APplus Customer Relationship Management
The CRM feature of our APplus ERP software puts the focus on your customer. Manage your relationships effortlessly and keep them well maintained. This is how today's companies are increasing their customer orientation and, along with it, customer satisfaction.
Components of our CRM Feature
- Campaign management
- Sales forecasts
- Management information system
- Task management
- Integrated document management
Requirements to the CRM software
- Seamless control and tracking of customer relationships
- Planning and execution of sales and marketing campaigns
- Integration of the APplus Product Configurator
- Qualified sales forecasts for sales management
- High-quality data presentation in the Management Information System (MIS) based on OLAP technology and ABC analyses
- Integration of corresponding documents such as letters, e-mail, etc.
- Activity management incl. resubmissions (with clear, internal responsibilities for customer contact)
- Targeted customer approach based on campaigns through diverse address selection (e.g. trade fair follow-up, sales promotions)
- Competitive analysis
Options for mobile use of our CRM software
- User-specific syncing of contacts and tasks with Outlook and Microsoft Exchange
- Ability to use selected APplus functions on any laptop with automatic sync with the in-house system.
- Mobile use of the central system over the Internet directly while visiting a customer, in your home office or in a sales office without any limitations on function or speed.
Complete integration of the CRM software into APplus
- Ongoing and concluded quotations and orders
- Invoicing status and open items
- Ongoing and concluded production orders or projects
- Service inquiries or warranty cases
- Installed systems and existing maintenance contracts
CRM software with integrated document management
When communicating with prospective or current customers, another extremely useful feature of our APplus CRM software is integrated document management. In addition to pure order data concerning articles, prices and deadlines, sales or call center employees have access to all other customer or order-related documents – such as letters, e-mail, drawings, specifications or contracts. The CRM module of our APplus ERP software gives sales processes a substantial boost in quality. It ensures a previously unknown level of completeness and transparency of all information about an individual customer or prospect, thus providing the foundation for improving long-term customer loyalty and short-term sales success.
Companies with more comprehensive requirements in the customer management area, such as those encountered by larger medium-sized businesses, can opt to use MS CRM 3.0. The integration of Microsoft CRM 3.0 into APplus includes seamless connections to the Microsoft Office System, particularly Excel, Outlook, SQL Server Reporting Services and other project-specific process workflows. The CRM solution enhances the customer management functions available in APplus with efficient functions for campaign management, including comprehensive reporting and analysis tools. The integration of both solutions makes sales opportunities visible, documents the sales history, and simplifies the tracking of competitor activities. The connection gives you access to all information and processes that are relevant for a customer.
