March 2006                                                                                                 4

IN THIS ISSUE:

  Thema Consulting, SA upgrades Soffront CRM for improved customer service and software development

  Module of the month: Order Processing

  Maximize your return on capital assets

Soffront CRM Q&A

Thema Consulting, SA upgrades Soffront CRM for improved customer service and software development

Thema Consulting has upgraded to the latest version of Soffront CRM. “We have found Soffront CRM to be feature-rich and flexible, allowing us to improve the workflow and integration of our help desk and software development,” said Francesco Mollisi, senior consultant at THEMA Consulting, SA. “In addition, the features included in Soffront Help Desk are robust and useful--features such as email notification, statistics, query, and report manager.”

Thema Consulting originally selected Soffront because it is web and Oracle based and because of its customization capabilities. “We have stayed with Soffront and continue to upgrade the software because it is easy to configure and customize.” – added Mollisi.

Soffront CRM allows a user to add fields on the fly, modify the views of each object, add new database tables, link to other parts of the system and create workflows-all without writing a single line of code,” explained Manu Das, Soffront’s president and founder. “When these changes are completed, the system automatically generates all the code that is needed–a unique approach in the CRM industry not available in other systems.

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Soffront CRM Q&A 


Question
: How can my Customer Support Manager get an automatic notification if a critical ticket remains open for more than 2 days?

Answer:
You can setup Escalation Rules to send notification when the status of a ticket does not change for a pre-defined duration.

To set an Escalation Rule, use the procedure outlined below,

1. Log on to TRACKWeb.
2. On the Task Bar, click Setup.
3. From Rules setup, click Escalation Rules. Click the New icon.
4. Select the Table from the Object box drop-down list on which you want to set an escalation rule.
5. In the Name box, enter the name for your rule.
6. Under Rule condition, select the duration (in Minutes/Hours/Days/Weeks) for which the status of a ticket doesn't change before the rule fires itself.
7. Under the Whom to notify option,
  a) Check the Email to these addresses box, and specify the addresses to whom you want to send the notification on the rule being fired.
  b) Check the Email to these groups box and select the TRACKWeb groups from the list to whom you want to send this notification.
  c) Check the Email to these users box and select the users from the accompanying list to specify the TRACKWeb users to whom you want to send a notification.
  d) Check the Use notify fields to send mails box and select the notify fields against whom you want to send a notification.
  e) Check the Email to the following box and select linked records to whom you want to send a notification.


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Module of the month: 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 benefits:

  • Manage the entire sales order lifecycle

  • Complete view of order history and status across all departments

  • Sales commission calculation and profitability analysis

  • Automated Back Order Management

  • Real-time Inventory support

  • Integrated with external back office systems

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Maximize your return on capital assets

Soffront Asset Manager provides you with complete visibility into your corporate assets. It gives you the information you need to optimize equipment performance, track software assets, and make financial and operational decisions that maximize asset performance. Soffront Assets helps manage your portfolio of assets – whether they are IT or fixed assets like tables/chairs.

With Soffront Asset Management, you can tag your asset, know where it is at all times and who is using it. The solution can even locate IT assets automatically and provide a complete audit of local systems. Computers on your network can be included or excluded from the audit list easily to provide you with precise auditing of departments, regions or more finite groups.

Key features:

  • Automatic discovery of IT assets

  • Roster of all assets with tag numbers

  • Capture lease, supplier and purchase order information

  • Automatic notifications for contract renewal and maintenance schedules

  • Capture warranty & contract information

  • Reports for assets planning and forecasting

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