Apr 1, 2024 | AI, Artificial intelligence, Automation, Customer needs, Lean thinking, machine learning, Sales, Sales Management
The landscape of sales is undergoing a seismic shift, spurred by advancements in technology and changing buyer behaviours. This shift, which began subtly even before the pandemic, has accelerated at an unprecedented pace, leading us into a new era of sales and...
Mar 9, 2017 | Continuous improvement, Lean thinking, Management system, Sales, Sales Management
Do you think it’s possible to improve sales productivity by 100 % in one year? Do you think it’s possible to improve hit rate by over 20 %? These questions sound ambitious, I know. But this is feasible and some organisations have been able to do this. Field sales...
May 17, 2015 | KPI's, Lean thinking, Management system, Roles and responsibilities, Sales Operations, Sales Process
Inside sales is outperforming field sales B2B sales organisations are going through changes as we speak. Internet, digitalisation, changes in customer’s buying behaviour, growing competition and so on are putting pressure on the traditional b2b sales...
Feb 12, 2015 | Lean thinking, Management system, Sales, Sales Management
I think it is about time companies start to look beyond sales methodologies when improving sales results. Sales methodologies tend to focus on management of energy and improvement of discipline in daily operations. Both items are important to high performance and one...
Oct 18, 2014 | KPI's, Lean thinking, Management system, Sales, Sales Management, Sales Operations
Lean is operations strategy that helps companies become more efficient. It is all about efficiency and learning. Many companies have created break-through results by applying Lean also in Sales and Marketing. Flow optimisation I think it is safe to say that most sales...