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A presentation on various field force management solutions for different kinds of profile of people working in the field. This presentation captures key steps to automate the field force activities and reporting.TRANSCRIPT
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FIELD FORCE MANAGEMENT
An Innovative Mobile Solution
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PAIN POINTS WITH REFERENCE TO FIELD FORCE
Lack of visibility of the field staff
Lack of proper control over their activities
Managing attendance records of the people reporting for work directly in
the field
Lack of work related reporting – A report which is really authentic, honest
and most importantly ‘Timely’ reporting so that any correction could be taken
instantly
Authentic conveyance vouchers
Extra-time working calculations
Objective incentive calculations
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Where are
they?
What are
they upto?
Did he come
out to from
home?
Did he come
to work on
time?
Is the
conveyance
claim really
genuine?
Did he cook
up his report
sitting at
home?
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A MOBILE BASED SOLUTION
For all profiles of people in the field
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KEY IMPACT POINTS
Improves productivity & efficiency amongst field and office teams
Pushes transparency & accountability to a much higher level
Improves the speed of flow of information from employees in the field to
their respective reporting heads
Quick traceability of employees in the field
Has positive impact on the expense reimbursement for conveyance bills
for the field force
Overall, it makes an organization agile & responsive to the needs of its
customers impacting big-time, the bottom-line of the organization.
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COMMON FEATURES & FUNCTIONALITIES
A cloud and mobile solution works only through a secured login.
Multi-user, multi-role, multi-location solution
All transactions come along with location details and date & time stamp.
Photo Attendance, a selfie or a photo of the location gets uploaded on the
server with date/time and location details on click of a button on mobile. This
record cannot be manipulated and is therefore authentic.
Location Tracking on a given frequency of some or all the employees.
Photo Work Reporting, a photo of the location gets uploaded on the server
with date/time and location details. This record cannot be manipulated by the
user and is therefore authentic.
Master data management
MIS
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PROPOSED SOLUTION DESIGN
Mobile Application
Web Portal Reporting
GPRS/
InternetImagesGPS
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KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR DESIGN
Solution should be simple and user-friendly and easy to use
Real Time Reporting to all stakeholders
Quick Deployment
Easy to Scale with respect to functionality and locations
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PROPOSED METHODOLOGY FOR IMPLEMENTATION
Initial Setup
Master Data
Mobile App installation and user registration
Training
User Training at various levels
Support
Field Support / Handholding
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INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS
End User – Just owning a Mobile Phone with
Android OS
Camera
Internet (GPRS/Mobile Data)
SMS
GPS
Cloud Based Server (SAAS Model)
Windows
SQL Server
Domain Name
Application will be hosted on our server
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FOR SITE ENGINEERS
Mobile Solution
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MOBILE SOLUTION FOR PROJECT MONITORING
Features & Functionalities
Allows real-time reporting of the progress related to a project site directly
from a mobile phone of the site engineer
The report of project progress from the site gets reflected on a web interface
along with date/time and physical address
The user can click and post actual photographs of the project site which gets
uploaded under that project automatically
Allows project contractors and other stake holders to report any hindrance at
the site which is stopping the project execution directly from their mobile
phone
All such reports get reflected on the web interface along with date/time and
physical address along with actual photographs of the site automatically
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PROCESS FLOW – PROJECT MONITORING
Create Project Masters
Create Project
Create Milestones for Projects
Create Activities under Milestones
Create Project Team
Create Vendors for the project
Assign Vendors/Users to
Project
Project Progress Reporting
Project Hindrance Reporting
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FOR TRAVELLING SALESMAN
(FMCG COMPANIES)
Mobile Solution
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MOBILE SOLUTION FOR TRAVELLING SALESMAN
Features & Functionalities
Allows creation of retailers directly through the mobile phone which also
records the location details of the retailers’.
Allows creation and allotment of routes to salesmen in the system.
The mobile app displays today’s route to the user (salesman)
Allows marking of attendance from the field.
Salesman can record order from a retailer. The retailer authenticates the
order by entering his secured pin on the users’ phone.
Salesman can record stock position of a retailer.
Salesman can collect cash/payment from a retailer which can again be
authenticated by the retailer.
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PROCESS FLOW – FMCG SECTOR
Create Product Categories
Create Products
Create Salesmen
Create RetailersAllocate Products to
Salesman
Assign Retailers to Salesman
Create route for salesmen
Salesman record orders from retailers
Salesman record stock position at the outlet
Salesman can record payment collected from
a retailer
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FOR FIELD EXECUTIVES/
PICK-UP BOYS/DELIVERY BOYS
Mobile Solution
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MOBILE SOLUTION FOR FIELD EXECUTIVES
Features & Functionalities
Complete Cloud based Lead Management System
Tele-caller can assign dispatches from the web to the field boy which gets
reflected on field executives’ mobile phones along with customer details and
time slot for meeting
System records several important details like ‘Received’, Started’, ‘Closed’
when the field executive takes an action for a particular dispatch
The status of a dispatch changes on the web interface along with location
details of the field executive from where he started for the call
Field executive enters the disposition of the call on his mobile phone against
that dispatch, which gets reflected on the web interface
All coordination between the tele-callers and field boys happens instantly
and in real-time
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PROCESS FLOW – FIELD BOYS
Tele-caller creates Prospects
Creates Opportunities for a prospect
Manages Follow-ups for an opportunity
Creates dispatch list for field boys
Dispatch list is pushed onto the mobile of field
boy
Field boy acknowledges the dispatch, thus
recording its date/time and location
Clicks on ‘Started’ for a dispatch, records
started date/time and location
Enters disposition for a dispatch on mobile,
recording date/time and location
Instant status updation of the dispatch with
disposition on the web
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FOR SERVICE ENGINEERS/MECHANICS
Mobile Solution
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MOBILE SOLUTION FOR SERVICING STAFF
Features & Functionalities
Complete Cloud based CRM for service support
Allow creation of Service Requests (SR) by the call centre support executives
Complaint assignment happens through a map which shows the customer location and plots the position of the service engineers
The SR gets reflected on service engineer’s mobile phone along with customer details and time slot
The field executive acknowledges a particular SR by opening it, clicks on ‘Started’ when he moves for the customer location
The status of an SR changes on the web interface along with location details of the service executive from where started for the call
Service executive enters the disposition of the complaint on his mobile phone against that SR, which gets recorded and reflected on the web interface.
Therefore the system shows the time complaint was received, time when assigned to engineer and time when resolved.
All coordination between the call centre executive and service boys happens instantly and in real-time
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PROCESS FLOW – SALES SUPPORT
Customer calls callcentre
Call centre exec creates Service Request (SR)
Assigns SR to an Engineer
SR is pushed onto the mobile of service
engineer
Service Engineer acknowledges the SR,
thus recording its date/time and location
Clicks on ‘Started’ for an SR, records started date/time and location
Enters response for an SR on mobile, recording date/time and location
Instant status updation of the SR with
disposition on the web
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FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES
Mobile Solution
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MOBILE SOLUTION FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE
Features & Functionalities
Complete Cloud based CRM for Business Development
User can create New Prospects through mobile phone, an opportunity and a
followup gets created automatically
User can manage his/her follow-ups from the mobile phone
The records created through mobile also record the users location details
along with date & time stamp
Any task can be assigned to any BD person through the web/mobile
Mark attendance of the people in the field which gets reflected on the web
interface along with date/time stamp and location details
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PROCESS FLOW – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVES
User creates Prospects
Creates Opportunities for a prospect
Manages Follow-ups for an opportunity
User can create prospects from mobile
User can create followup from mobile
User can manage customer meetings from
mobile
Instant status updation of the follow-ups on the
web along with date/time and location
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FOR COUNTER BOYS/GIRLS
AT A RETAIL OUTLET
Mobile Solution
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MOBILE SOLUTION FOR COUNTER BOYS/GIRLS AT A RETAIL OUTLET
Features & Functionalities
Mark attendance of the people in the retail outlets which gets reflected on the web interface along with date/time stamp and location details.
Application tracks and sends alert in case the sales boy/girl goes outside a certain range from the showroom during the day. This range is configurable and termed as geo-fencing.
Record sales related data through mobile phone
Enter reasons for loss of sale for each customer walk-in in a given day EOD
View target v/s achieved report on almost real-time basis with regards to figures for MTD and YTD
Allows instant notifications to be sent to these people on their mobile phone, which could be key promotional announcements thereby reducing the time taken to communicate with these boys/girls.
Reporting related to competitive analysis and merchandizing can be substantiated along with a photograph.
SMS alerts for showroom opening and closing time goes to the owner of the showroom.
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