services, helping LK Packaging provide exceptional customer care.

Drogaria Araujo, a leading Brazilian pharmacy retail chain, faced significant obstacles during the Vistex implementation, with deficient planning and insufficient testing. In this session, you'll learn how the company turned these challenges into opportunities. You'll also see how success -- in the form of increased efficiency, strengthened business relationships and sustainable, robust growth -- was achieved through a strategic partnership with Vistex and the implementation of effective and innovative strategies.

In this session, you'll learn how Medline, a medical supply manufacturer, distributor and solutions provider focused on improving the overall operating performance of healthcare, used Vistex solutions to help optimize its customer rebate and GPO programs, improve efficiency and accuracy, and drive profitability. The team will also touch on the importance of proactive planning, project management and change management to overcome implementation challenges and ensure a successful outcome.

AI has been enlightening, exciting and, at times, downright confusing during the past two years. Join us to learn where things stand now and how to approach this dynamic space to drive value for your business.

This hands-on training course explains the configuration for Vistex ViZi Operational Reporting and Self-Service Reporting applications. Participants will understand the ViZi Building Blocks to create Operational Reports. Additionally, you'll learn how to use the new Self-Service Reporting tool to go back and create reports on your own. This class is for the SAP ECC or S/4HANA environments, but the basic concepts can also be applied to the GTMS cloud solution.

This hands-on training course will show you how to revolutionize the user experience for Vistex transactions using Fiori apps. Dive into the world of Vistex Fiori objects, including Search Profiles, UI Profiles, Workspaces and Roles, and discover how to personalize and simplify UX like never before. Uncover the secrets of using Vistex Fiori objects for everyday tasks, such as managing Agreements and Claims, complete with dynamic charts and interactive dashboards. This course is designed for SAP S/4HANA and ECC environments.

Contract pricing and revenue and claim management provide major competitive advantages, positioning a company for higher performance, whether it's designed to boost revenue or increase/protect market share. Millions of dollars are lost annually in all areas of claims processing due to inaccurate pricing calculations, validations and inefficient and/or manual processes. This session will show manufacturers how to ensure the most streamlined, efficient and accurate approach to claims processing. ECC, S/4HANA, and GTMS examples will be covered.

Have you ever wanted to see how pricing works in the real world? Come to this hands-on pricing game, where you will buy or sell items at the right prices to make the most money.

Good, clean master data is the key to a project's success. See how Vistex makes it all add up by managing the creation and maintenance of your products, partners, end customers and vendors, or just enhancing data to extend information needed for revenue management programs that may not already be in your ERP.

Distributors and retailers operate in landscapes of increasing complexity, shrinking profit margins and scarcity of cash. To remain profitable, it’s essential to track and account for every penny vendors owe them. In this introductory overview session, we'll explore how to score with Vistex's ability to automate the process, allowing for quicker recovery of monies owed. The entire lifecycle of the chargeback process will be explained, from agreement creation and chargeback processing to accrual and settlement and reconciliation and reporting. ECC, S/4HANA, and GTMS examples will be covered.

The main purpose of Data Objects (DO) is to consume, cleanse and enrich unstructured data and make it available to various Vistex processes. In this course, participants will learn how to use a DO Data Model and link it to the Workspace for manual editing. While this class will not be hands-on, some technical knowledge is required. This class will be for the SAP ECC, S/4HANA, and GTMS environments.

Review the lessons learned in the pricing game. As we evaluate the live results, see how the best price was determined and whether everyone picked the right pricing strategies. Use this pricing game as a microcosm, see how it fits into Data Science models and consider how that can help you optimize your prices at your companies when you return next week.

Has your pricing become so complex it’s creating processing nightmares? Are you spending too many hours on pricing updates when the time could be better used elsewhere? Are you unable to see the forest through the trees and ignore the pricing strategies needed to give your best customers the best prices? Let us show you what's next and relieve your pricing headaches by making the maintenance quicker and more efficient, accurate and strategic. This session will focus on the new core pricing functionality in the Price Review. ECC, S/4HANA and GTMS examples will be covered. While this class is not hands-on, some technical knowledge is required.

How can I more efficiently manage my rebate programs? Am I incentivizing on the right outcome? Can I flexibly define the programs to match the business? This session will look at tools that help answer these questions. We'll examine how Vistex can help you manage customer and vendor rebate programs more effectively and help ensure you're getting the desired results. ECC, S/4HANA and GTMS examples will be covered.

Discover how advanced data science techniques, including AI/ML, mixed-integer programming (MIP), and generative AI, can be leveraged to optimize pricing, rebates, and revenue management strategies. Learn actionable insights and best practices in data science to drive sustained growth and competitive advantage in today’s evolving market.