Contact:
Mei Li
VP, Corporate Communications
NetSuite, Inc.
Phone: 650.627.1063
E-mail: meili@netsuite.com
NETSUITE LAUNCHES NETSUITE CRM+
NetSuite CRM+ Fills the Gaps of
Traditional CRM Applications by Adding Order Management,
Partner Management and eCRM
NetSuite CRM+ Moves Beyond Opportunity-Centric
CRM by Putting the "Customer" in CRM
LONDON – 2 May 2005 –
NetSuite, Inc. today launched NetSuite CRM+, the first
hosted Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application
that integrates order management, partner management,
incentive management, and project tracking to give growing
businesses a 360 degree view of all customer interactions.
NetSuite CRM+ also offers eCRM, which includes Web site
hosting, Web site analytics, customer portals, partner
portals and partner management, making it as easy to
sell and service customers via the Web as it is in person
or on the phone. These advanced capabilities make NetSuite
CRM+ the only CRM solution to automate the entire customer
lifecycle – from a "suspect" browsing
a company's Web site, to an interested lead, to
a qualified prospect, to a customer who has actually
placed an order, to servicing that customer and finally,
to guiding that customer to re-purchase. For more information
on NetSuite CRM+, please visit: www.netcrm.com/plus.
There are numerous on-demand and on-premise CRM software
packages available for small, medium and large companies.
These legacy systems are built around managing information
about prospects before they become customers –
often called opportunity management – which only
encompasses about a third of the full customer lifecycle.
None of these systems capture customer data natively
because they lack the basic building block of a customer
relationship – what was purchased. NetSuite CRM+
captures this fundamental definition of a customer via
Order Management, which serves as the key driver in
determining important CRM metrics such as marketing
ROI, sales effectiveness, forecast accuracy, sales incentives,
and demand forecasting. Because other CRM systems do
not capture the details of what a customer has purchased,
they frequently provide incomplete and incorrect results
for marketing campaigns and sales forecasts, and zero
visibility for sales representatives' commissions.
With no record of what or how much has been ordered
by each customer, marketing has no way to know if the
leads generated are actually converting to customers,
sales managers have no way to know how their forecasts
compare to actual sales, and sales representatives have
no way to see their compensation.
Additionally, traditional CRM systems integrate poorly
with corporate Web sites, a major failing given most
customers view the Web site as the preferred point of
interaction. NetSuite CRM+ breaks down these barriers
found in traditional CRM applications by managing the
complete process from lead to prospect to customer in
a single system, regardless of channel – on the
phone, in person or via the Web. By incorporating the
corporate Web site into the selling process, businesses
are able to tap into a wealth of information right from
the "suspect" stage of a customer who is
evaluating the potential of doing business with them.
Once they become customers, a self-service portal will
allow them to see their outstanding quotes, re-order
products and services, view a complete service history
and enter new trouble tickets or cases. Providing this
level of visibility greatly increases customer satisfaction
and the likelihood that they will continue to transact
with the same business and place additional orders.
And finally, complete partner relationship management
capabilities allow businesses to incorporate referral
and selling partners that make up their extended enterprise
into the same processes applied to their internal sales
organisations. Partner self-service portals available
in NetSuite CRM+ allow for lead sharing and registration,
visibility for partners into sales converted from their
leads, and the ability to act as the "front line"
when it comes to providing support and service for joint
customers.
"NetSuite gets it. The release of NetSuite CRM+
shows me that NetSuite understands how 21st century
business works," said Paul Greenberg, author of
CRM at the Speed of Light: Essential Customer Strategies
for the 21st Century; 3rd Edition. "When
you have customer data populating an enterprise value
chain that links the demand, supply and support chains,
you have the means to identify and support the processes
that the customer and the company needs in the digital
age. That is the paradigm around which NetSuite CRM+
is organised – the customer, not just the data.
This is leading edge stuff."
"CRM has been a misnomer because today's
hosted CRM applications are not designed to handle real
customer data. They have been designed to handle prospect
data," said Zach Nelson, CEO of NetSuite. "NetSuite
CRM+ for the first time puts the ‘C' in
CRM."
"NetSuite CRM+ gives us a comprehensive solution
that delivers on all of our goals, whereas salesforce.com
was significantly lacking in certain critical areas
like order management, as there was no way to turn a
lead into a customer," said Donna McNicholas,
Sales Manager of Sign-Up Technologies Ltd. (www.sign-up.to),
a permission marketing software company based in London.
"With NetSuite CRM+ we have a complete view of
our business."
Leveraging the award-winning forecasting, contact management,
opportunity management, and customisation of NetSuite
CRM, the new NetSuite CRM+ goes beyond traditional CRM
capabilities by adding broad functionality never before
seen with a CRM application including:
- Order Management: Everything in
NetSuite CRM+ is built around customers and orders
– reports, dashboards, and customer intelligence
all key to this tangible relationship with the customer,
making it easy to connect with them over the Web as
well as in person. This order management capability
also allows sales people to work on a deal through
the pipeline, right through to the actual close. So
businesses can finally see booked orders in their
sales forecast, greatly increasing its reliability,
predictability and accuracy.
- Upsell/Cross-sell: Rich purchase
history driven by past orders can be mined easily
using flexible point and click query tools. Other
lead, prospect and customer profile data can be mixed
with the purchase history criteria to further segment
target groups, allowing very specific messaging to
be used to maximize the reach of multi-channel campaigns.
- Incentive Management: Commission
is a true motivator in sales force management, and
NetSuite CRM+ offers the industry's first and
only integrated Incentive Management capabilities.
Complex compensation plans can be created using multi-tiered
rules based on quota, total sales or quantity by item.
NetSuite CRM+ even includes integrated expense reporting
with approval routing, providing an easy way for tracking
expenses incurred during the sales process.
- Project Tracking: Projects and
jobs can be tracked through each detailed status with
associated activities needed to complete the job.
Time is measured against each task, event or phone
call linked to the project while all projects are
associated with central client records, providing
complete visibility into all aspects of the client
relationship.
- Web Hosting and Analytics: NetSuite
CRM+ integrates what has become the customer channel
of choice, and a business's most pervasive marketing
vehicle - the company Web site. Web hosting capabilities
include rich site builder tools that allow for dynamic
content driven from the CRM system, including an online
product catalog, lead capture, and customer self-service.
One-to-one publishing capabilities allow for personalised
and targeted content to be delivered to prospect or
customer portals. Site Analytics add rich integrated
Web reporting that provide aggregate site metrics
previously only available through 3rd party monitoring
services, as well as unique visitor-specific click-through
and page hit information invaluable to targeted sales
and marketing follow up. Robust Intranet publishing
capabilities are also included with specific audience
controls that allow content to be tailored to different
departments or groups of individuals such as managers
versus all employees.
- Customer Portal: Customer self-service
provides real-time, cross-channel views of all interactions
for delivery of superior customer service –
whether the interaction occurred on the Web just seconds
ago or with a sales rep in person yesterday. In addition,
customers can view outstanding quotes or orders and
even request returns. Most importantly, detailed order
history allows for an easy check of entitlement to
service levels as well as intelligent upsell/cross-sell
offers, helping turn the call center into a profit
center.
- Partner Management: Removes the
traditional arm's length partnership with re-seller,
referral and business development partners and makes
them full allies with visibility, transaction management
and performance metrics. These are available to partners
throughout the customer lifecycle thanks to flexible
partner self-service portals and partner sales tracking.
Partners can even be empowered to act as the "front-line"
of customer service with complete case ticket visibility
and online knowledge base access.
Pricing and Availability
NetSuite CRM+ is available in June at £75/user/month,
and includes order management, upsell/cross-sell, project
tracking, partner management, and basic Web site hosting
capabilities. Incentive Management, Advanced Site Builder
and Web Analytics are available as modules at an additional
cost of £125/month per module. NetSuite CRM is
also available in June for £55/user/month.
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