Data Requirements (Optimization - Win Rate)

A Win Rate model needs to fetch data from either a Data Source or a Datamart. The source should contain at least 1 years of quote history including quote status, each record should be a quote item.

following columns:

Field

Required?

Comment

Product

Yes

Typically Product ID or SKU

Customer

Yes

Typically Customer ID

Quote

Yes

Typically Quote ID or Number

Quote Date

Yes


Revenue

Yes

Extended to the quantity.

Will be used to compute the price

Quantity

Yes

 

Profit

Yes

Extended to the quantity.

Will be used to compute the Margin Rate and Costs.

Revenue at List Price

No

Recommended, mandatory if you want to compute the Discount Rate.

List Price * Quantity.

Win/Lost

Yes

It is the quote status. Then you set the values defining a win and a loss, which will be required in the interface.
Other cases will be ignored.

Categorical features

Yes

All features as categories (text values) may have an impact on the win rate, from product category, customer segment, product competitiveness, region…

Those features are crucial for the accuracy of the model.

Numerical features

Yes

All features as number may have an impact on the win rate, like competition positioning index, size, horsepower…

Those features are crucial for the accuracy of the model.

Quote status is crucial for the model so please be mindful of defining properly what a win and a loss are. It makes sense to ignore quotes like variant quotes, revised quotes, not approved…