Sales Facilitation Architecture for Using a Plurality of Solutions to Generate Sales Facilitation Content
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for facilitating a sale of an asset used in a complex asset environment via a sales facilitation operation. In various embodiments the sales facilitation operation includes identifying a plurality of assets within a complex asset environment; obtaining information regarding each of the plurality of assets within the complex asset environment, the information regarding each of the plurality of assets comprising information from a plurality of data sources; and, performing the sales facilitation operation using the information regarding each of the plurality of assets within the complex asset environment, the sales facilitation operation being performed via a sales facilitation architecture, the sales facilitation operation using a plurality of sales facilitation solutions to generate sales facilitation content.
1 . A computer-implementable method for performing a sales facilitation operation, comprising:
identifying a plurality of assets within a complex asset environment;
obtaining information regarding each of the plurality of assets within the complex asset environment, the information regarding each of the plurality of assets comprising information from a plurality of data sources; and,
performing the sales facilitation operation using the information regarding each of the plurality of assets within the complex asset environment, the sales facilitation operation being performed via a sales facilitation architecture, the sales facilitation operation using a plurality of sales facilitation solutions to generate sales facilitation content.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of solutions comprise at least one of an asset configuration solution, a financial solution, a profit margin solution, an asset performance solution and an asset equivalence solution.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the sales facilitation content comprises at least one of sales collateral, product and service presentations, and sales proposals.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the sales facilitation content comprises sales facilitation instructions, the sales facilitation instructions comprising content on how to use a sales proposal to facilitate sale of an asset.
5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating information relating to a use of the sales facilitation content by sales personnel.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein:
the information relating to the use of the sales facilitation content comprises at least one of which sales facilitation content was used by sales personnel associated with a particular customer account, at what point in time the sales facilitation content was used and which sales personnel associated with the particular customer account used the sales facilitation content.
7 . A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
identifying a plurality of assets within a complex asset environment;
obtaining information regarding each of the plurality of assets within the complex asset environment, the information regarding each of the plurality of assets comprising information from a plurality of data sources; and,
performing the sales facilitation operation using the information regarding each of the plurality of assets within the complex asset environment, the sales facilitation operation being performed via a sales facilitation architecture, the sales facilitation operation using a plurality of sales facilitation solutions to generate sales facilitation content.
8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the plurality of solutions comprise at least one of an asset configuration solution, a financial solution, a profit margin solution, an asset performance solution and an asset equivalence solution.
9 . The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the sales facilitation content comprises at least one of sales collateral, product and service presentations, and sales proposals.
10 . The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the sales facilitation content comprises sales facilitation instructions, the sales facilitation instructions comprising content on how to use a sales proposal to facilitate sale of an asset.
11 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor are further configured for:
generating information relating to a use of the sales facilitation content by sales personnel.
12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein:
the information relating to the use of the sales facilitation content comprises at least one of which sales facilitation content was used by sales personnel associated with a particular customer account, at what point in time the sales facilitation content was used and which sales personnel associated with the particular customer account used the sales facilitation content.
13 . A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
identifying a plurality of assets within a complex asset environment;
obtaining information regarding each of the plurality of assets within the complex asset environment, the information regarding each of the plurality of assets comprising information from a plurality of data sources; and,
performing the sales facilitation operation using the information regarding each of the plurality of assets within the complex asset environment, the sales facilitation operation being performed via a sales facilitation architecture, the sales facilitation operation using a plurality of sales facilitation solutions to generate sales facilitation content.
14 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the plurality of solutions comprise at least one of an asset configuration solution, a financial solution, a profit margin solution, an asset performance solution and an asset equivalence solution.
15 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the sales facilitation content comprises at least one of sales collateral, product and service presentations, and sales proposals.
16 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the sales facilitation content comprises sales facilitation instructions, the sales facilitation instructions comprising content on how to use a sales proposal to facilitate sale of an asset.
17 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the computer executable instructions are further configured for:
generating information relating to a use of the sales facilitation content by sales personnel.
18 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein:
the information relating to the use of the sales facilitation content comprises at least one of which sales facilitation content was used by sales personnel associated with a particular customer account, at what point in time the sales facilitation content was used and which sales personnel associated with the particular customer account used the sales facilitation content.
19 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.
20 . The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.