July 2005                                                                                                 4

IN THIS ISSUE:

  Success Story - Excel Switching Reinvents Itself

  Module of the month - Soffront Order Processing

  Soffront CRM Components

Soffront CRM Q&A

Success Story - Excel Switching Reinvents Itself

Bonnie Gouzias, Business Systems Analyst for Excel Switching Corporation,  was tasked with identifying business process, functions and procedures that could be enhanced, streamlined or eliminated through technology solutions. Her main focus was implementing a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system that would take Excel successfully through a corporate separation and provide an efficient system well into the future of the newly invented company.

After a quick, yet efficient search, Excel chose Soffront Software, Inc. as their CRM solution. Soffront is a leader in mid-market CRM solutions.

“After requirements documents were created, the project manager identified vendors (SalesLogix, Siebel, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Soffront) that met Excel’s criteria. Vendor demonstrations were conducted in house and via the web. After reviewing all of the options, the steering committee recommended Soffront CRM to executive management, and Soffront was selected as the best solution for Excel”, explained Bonny Gouzias.

Challenge:

  • Reinvent the company as a more efficient organization

  • Create a unified view of the customers with a single application

  • Provide a flexible workflow that adapts to established processes

  • Easily add customization for unique requirements

  • Proceed with a phased rollout moving toward a complete solution

  • Implement easily and rapidly with limited resources

Solution:

  • Soffront CRM

Results:

  • One corporate-wide database that streamlined processes and saved money

  • Unified view of the customer resulting in numerous improvement companywide

  • Process time improved by 60%, saving approximately $72 per transaction

  • Completely capture customer data, saving approximately $60 per transaction

  • Improved customer satisfaction—64% increase in user satisfaction

  • Expanded sales Automation


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Module of the month - Soffront Order Processing

Soffront Order processing provides a complete 360 degree view of customer, quote, order, purchase, pricing, and shipping information. It fully automates the sales order process to significantly improve order fulfillment, retain and attract customers and boost service levels.

Soffront Order Processing is tightly integrated with Soffront CRM and other back office products like Intuit's QuickBooks or Microsoft Great Plains through Soffront's best in class Back Office integration.

Key Features:

  • Fully automated sales order processing to manage the entire sales order lifecycle.

  • Complete view of order history and status across all departments.

  • Configurable workflow to match your order process.

  • Sales commission calculation and profitability analysis.

  • Order delivery and shipment tracking.

  • Automated Back Order Management.

  • Dynamic product configuration and management.

  • Integrated with external back office systems.


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Soffront CRM Components

We have a new white paper that describes how Soffront offers an integrated web-based CRM solution spanning marketing and sales force automation; Quotation and Order management, customer service and employee help desk functions of your organization.

Learn about,

  • What are the different components of Soffront CRM.

  • Why Soffront offers the most comprehensive CRM solution.


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Soffront CRM Q&A 


Question: Does the current release of TRACKWeb supports Mozilla Firefox?

Answer:

No, TRACKWeb 8.5.0.0, our current release supports Netscape 7.1 and Internet Explorer 5.5 and higher. The support for Mozilla Firefox will be provided in our future release.


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