Salesforce® Community Cloud and Chatter Provide Enhanced Collaboration and Visibility

Challenge / Goal

A global manufacturer of steel tubing and piping, electrical support system products and metal conduits needed a solution to collaboratively build forecasts, share quota goals and track sales opportunities in a secure environment. Regional sales managers and agents desired real-time dashboards and reporting to manage key sales metrics across channels and regions while protecting sensitive company data within Salesforce®.

Solution

Bridgenext (formerly Wave6) recommended Salesforce® Community Cloud to extend its key data sharing capabilities to independent sales agents. Community Cloud creates a dedicated site where agents can enter and receive data through Salesforce®, while remaining restricted to a specialized environment configured to their needs.

Bridgenext also developed a custom Visualforce user interface that allows agents to work collaboratively with regional sales managers to define forecasts at customer and product line levels. We architected a solution to help the company track product and customer quotas for each agent. Creating a custom integration between the company’s BI system and Salesforce, agents can now view dashboards, reports and KPIs.

Results

The solution gives regional sales managers a comprehensive view of agents’ sales activities. Additional benefits include:

  • Enhanced engagement of independent agents, resulting in increased sales
  • Improved accuracy to better forecast and meet demand
  • Improved distribution and usage of key sales reports via Salesforce® Content
  • Better security increases adoption as trust in the system grows
  • Reduced email and misinformation, with key information flowing through Community Cloud

Industry

Manufacturing

Benefits

  • Improved forecasting to meet demand
  • Enhanced agent engagement and sales
  • Secure, collaborative environment
  • Real-time dashboards and reporting

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