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(Transportation-News.com, May 29, 2012 ) New York City, New York -- Technology can help in careful planning of the processes related to sales, services and follow-ups as well as other aspects of the business that is related to the customers. A CRM system, for instance, should be embraced by every organizational member for it to become more effective though this should be initially accepted by the people that provide customer service.
CRM-related application that can be downloaded from the Internet is the open source CRM. This application stores data about each customer, making customer information available whenever someone needs it throughout the company. Customer service can be thus improved through the stored information since the application store information not just about the needs but also the transactions and conversations that took place, leading to improvements in cross-sales and thus heightening the customer satisfaction.
CRM software requiring installation is very expensive though they can store a massive amount of data. The business has to shed out money from purchasing the software down to training the employees who will use it. If want highly customized CRM software, have to pay for extra charges; most software packages come with prefabricated features but these don’t always suit the needs of the business.
Open source CRM come with a licensing fee that is free-of-charge. The possibility of this is brought by the volunteer efforts of various IT professionals. Codes, which can be changed and improved, are also provided to the users to modify such, again, to fit the business needs. Prior to designing the CRM system of the company despite that it is just an open source CRM, it is critical to acquire the inputs of the people especially those who will directly use the system. This may include the customer service team and the sales staff. Inputs that will come from them will inform the decision of making the system user-specific. In this way also, the system could be designed in such a way that it will put the customers at the core of every feature.
After meeting, discussing and planning, the next phase is implementing the ideas by creating a plan which will allow the company of sharing customer-related information. Nonetheless, the business has to endow the users an adequate time in learning the application. It is only through correct usage that the open source CRM can be extremely helpful to building as well as retaining the business. If the application is used properly, the customers would receive service that is both consistent and of high quality. This is more so because all the users will have access to the same complete profile of the customers needing a specific service at a particular time.
While it may be daunting to use free applications to run a business, the business may maximize its use once the users are equipped with the necessary knowledge and training to manipulate such.
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