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SPECIALISTS Certain selling activities for certain products for certain customers
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Management Levels
Management Levels
Span of Control
Salespeople
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Salespeople (100)
Salespeople (100)
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Salespeople (50)
Salespeople (50)
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Salespeople (40)
Salespeople (160)
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Major Accounts
Large accounts Complex needs
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Assign Major Accounts to Sales Managers Assign Major Accounts to Salespeople along with Other Accounts
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Advantages
Disadvantages
Limited Specialization Lack of Management Control Over Product or Customer Emphasis High Cost Geographic Duplication Customer Duplication
Product
Market
Functional
Low Cost No Geographic Duplication No Customer Duplication Fewer Management Levels Salespeople Become Experts In Product Attributes and Applications Management Control over Selling Effort Allocated to Products Salespeople Develop Better Understanding of Unique Customer Needs Management Control Over Selling Effort Allocated to Different Markets Efficiency in Performing Selling Activities
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Salesforce Deployment
Allocating selling effort Determining salesforce size Designing territories
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Salesforce Size
Territory Design
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A B C D
32 24 16 8
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Segment 3 Segment 4
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Cost
Sales
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Assumes an Accurate Sales Forecast Advantage Easy to use Disadvantages Conceptually weak; sales determine sales
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# of Salespeople =
Integrates the salesforce size with account effort allocation strategies Advantages Easy to develop Sound conceptually
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Designing Territories
Territory - consists of whatever specific accounts are assigned to a specific salesperson Work unit for a salesperson
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Using Technology
Software to automate the process Design potential territories Print maps Compare opportunity and work load Easy to make changes Sales Territory Configurator Tactician TerrAlign
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"People" Considerations
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