In the continuously evolving automotive industry, where competition is fiercer than ever and customer expectations are increasing, automotive businesses are constantly seeking new strategies to gain a competitive edge.
Like any business, one of the most crucial aspects that most successful automotive businesses place emphasis on is their sales. Even though it is one area that draws a lot of focus, some businesses still find it a struggle.
Most automotive businesses can easily achieve revenue targets with functionalities embedded within their business solutions. However, if a business is able to harness the true power of its sales functionalities, it would be a game-changer for them as it holds a multitude of other benefits- enabling automotive businesses to streamline their processes, enhance customer experiences, and drive revenue growth.
These functionalities encompass a range of capabilities that equip automotive businesses with the necessary tools to manage their processes effectively. From lead management and customer relationship management to quote generation, order processing, and performance tracking, these functionalities serve as the backbone of seamless and efficient sales operations.
Some of the benefits of these functionalities in automotive businesses include
The Annata-Microsoft winning combination for ultimate success
Annata is your premier end-to-end IT solution provider, specializing in meeting the unique needs of the automotive industry. With A365, our all-in-one cloud-based software solution running on Microsoft Dynamics 365, you will get a full digital integration that transforms your existing business processes to power your possibilities.
Our collaboration with Microsoft allows automotive businesses to benefit from a dynamic combination of our industry expertise and Microsoft’s leading technologies, empowering them to drive revenues, enhance customer experiences, and achieve business growth.
Furthermore, our sales functionalities embedded in A365 seamlessly integrate with other Microsoft technologies, such as Microsoft Azure for cloud services and Microsoft Power Platform for data analytics and workflow automation. This integration enables customers to leverage the full capabilities of the Microsoft ecosystem, ensuring a comprehensive and cohesive solution for their sales operations.
A365 utilizes Microsoft Dynamics 365’s embedded AI technologies to provide businesses with valuable insights and personalized customer engagement. By analyzing customer and performance data, it offers tailored product recommendations and accurate lead conversion predictions.
AI optimizes the sales process, identifying bottlenecks, suggesting improvements, and streamlining workflows for enhanced performance. Forecasting with AI provides businesses with the ability to confidently plan strategies and utilize virtual sales assistants.
Proactive retention strategies with sentiment analysis help stay ahead of customer churn, while competitive analysis provides market insights. Annata’s intelligent sales forecasting, based on historical data and customer behavior, establishes a potent platform for businesses to thrive.
A365 can also be seamlessly integrated with pre-existing or legacy systems which enables businesses to orchestrate a variety of functionalities across their complete infrastructures, gaining all-round control while supporting the effective and efficient operations of the business.
The strength of our A365 sales functionalities stems from these crucial features.
Seamless sales operations from beginning to end with A365
The sales application of A365 supports multiple brands and locations with capabilities tailored to industry-specific business processes, data models, and functionalities for automotive brands.
It works by providing a suite of capabilities and tools to streamline and optimize various aspects of the selling process including:
Lead management: Enables automotive businesses to efficiently manage leads throughout the sales pipeline and includes the capturing, tracking, and assigning of leads to representatives, ensuring no opportunity is missed.
Sales Closing: Estimates opportunity value and closing dates for accurate pipeline forecasts. It enables remote pipeline management and follow-up through web and mobile access. Monitoring key pipeline KPIs helps in minimizing missed opportunities.
Test drive management: Empowers salespeople with powerful test drive capabilities, ensuring consistent experiences for buyers. It facilitates the organization of bookings, connects leads to test drives, and minimizes cancellations with automated workflows and reminders.
CRM: Integrates CRM capabilities to provide a holistic view of customer interactions, preferences, and purchase history. This empowers sales representatives to deliver personalized experiences and forge long-lasting customer relationships.
Quote generation: Simplifies the quote generation process by automating calculations, discounts, and promotions. Sales representatives can create accurate and professional quotes quickly, enhancing efficiency and reducing errors.
Sales performance tracking: Provides comprehensive analytics and reporting tools to track sales performance. Analyze data, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), and gain insights to optimize strategies and drive revenue growth.
Deal management: Facilitates vehicle sales, add-ons, trade-ins, and financing contracts. It offers a comprehensive view of costs, revenue, and margins. Additionally, it saves time by enabling quote sending for customer negotiations, revisions, and approvals.
Order processing: Streamlines the order processing workflow, from capturing customer orders to coordinating with production and inventory management. This ensures smooth and timely order fulfilment and improves customer satisfaction.
Pricing and discount management: Offers advanced pricing and discount management functionalities, enabling automotive businesses to configure pricing rules, manage discounts, and implement pricing strategies tailored to different customer segments or markets.
Pre-delivery and trade-in inspections: Provides built-in support for digital inspections and reviews in the process, including pre-delivery and trade-in inspections to minimize paper-based inspection processes.
Integration with back-end systems: Integrates seamlessly with back-end systems such as inventory management, finance, and production. This enables real-time data synchronization and enhances visibility and accuracy across the entire business.
Mobility and remote access: Offers mobile application capabilities that allow sales representatives to access critical information, generate quotes, and update customer data on the go. This flexibility improves productivity and enables effective customer engagement whenever and wherever.
Collaboration and workflow management: Facilitates collaboration amongst teams, enabling efficient communication, document sharing, and task management. This promotes teamwork, improves productivity, and enhances overall sales effectiveness.
Learn more about how A365 can optimize your sales processes in this Fact Sheet. Alternatively, reach out to us to know more.
