Heksagon Price Management Solution
Automate the complete pricelist lifecycle. Make manual data entry and pricing errors a thing of the past.
Stop Manual Pricelist Processing. Avoid Bottlenecks and Pricing Errors.
Manual data entry, validation, and mapping creates weeks of delay from receiving new pricing and applying it to your routing, causing traffic to route at outdated rates and eroding margins. Typos, missed notice dates, and currency mismatches lead to financial losses and billing disputes, often discovered only after they've impacted your revenue.
A part of our Least Cost Routing solution, Heksagon’s Price Management streamlines this by transforming pricelist chaos into an automated workflow. Our Price Portal accepts pricelists via email, FTP, or API, automatically identifies the format, extracts, validates, and maps the data, and immediately recalculates routing upon acceptance, with minimum human data entry. This allows operators to process pricelists in minutes instead of hours, with validation preventing costly errors before they ever reach your routing systems.
Heksagon Price Management Features
Our Price Management module handles the complete spectrum of pricelist complexity. It processes anything from simple A-Z general pricelists to partial updates, full-country changes, volume tiers, time-based pricing, and A-number dependencies. Robust and comprehensive, the platform provides centralized control for purchase pricelists from carriers and automated generation of competitive selling pricelists for customers.
Automated Pricelist Import and Validation
- Multi-format support processes Excel, CSV, PDF, and structured text files automatically using configurable import templates
- Template-based parsing maps carrier-specific formats to internal data structure with support for unlimited pricelist templates per carrier
- Intelligent validation checks data consistency including duplicate prefixes, invalid currencies, missing destinations, price format errors, and destination without price scenarios
- Contractual compliance verification validates price increase notice periods against agreement terms, flagging violations before acceptance
- Currency reconciliation confirms pricing currency matches agreement definitions to prevent billing mismatches
- Destination mapping automatically associates carrier prefixes with internal Template Destination Table for routing integration
- Error reporting and notifications generates detailed validation reports showing inconsistencies, sends confirmation or rejection emails to carriers automatically
Pricelist Type Management
- A-Z (General) pricelists invalidate all previous pricing, establishing new baseline rates for all destinations
- Action (Partial) pricelists update only changed destinations, preserving unchanged pricing from previous general pricelist
- Full-country pricelists combine action and general logic—refresh all prefixes for specified countries while leaving others unchanged
- Target pricelists provide reference pricing for competitive analysis and selling pricelist generation without affecting routing
- Volume-dependent pricing supports tiered rate structures with multiple volume ranges per destination or commitment bucket
- Time-dependent pricing handles peak/off-peak, multi-period, and timezone-specific rate structures with 15-minute granularity
- A-number dependent pricing manages different termination rates based on traffic origination zones
Purchase Pricelist Processing
- Automatic import scheduling retrieves pricelists from carrier FTP servers, email attachments, or API endpoints on configured schedules
- Manual import with macro support enables processing of non-standard formats through guided field mapping interface that can save templates for future use
- Manual entry interface accommodates pricelists received via fax, contract addendum, or other non-digital formats
- Pricelist comparison tools highlight rate changes (increases/decreases), new destinations, removed prefixes, and destination modifications between versions
- Group pricelist support processes single pricelist applicable to multiple carrier partners simultaneously
- Charge rounding configuration imports carrier-specific billing interval definitions (per-second, 6-second, 30-second, 60-second increments)
- Real-time routing trigger initiates routing recalculation immediately when pricelist is approved, deploying changes within minutes
Selling Pricelist Generation and Distribution
- Automated margin calculation applies configured markup (percentage, absolute value, or threshold-based rules) to calculated routing costs
- Algorithm selection generates selling prices from maximum price (top 5 carrier choices), real cost (actual historical), or minimum price baselines
- Reference price display shows target purchase rates or market pricing for competitive positioning during pricelist preparation
- Volume discount configuration creates tiered selling pricelists with multiple volume ranges and calculation methods (incremental or return-to-first-unit)
- Manual override capability allows price adjustments on entire pricelist, destination groups, or individual destinations before distribution
- Template-based export formats selling pricelists according to customer-specific layouts with configurable column ordering, pricing display, and language
- Automated distribution emails selling pricelists to customers on configured schedules or triggered by routing updates
- Group customer support generates single pricelist for customer groups while allowing carrier-specific locked pricing for select members
- Automatic refresh scheduling recalculates and distributes updated selling pricelists for future timeframes without manual intervention
How Heksagon Price Management Works
Price Management operates as the central intelligence hub connecting carrier pricing to routing optimization and customer pricing. The platform continuously processes incoming pricelists while simultaneously generating competitive selling offers, ensuring pricing accuracy flows through the entire interconnect value chain.
Import Processing Workflow
When a carrier pricelist arrives (via email, FTP, or API), Price Management automatically identifies the format, extracts data, and performs deep validation.
- Green Status: Pricelist is flawless. Routing is immediately recalculated with the new rates.
- Yellow/Red Status: Errors are flagged. Users review the detailed issues, apply exceptions (e.g., grace periods), and then accept with warnings or reject for carrier correction.
The system provides real-time status and allows users to compare new pricing against active rates to evaluate the impact. Carrier feedback automation sends instant confirmation or detailed error reports, eliminating manual communication.
Selling Pricelist Generation Workflow
Selling pricelist creation begins with base cost calculation, querying active routing and applying volume discounts, normalized to the selling currency. Users define their profit margin strategy (fixed percentage, absolute value, or rule-based) and the system calculates optimal selling prices.
The generated list displays calculated prices alongside reference data (market rates, competitor pricing) for review. Users can:
- Manually adjust prices based on commercial strategy.
- Lock specific rates for key customers.
- Apply bulk modifications to destination groups.
Finally, export templates format the pricelists according to customer specifications (language, prefix indicators, zero-value exclusion) for seamless distribution.
Integration and Synchronization
Price Management ensures continuous synchronization across your ecosystem.
- Imported purchase pricelists instantly update the routing calculation engine for optimization.
- Generated selling pricelists feed directly into billing systems for accurate invoicing.
- Traffic analytics validates margin performance against pricelist data.
The platform logs all pricelist activities (import, validation, approval, distribution), providing a complete audit trail for compliance and dispute resolution.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How does Heksagon automated pricelist import handle different carrier formats?
The system uses configurable import templates to map carrier-specific formats (Excel/CSV) to the internal data structure. Templates define column positions, data types, and validation rules. For carriers with consistent formats, import is fully automatic. For non-standard formats, users can map fields and save the configuration as a new template.
What types of pricelist errors does validation detect?
Validation checks for common errors like duplicate prefixes, missing pricing, invalid price formats, currency mismatches, and increase date violations (changes before the contractual notice period). Each error is classified (critical, warning, informational) to guide users on whether acceptance with exceptions is appropriate.
Can the system process pricelists that arrive at midnight and apply them immediately?
Yes. Automated import runs on a configured schedule (including continuous monitoring). Pricelists that pass validation without critical errors can be auto-approved, triggering routing recalculation within minutes. Notifications alert staff if review is needed outside business hours.
How does selling pricelist generation determine base costs?
Base cost is determined by querying the current active routing for each destination. The system retrieves the purchase rate from the first-choice carrier, applies volume discounts, and normalizes the cost. Users can select from multiple algorithms, such as using the maximum price (for conservative margins) or the real cost (from traffic analytics).
What happens when carrier pricelists conflict with current routing?
The system flags discrepancies. It alerts users if routing relies on a carrier with no valid pricelist (routing risk) or highlights new routing opportunities if pricelists contain destinations not currently in routing. Comparison reports show exact matches versus approximations.
Can selling pricelists be automatically updated when purchase pricing changes?
Yes. Automatic refresh can be configured to regenerate selling pricelists immediately when purchase costs update, applying the configured margin rules. The system can then automatically distribute the updated pricelists to customers or queue them for manual review before deployment.
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