Transactional selling is done through multiple channels, as websites, telemarketers, direct sales forces, and indirect channels including distributors, channel partners, and retailers all sell the most commonly requested products more on price and availability than features. The challenge for sales professionals is to sense when their customers want to buy using the transactional approach vs. The consultative sale. Generally transaction selling works best when the customer wants little or

As the case study shows, one year after the acquisition the combined division is making significant contributions including serving as a catalyst for $1.4B in new projects for EDS. This specifically shows how the aligning of organizational structures and cultures is critical to the success of a merger, especially in an area as time- and resource-driven as enterprise and strategies sales. In assessing and approaching new accounts that were working

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The B2B sales professional needs to understand gaps in the competitive offerings of competitors to be able to successfully position their own products with customers as well. Often B2B selling professionals also spend an inordinate amount of time building contacts within their own organizations as well, to build a network of experts they can rely on to solve their customers' problems. The ability to create an informal team that can assist in the developing of quick,

The subjective aspects of performance are preferable in how well a sales representative is doing in serving and understanding their customers, how well the sales rep working internally with team members and critical pre-sales support staff, and how the communication skills of the sales representative are making the entire selling cycle in major accounts more effective or not. Subjective attributes are then critical for measuring how well a sales representative is working in conjunction with and

67 Northwest Vans 70 20 10 Sciffman 65 20 15 Lukebore 80 10 10 Wilkie 20 10 70 Region Averages 58.75 15 26.25 Revenue Average $822.50 $180.00 $525.00 $509.17 Southwest Goodie 5 5 90 Stubber 5 15 80 Holden 0 0 Macke 10 20 70 Region Averages 5 10 85 Revenue Average $70.00 $120.00 $1,700.00 $630.00 Assumption: Average Gross Margin Per Ton (1998-2000) Ammonia $14.00 Phosphates $12.00 Potash $20.00 Tonnage across all regions for the three years was next calculated based on the Exhibits in the case study. Figure 2: Total Tonnage Analysis provides a three-year breakout including the four quarters of 2000 as defined in the case study. The Southwest region leads in total tonnage with 395,507. Figure 2: Total Tonnage Analysis 1 rst Qtr 2nd qtr 3rd qtr 4th qtr Total Tonnage Region Sales 98 Sales 99 2000 2000 2000 2000 Eastern 107,747 115,373 36,440 51,726 21,446 14,144 346,876 Central 126,372 95,880 28,085 50,941 13,710 18,274 333,262 Northwest 106,750 102,609 40,758 58,862 29,016 15,664 353,659 Southwest 124,448 110,165 51,826 77,017 17,292 14,759 395,507 When