When you are managing a complex electronics components business you need to hold inventory to offset the manufacturing lead time that it takes to supply products. For semiconductor products that manufacturing cycle time can be 12-15 weeks -- so holding enough inventory to be able to supply customers is critical. The trick is to [...]
Summary Building a plan that drives goals for the organization is just the first step. By integrating the AOP system with CRM and Financial systems we deliver a fully integrated KPI management solution that shows you where things are going off track in real time. Instead of depending on Quarterly reviews to find out [...]
Marketing works hard to build market awareness, make business developments and new products visible to customers, and manage the external communications programs so critical to building a successful company. One of the difficult problems the management team struggles with is making sure the leads that marketing identifies get handled efficiently and turned [...]
The right business rules engine can make all the difference in a successful implementation that mirrors closely to your existing processes. Any business process is driven by a set of rules -- if a customer is on credit hold do not accept new orders, move accounts from one salesperson to another, check [...]
As a CxO, can you afford earnings surprises? Don’t you need to give the Board accurate projections for next year and meet them? Won’t your shareholders reward you if you could do that? Don’t you need to plan for the coming year and not just manage reactively? It might be a cliché — but failing [...]
NEHANET is integrated with many leading ERP/MRP solutions including SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Tensoft, Consona and others. Integrating NEHANET with your ERP is usually straightforward, and adds significant value to your operations. We typically pull in the following information from your ERP: parts master, customer master, actuals (shipments), backlog (requested, committed, delinquent, unscheduled), bookings and risk [...]
If you have an opportunity tracking system, one of the things you need to do is to get salespeople to input opportunities so you can track what is going and build some kind of outlook about what to expect in the future as a result of all the sales activity taking place. [...]
Companies starting an ABE program often find they are easy to start but hard to expand and sustain as priorities change and problems arise. Usually, companies try focusing the attention on a few strategic accounts or maybe a new market segment. At this initial, tightly focused effort, it usually doesn’t take more than a [...]
A lot of very sophisticated companies have launched Account-Based Marketing programs to engage customers more effectively as buying processes shift more and more online. ABM tries to coordinate sales, marketing, and service teams to offer a more personalized approach to strategic, high priority accounts. They often try to use social media and other digital [...]
In today’s digital economy, companies increasingly rely on channel partners to extend their sales teams' reach and get broader access to customers, mainly when customers rely on geographically dispersed manufacturing strategies. In the general market, over 70% of the world's trade goes through sales channels outside the direct sales organizations of companies supplying products. [...]