Zoho vs. Salesforce: 3 Reasons Customers Choose Zoho Over Salesforce
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Dan Champ Thu, May 02, 2013
Are you a Sage 100 ERP(formerly MAS 90 and MAS 200) customer considering options to add an online CRM application for your business? If you already use Sage 100 for your business, you understand the importance of having a system that helps you work more efficiently. There are several CRM options available for Sage 100 customers but not every option takes your Sage data in a mobile environment for your sales people and offers online CRM. As ERP and CRM consultants, we have a deep understanding of the requirements of the back office and the front office. Over the years, we have thoroughly reviewed the available CRM options available for Sage 100 customers. Zoho Online CRM is a popular choice because it’s affordable and easy to use. It also had the deep functionality and flexibility that Sage 100 customers enjoy on the back office ERP side. The Sage 100 Zoho integration offers online access to customer view to help businesses increase profits and save time.
With the , your Sales team Sage 100 Zoho integration is armed with critical information to close more deals. They will know if a customer has an overdue balanceand needs to talk to the accounting department before an order is held up due to credit issues. While in Zoho CRM, Sales will know what items are available to ship and avoid orders held up in the system due to missing inventory. The Sage 100 Zoho integration will automatically synchronize customers, contacts, inventory items, sales orders, invoice history, customer sales history, sales history by item, sales history by product line and more.
The Sage 100 Zoho integration eliminates redundant data entry and associated errors. It’s simple to use and maintain since all the data synchronization processes are automatic and can be scheduled at intervals throughout the day. Zoho is very affordable and easy to install and configure. You only need to enter data in one system or the other.
The Sage 100 Zoho integration provides salespeople with a 360 degree view of their customers from within Zoho. Using Zoho CRM integrated with Sage 100 ERP, your sales team will have the visibility from within Zoho CRM to see each customer’s sales history information in Sage 100 ERP without having to access Sage 100 ERP. The sales history is not only available by month and by year, but also by product so a salesperson can see most popular selling items as well as items that are not selling so well with a specific account. In addition, because sales reps can be entering these orders themselves on the road on laptops, iPads or mobile phones, the speed at which orders get into the system is dramatically increased.
Using the Sage 100 Zoho integration saves Sage 100 ERP customers money because they no longer need as many Sage 100 user licenses by seeing and entering ERP data in Zoho Online CRM that synchronizes with Sage 100 ERP. Sales representatives can view inventory quantities on hand, open sales orders, invoice history, customer credit information, and everything they had to either lookup directly in Sage 100 or call someone in accounting to lookup the information prior to using the Sage 100 Zoho integration.
The Sage 100 Zoho integration offers the ability to view Sage 100 ERP data securely in the cloud and on mobile devices through Zoho Online CRM. Zoho CRM allows sales reps to view Sage ERP data on the road, on their iPads and on other mobile devices without being connected to the office. Many of the other Sage CRM solutions require a VPN connection to the server in order to have true integration with Sage 100. Zoho Online CRM has virtually real time integration and users can see all the critical data they need from any web browser.
CONTACT US to learn how our team of Zoho training experts will help you maximize your Sage 100 ERP and Zoho Online CRM solution. Our Zoho team will help get your team trained affordably to help your team take advantage of all the critical features of Zoho Online CRM that are essential to help you and your team better manage existing customers and new business opportunities.
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