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 CRM Tools for Complete Customer Relationship Management

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Evolution provides dynamic Customer Relationship Management functionality built into an integrated business management software application. With Evolution your Customer Relationships are not an isolated process from Accounting, Projects or from daily communications such as Email.

      In depth functionality with auto-populating functions are so your data tracks throughout Evolution where you need it to simplifies your data entry for increased productivity. 

      Evolution successfully enhances your ability to provide excellent customer service, support to your customers by providing an integrated, centralized customizable customer relationship management software for your business.


 

Advanced Iconography & Ribbon-Styled Toolbars


Multi-task easily without having to hunt for hidden functionality. Designed with Advanced Iconography and the latest in Ribbon-styled toolbars will be at the top of each window for easier navigation and access to functionality. This toolbar will have different icons giving access to different functions depending on which section of Evolution CRM you are using.

Further, both auto saving and auto-prompting functions give you the peace of mind of not having to save your work on each screen because it has either been done for you or will  prompt you to do so when necessary.

Evolution decreases your software learning curve not only because your staff now has only one software package to address, instead of multiple applications, but also because Evolution has been created utilizing only four standardized window templates.

One of the four window layouts is used in over 90% of the software. In other words, learn how to use one window in Evolution and your learning curve as a staff member or even manager is almost complete.

Once you learn how to handle one window (adding a customer for example) you will be able to handle almost the entire software package: adding dealers, warehouses, leads, source items, general contacts and every other possible procedure.

Contact Management Tools


Combining innovation in interface design with in-depth tool sets provides you with an organized and flexible structure to manage contacts within a CRM software.

Specific tools and elements will be present within each screen in Evolution making each screen easier to learn.

Within Evolution on the left side of the screen will be the Advanced Search Tool which includes the following functionality:

  • In-depth searching capability with the option to narrow down your search based on filters.
  • The ability to print out your search results in quick report formats.
  • A Sort tool to Sort the results of your search by different criteria including; Account Number, Category, Status, and Territory. 
  • A Mail Merge tool for your data with an easy to use wizard to walk you through the steps.
  • The Mass Email Tool for ongoing Marketing efforts such as newsletters and Publications.  
  • A 'Move and Copy' tool so you can easily reassign sections of your data to different contact types in Evolution.

The 'Move and Copy' tool will give you the ability to move your CRM data around as the nature of the relationship changes. For example, when a Lead becomes a Customer or a Reseller you will be able to Move them from the Leads Section of the CRM to the Customer or Reseller section within the CRM easily.

Sales & Marketing Resources


Evolution's CRM has multiple tools designed to provide flexibility to a sales process. are meant for lead management. Within Evolution's CRM Sources, Enquiries and Leads are designed for lead and marketing management. Each of these contact types has tools to track communications, appointments and calls as a contact progresses through your sales process.

For companies that utilize public lists like "The Harris Directory", "The Scott's Directory" or other industry specific resources, Sources within Evolution CRM, provides your business a dynamic tool to actively use these resources as a part of your sales process. Additional marketing and lead management tools included in Sources are;

  • Ready availability to your staff as a whole or assigned to specific Employees.
  • The tools to query your Source contacts with the Advanced Search Tool any source item because it is an internal record.
  • Keep detailed notes about source items
  • Store email and mailings that may have gone out to the client directly in their file
  • Track communication as a source entry progresses through the sales process
  • Manage and track documents specific to this source such as quotes
  • Change a source item to a lead or customer using the 'Move and Copy' tool.

All of this is done right under the client / source account and not in a separate program or system. Our Data Import Tool provides an easy to use tool to Import these and other contacts into Evolution.

Cold calls, mass mailings and marketing initiatives can easily be done through a filtered list created through Evolution and metrics can easily be applied using our Advanced Reporting features. In truth, Evolution's robust source management interface provides your sales force a tool for lead generation with almost endless possibilities.

SalesForce Automation & Management


The Customer Relationship Management tool set of Evolution allows you to customize even the most complicated sales and lead management processes easily. Complete with an intuitive interface and a wide range of functions available on one window, Evolution makes even complicated team sales processes a simple reality.

Define your own sales force management process by creating your own custom categories, statuses and sales work flow. Evolution's information management structure can easily be molded to reflect exactly how you prefer your company to be run. The idea is to have a business management software flexible enough to accommodate your process without you having to change your process to fit into a business management software application.

Benefits available for sales force management within Evolution include:

  • Role based dashboards and an active Reminder Panel(The Flyout Panel) for live ongoing reminders for daily communications, follow up actions and pending Quotes provide an interactive To Do list for lead management and sales follow up tasks.
  • Assign specific sales people to any type of contact in Evolution CRM.
  • Manage Productivity through Reporting for your salesforce.
  • House all Lead information in your Evolution to foster collaboration in your sales process.
  • Create and manage appointments and appointment history.
  • Easily track quotes, communications, competitors, projects, and documents through evolution CRM.
  • Event 'wizards'; Evolution will even automatically create new events or tasks once one task is completed. This feature is also great for customer management, project management, or setting reminders for sequential tasks that need to be completed as each Task is completed.
  • Alerts: alerts can be set for scheduled meetings, follow up calls or to remind someone when a proposal or quote is due providing a valuable tool for closing the sales loop on leads.
  • Reminders: Ideal for follow up activity for potential customers including phone calls, emails, scheduled events, proposals and quotes. Our reminders can be applied to communications and actions within Evolution and will alert you as they come due in the Flyout Panel on the right hand side of the window.
  • Lead Details: How did this Lead find you, were they referred by someone, and basic background information about their organization are readily available from this section of Leads.
  • Opportunities: With Evolution CRM you have a unique sales pipeline tool to track any open Opportunities with different types of contacts. Measure and track the potential sales amount and the timeframe of open opportunities within your Sales force.
  • Easily Move or Copy contact within Evolution using a 'Move and Copy' wizard.
  • One click creation of Order or Invoice from a Quote.
  • Track documents including images and multiple file types by contact
  • Store emails within a contactand view email history with a particular contact.

Maximize your sales force automation using these CRM tools within Evolution to enable your company to increase ROI on marketing efforts and increase revenue by closing the sales pipeline.

Maximize sales force automation further by making the most of up to date lead information as they go through the sales process. Evolution's collaborative Lead Management Tools provide tools for these frequently described scenarios:

  • Addressing one client's requests within a time sensitive schedule even with numerous other clients to manage
  • Communicating with other sales staff or sales managers about completed events or closed sales in a timely fashion.
  • Being able to collaborate successfully with other staff members on leads because shared information, document management and event handling can now be handled seamlessly.

All of the information mentioned in the list above is kept under the specific lead file for that prospect. Accessing Leads can be done by anyone in your company who has access to that file instead of having to look into a different software application.

These and many other time saving tools are available to your business by implementing Evolution Business Management Software for your company. Contact us today for a live demonstration.

CRM: A Complete View of your Customer


Build revenue and optimize the potential of additional sales opportunities by offering an exceptional level of customer service to your clients. For Companies that provide Call center based customer support or service desk functions for your customers Evolution's CRM structure gives your company a total view of your Customer so you can both provide service and maximize sales opportunities with one phone call.

Evolution offers contact based accounting so you can perform various Accounts receivable and Accounts Payable functions. This means any Orders and Invoices processed directly from the Customer file will track to your company's General Ledger. Role based User Access Settings will define the information and functions an Employee has access to.

Here are just some areas you can manage Customers within Evolution CRM:

  • Evolution stores all contact information for every client and even validates fields as you type them.
  • Add custom fields for Custom Data for every customer. This could be specific data defined by your work flow process.
  • Evolution tracks all Work Orders, Request for Quotes, Quotes and Orders.
  • Shows a complete history of what projects, tasks or support requests each customer has had and even keeps track of the products owned by that customer.
  • Evolution allows you to keep track of all personnel within a customer's business.
  • Documents can be easily stored under each customer account.
  • Evolution has integrated all of your email functions, emails can be easily tracked by storing each email under the respective Lead or Customer file.
  • Tracks complete appointment histories for every customer, including the results of each meeting and minutes if needed.
  • Automatically perform Account forecasting and payment history for every one of your clients.

Evolution customer relationship management does much more than what can be mentioned in this list above. Try Evolution first hand and see how Evolution Business Management Software can benefit your company.

Resellers

For companies who utilize Resellers or Dealers who resell your products and services Evolution's CRM tool set includes a section especially for Resellers. Functionality within Resellers includes:

  • Complete communications tracking with built in Reminders for Calls, Tasks, and Appointments.
  • The ability to keep record of all Personnel and their Role within the Reseller within a Reseller file.
  • Store numerous documents within the Reseller file by category and type of Document.
  • The ability to track Projects that your Resellers are involved in.
  • A complete Products Sold history for each Reseller.
  • The ability to track which Product families a Reseller includes in their portfolio of offerings to their clients.
  • Complete Accounts Receivable functionality for each Reseller including, Work Orders, Orders, Invoices, RFQ's, Quotes, Account Information, Billing information and Sales Activity for each record.
  • Complete Accounts Payable functionality for each Reseller including Bills, Purchase Orders, and Account information including Vendor Taxation numbers.

Here you can have all of the functionality built into Customers with additional functionality designed to manage Resellers to track which lines or Product families a Reseller sells in addition to tracking any of your Products they have sold. This gives you an accurate picture of your Resellers performance

Rolodex

For general contacts that don't fall into the normal categories of leads, customers and the like, Evolution has developed areas to store miscellaneous contacts: Your company lawyer or stock broker, or any food service and catering companies you may use.

Rolodex is designed for contacts that can be accessed by the entire company (for staff that have appropriate security permissions).

"Personal Contacts" are exactly that Contacts that are only used by you and can not be accessed by anyone else within the company. Personal Contacts are accessible through the Personal tab. All of these contacts are built to utilize the full power of Evolution's centralized management technology:

  • Complete email, appointment and time management
  • Complete document and file management
  • Project management
  • Task management
  • Personnel that belong to the Contact Corporation or personal information if the contact is an individual
  • Much more!

An important aspect to remember:

Every staff member in your business (with the correct security settings) can now gain access to all of your CRM information in an online and offline manner.

This is a powerful benefit because you are not dependent on an Internet connection or by database or network disconnection problems. Your sales staff can now open their laptop in front of any client or customer, view the latest inventory levels, supplier orders or data important to the transaction and tell their customer right on the spot if their needs will be met on time and within budget; no need to contact anyone directly in the office, no need to pull any other staff out of productivity. The benefits of continual access to your live information can't be understated. This is just one benefit of integrated CRM data management. Fill out a Request for Information form to see how Evolution can benefit your business today.

Because Evolution is designed as an integrated Business Management Software Application other types of functionality are integrated with the Customer Relationship Management tool set.

Data Import Tool

Get Started quickly! Evolution comes packaged with a powerful import tool that allows you to take an export from any software and import its information directly into Evolution. Evolution even allows you to specify exactly what fields or areas within the software you would like your old data to be moved into. Simply "connect the dots" and your import is complete. Millions of contacts can be added to Evolution in a minutes or even seconds. Evolution perfectly scales to any size. There are no database size performance limits to you Evolution software.

Below is a Short List of the types of data that can be imported. If you don't see your system listed call us, we likely already have an import for your file type!

  • QuickBooks Lists
  • Peachtree
  • Goldmine
  • ACT! Including All Notes and Groups!
  • Excel
  • Access
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • dBase / Fox Pro (and many others)
  • Outlook (Including E-mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Tasks)
  • Comma Separated Text Files
  • Any ODBC compliant data source
An Added Benefit to Accountants

Out of office accountants or accounting controllers can now access all needed business information remotely from their office by "synchronizing" with your version of Evolution. From there they can do all of your accounting remotely, never needing to physically enter your office, siphon through paper receipts or request an email containing your current accounting data.

Your Accountant (with your security permission) can access scanned invoices, receipts or deposits that you have placed in your Evolution software and validate your standings within moments. Never limit your accounting procedures because a staff member or outside accountant is updating your data. All data management with Evolution can be done "live" with no limitations.

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For more information see: Evolution introduction (concept), Process Flow Optimization (concept), Network and Data Optimization (slides)