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WELCOME CRM for Manufacturers David Willms Infor Global Solutions
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Agenda Introduction Infor CRM overview Demonstration Questions, wrap-up
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Manufacturing Companies… are different from other types of industry segments. They make what they sell.
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Manufacturing Characteristics Vertically Integrated Business Process Design > Source > Make > Sell > Deliver > Service Complex “customer” and channel relationships Direct sales, ‘inside sales”, Dealer Channel, End User Time-to-Market Pressures Channel Management, Resource Planning, Fulfillment Cost Pressures Product Cost, Sales Costs, Admin Costs, Supply Chain costs Business Visibility Globalization, Partnerships, Supply Chain
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Manufacturing Companies Traditional “generic” CRM has limited value to manufacturing companies. Additional value comes from an enterprise approach that extends CRM beyond sales – marketing- and service, to include product development, supply chain, operations, and accounting.
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“ Only by taking on the challenges of integrating front and back-office operations can manufacturers obtain the competitive advantage that is necessary to hold onto and gain market position and – ultimately- improve financial performance” From “The top 10 Sales and Customer Service Investments for midmarket manufacturers” by Rob Johnson AMR research report
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Typical CRM Benefits - Tactical More effective and efficient sales channel. Improved Pipeline visibility and forecasting Increased sales revenue – targeted selling Streamline selling process Reduced selling expense More effective reach with marketing dollars Targeted lead generation & lead management Monitor campaign effectiveness More leads per dollar, more closes per lead Improve customer service with less costs Increased customer retention and repeat sales Reduce cost of servicing customers Provide added value to your customer
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Performance Improvement Potential Through CRM Improvement AreaPotential Amount * Sales and Marketing Costs10% - 16% savings Customer Service Costs10% - 16% savings Inventory Reduction 5% - 15% savings Win Rate 1% - 6% increase Revenue 1% - 5% increase Quote / Proposal Generation Time 20% - 35% reduction Order Errors 25% - 50% reduction Forecast Accuracy 10% - 15% improvement * from AMR
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CRM Benefits - Strategic Provides tools to help innovate your business. Create competitive advantage. Accelerate time-to-market. Equip the organization to be more agile. Create a customer-focused culture.
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Simplified Manufacturers Customer Lifecycle Process Flow Lead Qualify & Develop ServiceQuote / OrderFulfillmentShip / Invoice information Complex Processes
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Multiple touch-points, but… No one “owns” the customer experience. No one “sees” the entire customer life-cycle. Sales RepSales Mgt.Marketing Order Processing C ustomer Service Organizational Challenges Distribution Engineering Accounting Business Partners
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Lead Qualify & Develop ServiceQuote / OrderFulfillmentShip / Invoice information ERP domain Simplified Manufacturers Customer Lifecycle Process Flow
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information Non – Manufacturing / “Generic” CRM Lead Qualify & Develop ServiceQuote / OrderInventoryShip / Invoice ? ? ? ? ? Marketing Sales Service ? ? information
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“D-I-Y” CRM Integration Costs - good things to know To integrate a generic CRM package with ERP: 3 to 5 times higher up-front costs 25% to 50% higher on-going costs Very long time-to-benefit - avg. 18 mos High likelihood of project failure
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Profusion Confusion Alphabet soup CM (contact management) SFA (sales force automation) CRM (customer relationship automation) Imposters Scope Manufacturing focus
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Scope Comparison Characteristics Functional Emphasis Contact Management Purpose: Tactical Scope: Worker Approach: Efficiency Structure: Contacts Integration: None Sales Force Automation Purpose: Tactical Scope: Departmental Approach: Effectiveness Structure: Contacts / Accounts Integration: Task level Customer Relationship Management PPurpose: Strategic SScope: Enterprise AApproach: Efficiency, Effectiveness, Innovation SStructure: Relationships, Hierarchical IIntegration: Business Process level Track contact names & addresses “electronic Rolodex” List tasks and to-do’s Track appointments Manage sales opportunities Track selling activity Word merge, spreadsheet reporting Information sharing Integrate all customer touch-points (marketing, sales, ordering, fulfillment, settlement, customer service…) Span the entire customer lifecycle, from new lead to repeat customer. Streamline all customer acquisition & retention processes; complex sales process. Performance metrics, analysis - data foundation for BI and CVA
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Lead Qualify & Develop ServiceQuote / OrderFulfillmentShip / Invoice information Provides a 360° view of your customer lifecycle! from lead to repeat customer from marketing campaign to cash only Infor CRM
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Complete Visibility Infor CRM as an integrated extension of your ERP system Work with the most accurate and up-to- date information Provide better and faster customer service Have complete visibility of customer touch- points Infor CRM Infor ERP Customer Data Customer Data Order Transactions Order Transactions Quote Transactions Quote Transactions Product Data Product Data Product Availability Information Product Availability Information Pricing Data Pricing Data Orders, Quotes and Orders, Quotes and RMA Status RMA Status
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What is Infor CRM? Sales Instant access to product, customer and prospect information Track contacts, sales activities, quotes, follow- ups Visibility to emails, phone notes, service calls, etc. Work from anywhere Sales Management Better Pipeline Visibility More accurate and timely forecasts Standardized selling processes for more effective selling Management dashboards provide at-a-glance status of sales activity.
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What is Infor CRM? Customer Service Improved Visibility of all Customer Activity Instant access to order – shipment information. Follow-up and escalation processes Track time and resources used in servicing customers Customer Issue Tracking & Faster Resolution Knowledge Base accessible to the entire selling team and customer self-service
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What is Infor CRM? Marketing Track Campaign Effectiveness Targeted Lead Generation Streamline Lead Distribution & Tracking Controlled Collateral Distribution Easy List Management
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What is Infor CRM? Marketing Track Campaign Effectiveness Targeted Lead Generation Streamline Lead Entry, Distribution & Tracking Controlled Collateral Distribution Easy List Management
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Infor CRM technical features! Familiar, Web browser interface. easy to use, easy to learn, easy to adopt Single database with easy to configure & personalize customized detail and list views without programming. Scalable: Turn on functions as you grow. Secure & personalized see / do only what is relevant. user, groups screens, views territories, accounts Out-of-the-box integration with: ERP MS Outlook MS Word MS Excel Internet deployment plus work anytime / anywhere in un-tethered mode.
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demonstration Let’s have a look!
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Summary Manufacturers have unique CRM requirements. CRM is NOT just for the ‘sales department”. It is costly and risky to integrate a generic CRM package with manufacturing ERP. Infor CRM is the best fit for manufacturing companies.
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Thank You To learn more about CRM and other world-class business applications, please visit www.infor.comwww.infor.com or contact your Cistech representative
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