Patent ID: 8301487

Claim:
A method for calibrating power and risk scores, useful in association with an integrated price management system, the method comprising: receiving a quantitative power score and a quantitative risk score for each of at least one quantitative segment; receiving a qualitative power score and a qualitative risk score for each of at least one qualitative segment, wherein the at least one qualitative segment is defined by a user, and wherein the user determines the qualitative power score and the qualitative risk score for each of the at least one qualitative segment; generating at least one consolidated segment by aggregating some of the at least one quantitative segments, wherein the at least one consolidated segment is analogous to the at least one qualitative segment; generating a consolidated power score and a consolidated risk score for each of the at least one consolidated segment, wherein the consolidated power score and the consolidated risk score is generated by aggregating the quantitative power score and the quantitative risk score for each of the at least one quantitative segment used to generate each of the at least one consolidated segment; reconciling gaps, executed by a computer, between the qualitative power score and the qualitative risk score for each of at least one qualitative segment with the consolidated power score and the consolidated risk score for each of the at least one consolidated segment, wherein the reconciliation generates adjustment factors; and applying the adjustment factors to the quantitative power score and the quantitative risk score for each of the at least one quantitative segment to generate calibrated power and risk scores for each of the at least one quantitative segment.