Review an account and agree the action plan
Starts when: At the start of the week, before a client meeting, or when an account appears as At Risk on Customer success.
- On Customer success, read Who needs you first: accounts At Risk and commitments that are due or overdue are listed first.
- In Account portfolio, select an account. The preview shows the Monthly orders trend and the Next commitment for that account.
- Click View account to open the client page on the Overview tab and check the account's health score and key figures.
- Click Open review to go to the Activity & costs tab, where the Action plan lists the commitments agreed with the client.
- Click New action, describe the action agreed in the meeting, set the Owner and the Due date, and click Add to plan. The action starts with the status To do.
- Update the status as the work progresses: In Progress, then Done, or Dropped if the action no longer applies.
- Return to Customer success and click Refresh: Open commitments and the Action plan show the updated statuses.
Result: The account has an up-to-date Action plan with owners, due dates and statuses, and the dashboard shows what is still open.
Next: You present the plan to the client at the next review meeting; changes to prices or contracts are handled by a CommercialAdmin or an AccountManager.
Follow up a client issue with the support desk
Starts when: A client calls or writes about a delivery problem, a damaged parcel or a question about a charge.
- On the client page, open Orders & support to see the Recent orders and the Open Tickets of the account.
- Open Support Tickets from the sidebar and switch to Client tickets. Search for the client's ticket and click it to read the conversation; the thread is read-only for you because replies are handled by the support team.
- If no ticket exists yet, click Create Client Ticket, select the Client, enter the Subject and the Description, choose the Priority and the Category, and click Create Ticket. The ticket appears with the status New.
- If the issue needs its own case, such as a complaint, a return request, a damage claim or a pricing dispute, click After-Sales Cases, then Open Case. Select the client, the Case Type and, where relevant, the Order or the Shipment, then click Open Case. The case starts with the status Open.
- Follow progress in the Status column of Client tickets, for example Escalated, and in the After-Sales Cases tabs Open, In Progress, Awaiting Customer, Resolved and Closed.
- When the client uses WeCom, click Customer care to continue the conversation with them.
Result: The issue is recorded as a ticket or an after-sales case, the desk is working on it, and you can tell the client its current status.
Next: Support and the AfterSalesManager reply, escalate and decide on compensation; a Manager or a PartnerManager resolves and closes after-sales cases.
Record client contacts in Commercial CRM
Starts when: You have had a call, a meeting or an exchange with a client that must be traceable for the team.
- Open Commercial CRM from the sidebar and go to Agenda, which shows the activities planned for you.
- Click Log activity. In Log an activity, choose the Type, enter the Subject and the Notes and, if relevant, the lead or deal the activity Belongs to.
- Click Log activity to save. The activity is recorded in the CRM.
- Open Leads or Deals to check the open opportunities for the client before your next contact.
Result: Every client contact is logged with its type, subject and notes and is visible to the commercial team.
Next: Commercial opportunities are taken forward by an AccountManager or a CommercialAdmin.