Task 5. Implementing a New Technology
The company is currently looking into ways it can become more modern and efficient by integrating new technology into work activities. Currently,D&N Printingdoes not use a digital Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system. The company records its clients’ details and potential clients (leads) in paper files. The business accounting system records sales transaction details. The ecommerce website captures details of online customers and their online transactions. The Sales and Marketing and the Business Development Teams have, in the past, brought all this information together from the various sources into one spreadsheet. From this spreadsheet, reports are produced for upper management, sales and marketing strategists as well as the business development team. This process is time-consuming, it involves double-handling and is prone to error.
It's time for some innovation and change!
There are four key types of innovation:
Product or service Innovation
– the development of new products and services or theenhancement of existing products or services
Process Innovation
– improving processes; a focus oncontinuous improvement facilitates organisational efficiency and effectiveness
Marketing Innovation
- creating or finding new markets; findingnew or different ways to advertise, promote and /or package services andproducts
Management Innovation
– the way the business is managed & organisationalstructures
The management team wantD&N Printingto move with the times and to implement aprocess innovationwith a Customer Relationship Management system - a CRM.
You are to do some research into CRMs and then download and complete this
Implementing a New Technology template
Download Implementing a New Technology template
to answer the questions below.
1.
Use a search engine to research and identify some benefits of a Customer Relationship Management system.
2.
Currently, details of new customer leads that the business development team meet on the road OR derive from the company’s e-commerce website, are recorded in paper files by the Sales & Marketing team. The Business Development team also derives information from the transaction details of purchases recorded in the company’s accounting system. Describe how integrating a CRM with both the ecommerce website and the accounting system could improve procedures forD&N Printing.
3.
With regard to facilitating the integration of a new technology, identify six typical challenges of integrating a new technology.HINT:Refer to your Learner Guide
4.
Refer to the organisational chart below and identify the key stakeholders who should work together to assist with a transition to an integrated CRM system.
5.
Again refer to the organisational chart. Identify by role those who will need training to use a new CRM system?
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