Jun 13, 2017 | Case study, Continuous improvement, Lean thinking, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Sales Process
Is your hit rate too low? Are your sales people running after opportunities they will not win? Do you think your sales process and sales people are not as efficient and effective as they could be? Qualification of sales opportunities is important Many businesses,...
Mar 14, 2017 | Continuous improvement, KPI's, Lean thinking, Sales Operations, Sales Process
Most companies want to have high utilisation across their organisation, including sales. When people work a lot, a lot of work gets done. It makes sense and sounds innocent, right? Well, let’s discuss this. If a sales organisation wants to win business and meet their...
Mar 5, 2017 | Continuous improvement, Lean thinking, Management system, Marketing, Sales, Sales Process
I claim companies can (and should) apply Lean thinking on three levels: An approach to identify, structure and solve problems Management system Specific tools and techniques for specific functions and issues Lean was born in discrete manufacturing processes. The...
Feb 27, 2017 | Case study, Continuous improvement, Lean thinking, Management system, Roles and responsibilities, Sales Process
One day a B2B solution sales organisation decided they had had enough and wanted to make a more radical change to their sales process, organisational structure and tools to grow sales and to win more business. This organisation operates B2B solution selling with sales...
Dec 13, 2016 | Continuous improvement, Marketing, Sales Process
100 day Lean Sales Transformation plan helps organisations create breakthrough results in Sales with Lean thinking. 100 day plan is designed to get Lean Sales Transformation started and to engage your team into work. There are no consultants, only Lean Sales experts...
Dec 13, 2016 | Management system, Sales Management, Sales Operations, Sales Process
Is your sales process Lean? How would you know? Lean Process maturity model may help you perform self-assessment of your current state. Sales and selling is different across different industries. Some industries rely more on trust and personal relationships, some are...