Building Materials CRM
In a store that sells the same product to a retail customer, to a tradesperson and to a renovation company at different prices, whichever discount someone happens to remember is the one that applies — and the argument breaks out both at the till and on the quote.
The material list of a renovation project is the line items of the quote; each revision is kept with its own date under the same quote, and the discount comes from the account's price list.
- Break the material list of a renovation project into quote line items, and keep every revision version with its own date on the quote
- Define price lists specific to corporate customers; let the discount reach the quote line from that list
- Track supplier performance by comparing their order and delivery times
- Keep the stock quantity and the critical threshold in fields per product; let items falling below the threshold gather in a single list
| Material List Revision | The material list of a renovation project is the line items of the quote; when the customer removes and adds items, each version is kept with its own date under the same quote, and which version applies at delivery is read from the record. |
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| Customer-Specific Pricing | The corporate customer's price list is tied to the account record; the discount reaches the quote line from that list. |
| Supplier Relationship Management | A supplier is an account record; order and delivery dates build up under the card, and the comparison of lead times is made in a report. |
| Stock and Order Tracking | The stock quantity and the critical threshold are fields on the product record; items falling below the threshold are gathered in a single list. |
In a building materials store a quote is not made up of a single product but of a long material list, and the items come from different suppliers. When the customer says two weeks later "let's take that item out and increase this one", the list is written again from the start; if there is no record of which figure was given in which version, the invoice and the quote do not match at delivery. And that an item on the list is no longer in the warehouse is only understood while the order is being picked.
Rapitek CRM keeps the revisions under the same quote, so which item changed and when is visible. Because products falling below the critical threshold are gathered in a single list, a shortage is noticed beforehand rather than during picking; and because suppliers' delivery times sit side by side, who the order goes to is not chosen by guesswork.
The scope of the plans and the items priced separately are written on the pricing page.
