What does sales management mean?

Sales management refers to the effective control and tracking of the whole sales process through the functions of sales quotation, sales order, sales delivery, return, sales invoice processing, customer management and price management.

It can help the sales staff of the enterprise to complete a series of sales management affairs such as customer file management, sales quotation management, sales order management, customer deposit management, customer credit check, bill of lading and sales delivery processing, sales invoice and customer return and refusal to pay.

Internal information can be shared, so that the leaders and relevant departments of enterprises can grasp the contents of sales orders in time, make production plans and other planning arrangements accurately, and know the accurate situation and data information of each link in the sales process in time.

At the same time, by reducing the order preparation time, reducing the error rate, quickly answering customer inquiries, improving the service level of enterprises. The system can be combined with inventory management system, accounts receivable management, production, cost and other subsystems to provide comprehensive sales information management for enterprises.

Extended data

Four modernizations of sales management

1, institutionalized

Without rules, there would be no Fiona Fang. If an enterprise or organization wants to make progress, it must have corresponding systems to restrain employees and manage the enterprise. The same is true of sales management. Sales management needs certain rules and regulations, which are implemented by the sales manager and guaranteed by formulating relevant systems.

Step 2 simplify

Management system is not the more the better, nor the more complex the better, but the simpler the better. The management of modern enterprises pursues simplification, and only simplicity can be easily realized. Simplifying sales management is necessary because it can save resources and improve efficiency.

Step 3 educate

To understand what humanized management is, we must know what human nature is. Man is complex, a complex and special resource different from material data, not a simple "economic man" or "social man", so human nature cannot be simply summarized by "goodness" and "evil".

Step 4 rationalize

Rationalization is defined as the process of constantly adjusting unreasonable to reasonable efforts, that is, making better improvements to ensure that enterprises have competitive advantages and sustainable development. Rationalization factors of enterprise management 1. Grasping anomalies and focusing on management; 2. Get to the bottom of it and stop at the best; 3. Self-feedback, spontaneous.

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