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A c c o u n t i n g  |  C R M  |  E R P Avant Garde Information Solutions Introducing ACE 3.0 Business
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agis CRM (aCRM) is the Contact Relationship Management portion of aACE. It includes modules for managing relationships with clients, vendors, and other individuals and organizations relevant to your business. It also includes aACE’s sophisticated billing and quoting infrastructure so your sales staff can quickly get the right quote to the right client.
 
aCRM is included aACE but can also be purchased independently.
 
 
  
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Current Highlights
Contact Management Sales Leads & Quoting
List & Account Management Multiple Rate Card Billing
 
 
Contact Management
 
aACE’s contact management system includes the Companies and Contacts modules. The Companies module stores information about organizations. The Contacts module stores records of people, who may or may not be associated with organizations. Both have different but very much intertwined relationship management considerations.
 
The Companies module is for managing the financial relationships with organizations. Users can view related transactions, set important financial information such as credit and terms, and manage sales leads. The Contacts module is designed for managing the personal relationships with individuals. Users can assign contacts to mailing lists and enter an alternative mailing address for postcards, for example. Effective management of personal relationships at the individual level often fosters prosperous financial relationships at the organizational level.
 
List & Account Management
 
The CRM Categories module allows relationship managers to easily organize their contacts into logical groups. Contacts can be assigned to any number of CRM Category records, which can include anything from mailing lists to identifiers like “Decision Makers”. The ability to organize relationships is unlimited.
 
The CRM Accounts module allows users to manage performance levels for financial relationships. Users can create accounts with a specific value and duration for both clients and vendors. Client accounts compare related billing to this figure. An underperforming client may be an excellent opportunity to increase sales during a slow month. Similarly, vendor accounts compare related purchasing to the account’s value. Underperforming may damage your relationship with a vendor and ultimately increase costs. Good relationships with clients and vendors that are based on meeting mutual expectations is good for the bottom line.
 
CRM modules
Tour some of the aACE CRM modules...   
Companies Sales Leads  
Contacts Sales Quotes  
Categories Rate Cards  
Accounts  
aACEmobile
Mobile access to Contacts, Sales Leads and Calendar.
 
Mobile access
to Contacts and
Sales Leads.
Sales Leads & Quoting
 
The Sales Leads module manages the sales life-cycle from beginning to end. Sales executives can assign dollar values and likelihood to each lead every step of the way. Management always has an estimated value of the pipeline weighted by the quality of each lead. So that no one misses an important date, sales executives can assign next steps and schedule reminders.
 
A sales lead can also have any number of active quotes. Quotes can be created manually or based on predefined templates. Rates for products and services are derived from the same billing infrastructure used for fulfillment and invoicing. Not only can quotes help close a deal quickly and accurately, they can also give management an excellent way of forecasting upcoming material and labor requirements.
 
Multiple Rate Card Billing
 
The Rate Cards module manages the prices clients pay for each category. aACE’s behavior varies greatly depending on a client’s rate card and whether a category is a product, service, or purchase. The implications for cost management are very different for each of these. aACE is a margin focused system; expected profit, as a percentage of the total, is a key performance indicator found throughout aACE.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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