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Why Do Reps Need Analytics?

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You’re probably using CRM. Hopefully, it’s CRM for manufacturers reps, so it’s easy to use and works how you work.  Your people are updating opportunities, your managing your commissions but what now? What do you do with all the data you’ve accumulated?  How can you use it to show your manufacturers what you’ve sold right down to the product level and what’s in the pipe?  Analytics will do all that and more. Take all your data and easily run visual reports showing trends and drop-offs, what products are doing well and who from your firm is selling the most. Techopedia explains Sales Analytics as “the process used to identify, model, understand and predict sales trends and sales results while helping in the understanding of these trends and finding improvement points. … Relevant data is mined and then analyzed in order to forecast future sales.” Learn more from Techopedia here. Sounds good right – but who has the time? Empowering Systems has taken the work out of analytics. As an add-on to AccountManager CRM Empowering Systems developed AccountReporter Analytics with pre-configured dashboards and filtering so you can skip over the work and start learning about your business trends right out of the box. 

Want to learn more – Contact April, aslepian@empoweringsystems.com or 800-321-1788 Ext. 720

Video Tip – How to create a restore point

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dynaMACS has a “mini backup” for sales rep agencies’ convenience

dynaMACS has created a restore point utility to help save time if you need to revert back to a prior period and start over again.  For example:  Posted a session to the wrong month, posted a commission statement to the wrong manufacturer or transferring history to the wrong customer/manufacturer or sales rep.

This DOES NOT replace an offsite backup.  The restore point is located in the same directory as your dynaMACS Software.  This means that if your dynaMACS folder crashes then all the restore points will not work.

 

Watch the Create a Restore Point Video Below:

For written instructions visit Tip #1308.

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Offering solutions that you requested

 

AccountManager 365 Add-In(CRM from your inbox):

  1. Sell from Microsoft Outlook. Update your opportunities, contacts, accounts and more right in your Outlook in-box on your PC, Mac or phone.
  2. Contacts in one place. Update your contacts in Outlook from the AccountManager Add-in and the other applications will update.
  3. Unclutter your Outlook folders. Email Attachments sync over to AccountManager. One place to find the information you are looking for.
  4. Use the Planner to help organize your team’s workflow. Use the planner to help your team work smarter not harder.

 

Missed the other blogs regarding our extended capabilities:

AccountManager (CRM)

SalesAnalysis (Sales, Commission and Order Management)

Contact us today to learn more!

 

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Offering more options for your business

 

SalesAnalysis (Sales, Commission and Order Management):

  1. Line Item Details. Import a part number spreadsheet from your principal so it’s easy to add line item details.
  2. Order Tracking. Keep track of what items your customers buy and the quantities.
  3. Electronic Data Imports. Imports saves time and money.

Keep an eye out for more in our upcoming blog:

AccountManager Office 365 (CRM from your In-box)

If you can’t wait contact us today!

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             Now offering even more capabilities

 

AccountManager (CRM):

  1. Sell from Microsoft Outlook. Update your opportunities, contacts, accounts and more right in your Outlook in-box on your PC, Mac or phone.
  2. Sell from your phone. Update your opportunities, contacts and more with voice to text as you walk out of meetings with our new AccountManager App. Then sync your opportunity with your principal’s Salesforce CRM in one click.
  3. Create a custom layout for each Principal. Create custom opportunity layouts so that you hit the target and maximize user productivity with just the fields that are required.
  4. Manage Quotations. No more hunting for quotations, simply link them to your opportunity, so they’re where they need to be. You won the business, turn the quote directly into an order.

Keep an eye out for more in our upcoming blog:

AccountManager Office 365 (CRM from your In-box)

SalesAnalysis (Sales, Commission and Order Management)

If you can’t wait contact us today!

Tip #1712 – How to Delete a Customer from the dynaMACS Database

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Follow the steps below to delete a customer that has merged with another customer or is no longer in business.

Move the history to another customer

  1. Go to Edit drop-down menu.
  2. Select File Transfer/Combine.
  3. Choose Mfr/Cst/Rep Transfer (1).
  4. The Manufacturer/Customer/Sales Rep Transfer/Combine window will appear.
  5. Type in the customer that you want to delete on the left side (Example:  Abbott Health Products) and the customer that you want the history to go to on the right side (American Instruments).
  6. Select the Proceed.
  7. Choose Yes at the prompt for Are these correct?
  8. Select the printer and print out the audit trail.
  9. Please confirm … choose Yes.
  10. The FYI window will appear, select OK.
  11. At the 2nd FYI, choose OK.
  12. Follow steps 1-11 until you are done will moving the customers.
  13. Then select Cancel to exit this screen.
  14. Go to Edit drop-down menu.
  15. Select File Transfer/Combine.
  16. Choose Mfr/Cst/Rep Transfer (2).
  17. The Manufacturer/Customer/Sales Rep Transfer/Combine (2) screen will appear.
  18. Select your printer and print the audit trail.
  19. Choose OK at the Please confirm window.
  20. Go to Edit drop-down menu.
  21. Select File Transfer/Combine.
  22. Make Customer Deletable
  23. Select Range of Records.  Leave the from field blank and type in zzzz in the To field. Then choose OK.
  24. Select Yes at the next window.
  25. At the end you will get a message that tells you how many customers were deletable. Choose OK.
  26. Select Exit when done.
  27. Go into the Customer Maintenance screen and select one of the customers that you transferred the history for and select the Delete button.