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Design and Software International Case Study

By SMBHD

Client

Design and Software International

Project Description

Design and Software International (DSI) was experiencing significant growth, but their legacy CRM system was simply not keeping up with the growth. DSI needed a more robust CRM solution that could handle all their sales and customer support needs.DSI needed an easier way to manage the performance of both their Sales and Customer Success teams. DSI needed a solution that could address the following needs:Provide quick and easy visibility into current sales pipeline performance.Automation of opportunity renewals to ensure no revenue opportunities are missed.A quick and easy way to capture customer feedback for real-time performance feedback (surveys).Real-time visibility into open/closed support cases, so the DSI team has a 360-degree understanding of what’s going on with their accounts.An automated customer support escalation process, to ensure a 100% Case Close Rate.Custom digital form functionality for both quotes and reseller requests.Automated onboarding process reminders for the customer success team, to ensure a positive onboarding customer experience.Overall, DSI needed a flexible solution that could help their sales team to continue to grow the business and for their customer support team to provide the highest level of service.DSI partnered with SMBHD to create a highly customized CRM solution including Sales Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, and Conga (for custom digital documents).RESULTSThe implementation of both the Salesforce Sales and Service Clouds, along with the implementation of Conga (used to generate custom digital documents like quotes). Now the executive team has real-time insight in the performance of every aspect of their business; this includes both team and individual performance. Also, DSI now has new sales process automations that ensure there are no missed revenue opportunities for renewing contracts. They also have new support escalation automation to ensure no cases go unresolved due to capacity issues or human error.

Design and Software International (DSI) was experiencing significant growth, but their legacy CRM system was simply not keeping up with the growth. DSI needed a more robust CRM solution that could handle all their sales and customer support needs.DSI needed an easier way to manage the performance of both their Sales and Customer Success teams. DSI needed a solution that could address the following needs:Provide quick and easy visibility into current sales pipeline performance.Automation of opportunity renewals to ensure no revenue opportunities are missed.A quick and easy way to capture customer feedback for real-time performance feedback (surveys).Real-time visibility into open/closed support cases, so the DSI team has a 360-degree understanding of what’s going on with their accounts.An automated customer support escalation process, to ensure a 100% Case Close Rate.Custom digital form functionality for both quotes and reseller requests.Automated onboarding process reminders for the customer success team, to ensure a positive onboarding customer experience.Overall, DSI needed a flexible solution that could help their sales team to continue to grow the business and for their customer support team to provide the highest level of service.DSI partnered with SMBHD to create a highly customized CRM solution including Sales Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, and Conga (for custom digital documents).RESULTSThe implementation of both the Salesforce Sales and Service Clouds, along with the implementation of Conga (used to generate custom digital documents like quotes). Now the executive team has real-time insight in the performance of every aspect of their business; this includes both team and individual performance. Also, DSI now has new sales process automations that ensure there are no missed revenue opportunities for renewing contracts. They also have new support escalation automation to ensure no cases go unresolved due to capacity issues or human error.

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