CRM Tools for Complete Customer
Relationship Management
Evolution provides dynamic Customer Relationship Management
functionality built into an integrated business management software application.
With Evolution your Customer Relationships are not an isolated process from
Accounting, Projects or from daily communications such as Email.
In depth functionality with auto-populating functions are so your data
tracks throughout Evolution where you need it to simplifies your data entry for
increased productivity.
Evolution successfully enhances your ability to provide excellent customer
service, support to your customers by providing an integrated, centralized
customizable customer relationship management software for your
business.
Contact
Management Tools
Adopt Evolution CRM for an advanced approach to basic contact management.
With profile based user access, an interface packed with tools designed to
bridge the gap between your information and action Evolution is one of the
strongest solutions available on the market today for smaller to mid sized
growing enterprises.
Effective contact management starts with the ability to store different types
of information, search on a variety of information stored within a contact and
provides tools to perform different types of actions from a contact file. Take
this one step further and build in tools to perform certain types of actions
with a team (a group of contacts) and you have a contact management solution
rich in functionality as part of a solid CRM foundation. Some of the functions
found in the contact management tools of Evolution CRM include:
- Integrated Search Tool for all information within your contacts
- Quick reports for your search results within contacts
- Integrated Mail Merge Tool based on contacts
- Integrated Mass Email Tool based on contacts
- Integrated Move and Copy tool for contact mobility
- Teams capability for events involving groups
- Built in Accounting functions within contact structure
- Business to business contact structure for multiple contacts within a
company contact
- Business to consumer contact structure for individuals
- Built in mapping tool for contact addresses with links to Google Maps,
Microsoft Live Local and MapPoint
Call
Logs for Customer and Service Calls
Evolution's CRM includes Call Logs specifically designed to handle service
calls for incoming and outgoing service calls with customers and partners. With
the ability to see an overview of Call activity through reports, and and an over
view of activity with a variety of filter options Evolution provides a robust
tool for handling more specialized work flow needs for businesses.
Each contact has the Call Log tool built in to access a history of calls,
initiate actions from an open call, and assign and notify more then one person
of a newly created Call Log. The Dashboard and Flyout Panel provide up to date
information on New Call activity as it happens for specific users. Companies
looking for integrated service call functionality can look forward to the
following functions with Evolution:
- Automatic time/date stamping of Calls by the user who created the call
- The ability to assign and notify others about new or open calls
- Separate Notes screens for initial call and resolution activity
- The ability to create and assign a Task within a Call
- The ability to place an Order within a Call
- Create an Appointment from a Call
- Flexible Category & Status structure for customizing work flows
- Ability to upload or scan in documents related to a Call
- Assign a Call Log to an open Project
- Integrated Knowledge Base for the ability to search on topics in your
Knowledge Base
Products
Owned: Define What Happens after the Sale
Companies who track activity, service plans and follow up maintenance with
service work on Products a customer has purchased from will enjoy the Product
Owned tools within Evolution. Whether it is service, warranty work or
additional purchases, tracking activity related to Products after a Product
has been purchased can a challenge depending on how information is managed.
Evolution's Products owned will track a customer or reseller's purchase
history and provide an interface where additional activities can be tracked from
the point of purchase. This structure supports a more specialized work
flow for companies looking for tools to track related activities to products
that have been purchased by their customers and resellers. Capabilities within
Products Owned include but are not limited to:
- Basic product information tracking to a customer or resellers purchase
history
- The ability to access the invoice directly from the purchase
history
- An information screen with customizable fields to shape your information
requirements
- Accessories or related product information will automatically track to a
products owned purchase history
- Track Repairs and generate a new work order within product owned
- Integrated Call log functionality for work flow specific Call Logs within
a Purchased Product
- An overview screen for all Product's Owned for easy viewing of key
information from a customer or reseller's account
Event
Management: Automation for Action
Companies with multiple work flow needs within on organization will
appreciate the integrated work flow management tools within Evolution. Event
Management within Evolution allows companies to define, shape and manage actions
that are based on a previous action even if it is a simple as a potential
customer registering for information on a website or a Newsletter registration
on a website.
Evolutions Event Management is designed to automate actions at critical
points in the customer relationship life cycle. This drives overall activity
within your company, provides attention to customers while maximizing internal
efficiency with any person to person contact with customers and partners. The
result is a more streamlined software environment where Employees activity has a
positive impact on revenue.
Events encompass a wide range of actions and can be customized in numerous
locations within the CRM tools in Evolution.
- Automate emails to be sent out based on a specific category or status
- Create Call Logs and assign them to staff members for automated follow up
in person
- Create Tasks and assign individuals or Teams to follow up, ideal for
companies using project management
- Automatic notifications for staff members for open Tasks, Calls and
Appointments
- Define an Appointment based on a category or status, an ideal tool for
companies with direct sales forces using a consultative sales approach
SalesForce Automation & Management
The
Customer Relationship Management tool set of Evolution allows you to customize
even the most complicated sales and lead management processes easily. Complete
with an intuitive interface and a wide range of functions available on one
window, Evolution makes even complicated team sales processes a simple reality.
Define
your own sales force management process by creating your own custom categories,
statuses and sales work flow. Evolution's information management structure can
easily be molded to reflect exactly how you prefer your company to be run. The
idea is to have a business management software flexible enough to accommodate
your process without you having to change your process to fit into a business
management software application.
Benefits available for sales force management within Evolution
include:
- Role based dashboards and an active Reminder Panel(The Flyout Panel) for
live ongoing reminders for daily communications, follow up actions and pending
Quotes provide an interactive To Do list for lead management and sales follow
up tasks.
- Assign specific sales people to any type of contact in Evolution CRM.
- Manage Productivity through Reporting for your salesforce.
- House all Lead information in your Evolution to foster collaboration in
your sales process.
- Create and manage appointments and appointment history.
- Easily track quotes, communications, competitors, projects, and documents
through evolution CRM.
- Event 'wizards'; Evolution will even automatically create new events or
tasks once one task is completed. This feature is also great for customer
management, project management, or setting reminders for sequential tasks that
need to be completed as each Task is completed.
- Alerts: alerts can be set for scheduled meetings, follow up calls or to
remind someone when a proposal or quote is due providing a valuable tool for
closing the sales loop on leads.
- Reminders: Ideal for follow up activity for potential customers including
phone calls, emails, scheduled events, proposals and quotes. Our reminders can
be applied to communications and actions within Evolution and will alert you
as they come due in the Flyout Panel on the right hand side of the window.
- Lead Details: How did this Lead find you, were they referred by someone,
and basic background information about their organization are readily
available from this section of Leads.
- Opportunities: With Evolution CRM you have a unique sales pipeline tool to
track any open Opportunities with different types of contacts. Measure and
track the potential sales amount and the timeframe of open opportunities
within your Sales force.
- Easily Move or Copy contact within Evolution using a 'Move and Copy'
wizard.
- One click creation of Order or Invoice from a Quote.
- Track documents including images and multiple file types by contact
- Store emails within a contactand view email history with a particular
contact.
Maximize
your sales force automation using these CRM tools within Evolution to enable
your company to increase ROI on marketing efforts and increase revenue by
closing the sales pipeline.
Maximize
sales force automation further by making the most of up to
date lead information as they go through the sales process. Evolution's
collaborative Lead Management Tools provide tools for these frequently described
scenarios:
- Addressing one client's requests within a time sensitive schedule even
with numerous other clients to manage
- Communicating with other sales staff or sales managers about completed
events or closed sales in a timely fashion.
- Being able to collaborate successfully with other staff members on leads
because shared information, document management and event handling can now be
handled seamlessly.
All of the information mentioned in the list above is kept under the specific
lead file for that prospect. Accessing Leads can be done by anyone in your
company who has access to that file instead of having to look into a different
software application.
These
and many other time saving tools are available to your business by
implementing Evolution Business Management Software for your company. Contact us
today for a live demonstration.
CRM:
A Complete View of Customers
Build
revenue and optimize the potential of additional sales opportunities by offering
an exceptional level of customer service to your clients. For Companies that
provide Call center based customer support or service desk functions for your
customers Evolution's CRM structure gives your company a total view of your
Customer so you can both provide service and maximize sales opportunities with
one phone call.
Evolution
offers contact based accounting so you can perform various Accounts receivable
and Accounts Payable functions. This means any Orders and Invoices processed
directly from the Customer file will track to your company's General Ledger.
Role based User Access Settings will define the information and functions an
Employee has access to.
Here are just some areas you can manage Customers within Evolution CRM:
- Evolution stores all contact information for every client and even
validates fields as you type them.
- Add custom fields for Custom Data for every customer. This could be
specific data defined by your work flow process.
- Evolution tracks all Work Orders, Request for Quotes, Quotes and Orders.
- Shows a complete history of what projects, tasks or support requests each
customer has had and even keeps track of the products owned by that customer.
- Evolution allows you to keep track of all personnel within a customer's
business.
- Documents can be easily stored under each customer account.
- Evolution has integrated all of your email functions, emails can be easily
tracked by storing each email under the respective Lead or Customer file.
- Tracks complete appointment histories for every customer, including the
results of each meeting and minutes if needed.
- Automatically perform Account forecasting and payment history for every
one of your clients.
Evolution customer relationship management does much more than what can be
mentioned in this list above. Try Evolution first hand and see
how Evolution Business Management Software can benefit your company.
Resellers
For companies who utilize Resellers or Dealers who resell your products and
services Evolution's CRM tool set includes a section especially for Resellers.
Functionality within Resellers includes:
- Complete communications tracking with built in Reminders for Calls, Tasks,
and Appointments.
- The ability to keep record of all Personnel and their Role within the
Reseller within a Reseller file.
- Store numerous documents within the Reseller file by category and type of
Document.
- The ability to track Projects that your Resellers are involved in.
- A complete Products Sold history for each Reseller.
- The ability to track which Product families a Reseller includes in their
portfolio of offerings to their clients.
- Complete Accounts Receivable functionality for each Reseller including,
Work Orders, Orders, Invoices, RFQ's, Quotes, Account Information, Billing
information and Sales Activity for each record.
- Complete Accounts Payable functionality for each Reseller including Bills,
Purchase Orders, and Account information including Vendor Taxation numbers.
Here you can have all of the functionality built into Customers with
additional functionality designed to manage Resellers to track which lines or
Product families a Reseller sells in addition to tracking any of your Products
they have sold. This gives you an accurate picture of your Resellers
performance.
Rolodex
For general contacts that don't fall into the normal categories of leads,
customers and the like, Evolution has developed areas to store miscellaneous
contacts: Your company lawyer or stock broker, or any food service and catering
companies you may use.
Rolodex is designed for contacts that can be accessed by the entire company
(for staff that have appropriate security permissions).
"Personal Contacts" are exactly that Contacts that are only used by you and
can not be accessed by anyone else within the company. Personal Contacts are
accessible through the Personal tab. All of these contacts are built to utilize
the full power of Evolution's centralized management technology:
- Complete email, appointment and time management
- Complete document and file management
- Project management
- Task management
- Personnel that belong to the Contact Corporation or personal information
if the contact is an individual
- Much more!
An important aspect to remember:
Every staff member in your business (with the correct security settings) can
now gain access to all of your CRM information in an online and offline manner.
This is a powerful benefit because you are not dependent on an Internet
connection or by database or network disconnection problems. Your sales staff
can now open their laptop in front of any client or customer, view the latest
inventory levels, supplier orders or data important to the transaction and tell
their customer right on the spot if their needs will be met on time and within
budget; no need to contact anyone directly in the office, no need to pull any
other staff out of productivity. The benefits of continual access to your live
information can't be understated. This is just one benefit of integrated CRM
data management. Fill out a Request for Information form to see how Evolution
can benefit your business today.
Because Evolution is designed as an integrated Business Management Software
Application other types of functionality are integrated with the Customer
Relationship Management tool set.
Data Import Tool
Get Started quickly! Evolution comes packaged with a powerful import tool
that allows you to take an export from any software and import its information
directly into Evolution. Evolution even allows you to specify exactly what
fields or areas within the software you would like your old data to be moved
into. Simply "connect the dots" and your import is complete. Millions of
contacts can be added to Evolution in a minutes or even seconds. Evolution
perfectly scales to any size. There are no database size performance limits to
you Evolution software.
Below is a Short List of the types of data that can be imported. If you don't
see your system listed call us, we likely already have an import for your file
type!
- QuickBooks Lists
- Peachtree
- Goldmine
- ACT! Including All Notes and Groups!
- Excel
- Access
- SQL Server
- Oracle
- dBase / Fox Pro (and many others)
- Outlook (Including E-mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks)
- Comma Separated Text Files
- Any ODBC compliant data source
Added Benefits for Accountants
Out of office accountants or accounting controllers can now access all needed
business information remotely from their office by "synchronizing" with your
version of Evolution. From there they can do all of your accounting remotely,
never needing to physically enter your office, siphon through paper receipts or
request an email containing your current accounting data.
Your Accountant (with your security permission) can access scanned invoices,
receipts or deposits that you have placed in your Evolution software and
validate your standings within moments. Never limit your accounting procedures
because a staff member or outside accountant is updating your data. All data
management with Evolution can be done "live" with no limitations.
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For more information see: Evolution introduction (concept),
Process Flow Optimization
(concept), Network and Data Optimization
(slides)