US$350 million with 8 sales reps assigned to specific retailers. - United/Nu-Gro leaders in the lawn and garden care with sales US$550 million and insect control products with sales US$150 million‚ target customers who desire comparable products with lower prices than premium-prices. - Distributors offer same services than an internal sales force could and are responsible for the sales in the diverse geographical locations of pet retailer markets. Weaknesses - Spectrum through Rayovac have
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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 1 WORLD MARKET 1 CORPORATE HISTORY 1 GROWTH STRATEGY 2 SPECTRUM AND UNITED INDUSTRIES 2 GROWTH STRATEGY 2 SPECTRUM BRANDS 3 MANAGEMENT 3 STRATEGY 3 RELATED DIVERSIFICATION 3 UNRELATED DIVERSIFICATION 4 MARKETING 5 MANUFACTURING‚ RAW MATERIALS‚ DISTRIBUTION‚ AND SUPPLIERS 10 CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS 10 RAW MATERIALS 11 DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLIERS 12 SPECTRUM BRANDS FINANCES 12 SALES 12 INCOME 13 PROFITABILITY RATIOS 13 LIQUIDITY RATIOS 14 LEVERAGE RATIOS 15
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Designing and Managing the Sales Team Follett Carter E-mail: fcarter@umich.edu Phone: (415)336-8622 M (734)222-0089 H (239)395-3244 H Class hours: Tuesdays‚ 7:00-10:00pm‚ Ann Arbor Office Hours: before and/or after class by appointment Conference calls also possible Textbook: Assembled readings and case studies Course Description The objectives of this course are to improve your understanding of the role of the sales force in the achievement of a
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researchandmarkets.com/reports/869/ Sales Force Structures and Strategies 2001: A Case Study Analysis of Effective Sales Force Management Description: As sales forces expand to maintain share of voice in an increasingly competitive market and physicians limit the time spent with sales representatives‚ ROI on detailing is in decline. Therefore‚ maximizing field force productivity is vital to the future success of all pharmaceutical companies. Sales Force Structures and Strategies 2001 is an in-depth
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www.hbr.org The organization and goals of a sales force have to change as businesses start up‚ grow‚ mature‚ and decline. Match Your Sales Force Structure to Your Business Life Cycle by Andris A. Zoltners‚ Prabhakant Sinha‚ and Sally E. Lorimer Reprint R0607F The organization and goals of a sales force have to change as businesses start up‚ grow‚ mature‚ and decline. Match Your Sales Force Structure to Your Business Life Cycle by Andris A. Zoltners‚ Prabhakant Sinha‚ and Sally E
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SALES FORCE In today’s global marketplace‚ managers face many challenges related to fulfilling the customer’s ever-changing needs and expectations. The concept of customer service has recently become more complex as a result of globalization of goods and services. Customers are now well-informed decision makers as a result of the abundance of information that is available online and in the media. In addition‚ today’s consumer is most concerned with how a salesperson can solve basic problems and
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2. If Brenda Crohn’s guesstimates and estimates are wrong‚ how might that change your decision? At what number of applicants os there an economic breakeven between the two types of ads? Brenda thinks we should use the current trade journal ads because the quality of the applicants generated off an internet job site may not be as good as those from our current trade journal ads. Besides that‚ Brenda said they should get to consider the cost as well as the number of qualified applicants. She likes
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Sales Force Management Proper training for a sales force is vital to the success of the individual as well as the team. According to Spiro‚ Stanton‚ and Rick‚ “The salesperson’s product knowledge‚ understanding of customer needs‚ and selling skills are directly related to the amount of training he or she receives” (2004‚ p. 190). This paper will discuss such instances encountered by Imaginative Staffing‚ Inc.‚ summarize the case study presented in Management of a Sales Force‚ and answer questions
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pricier on some items compared to there competitors Wal-Mart and K-mart‚ but the atmosphere is a lot more toned and you can actually focus on shopping without being over crowded. Targets first symbol 1962 In order to motivate the sales force to produce the highest number of clients‚ describe six (6) features of an effective total rewards program Compensation – what is the company willing to pay for this position? Benefits – health‚ dental‚ vision‚ long-term care‚ retirement. Are these
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INTRODUCTION Sales force management systems are information systems used in CRM marketing and management that help automate some sales and sales force management functions. They are often combined with a marketing information system‚ in which case they are often called customer relationship management (CRM) systems. Sales force management systems are essentially the same thing as sales force automation system (SFA). A SFA‚ typically a part of a company’s customer relationship management system
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