As with our earlier versions, we have named our latest version after an ancient powerful work. In this case we have taken from probably the most famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle, and a theory he evolved called the Theory of Universals.
Universals are types, properties or relations that are common to all of existence. In Aristotle’s view, universals only exist where they can be seen and experienced, never in theory only. In addition, a universal is identical in each of its instances.
As an example, a universal property could be the color red. All red things are similar in that there is the same universal, redness, in each of its occurrences. In another example, the universal property of being an apple appears in every instance of apples.
So how have we applied Aristotle’s Theory of Universals to Pipeliner? Each of the features we have instituted in this version deal only with factors, events and issues that exist in the real world.
Performance Insights
With Universals, we have greatly enhanced our Performance Insights functionality which empowers sales managers with real sales performance management. New features include:
Power Panel
Through the Performance Insights Power Panel, Pipeliner CRM’s powerful filter functionality can be applied to Insights. You can filter out or in your own statistics, or (if allowed) those of your team.
Collaborative Conversions
Collaborative Conversions maps all the dataData Data is a set of quantitative and qualitative facts that can be used as reference or inputs for computations, analyses, descriptions, predictions, reasoning and planning. for all the users involved within the sales processSales Process Sales Process is a series of strategic steps or a set of activities aimed at driving sales growth through the alignment of personnel, market insight, methodologies, relevant business units, and technology. including BDRs, SDRs and Salespeople. Within a collaborative environment, in which more people are involved in a single opportunity, you will get a visual overview of success rates.
Life Cycle
The Life Cycle feature allows you to gain an insight on the time (days) your team members require to close an opportunity. It tracks the time leads and opportunities remained in the system, by userUser User means a person who uses or consumes a product or a service, usually a digital device or an online service. or unit.
Comparison Chart
The Performance Insights Comparison Chart compares open, won and lost opportunities, all within the same graphic.
In-App Notifications
Through the Notification Center, you receive notifications about new data added to leads, opportunities, contacts, accounts or activities with which you are associated. You are notified when existing data is updated, when emails are received, when documents are uploaded, or when another user sends you a message.
Simply click on any leadLead Lead refers to a prospect or potential customer (who can be an individual or organization) that exhibits interest in your service or product; or any additional information about such entity., opportunity, contact, accountAccount Account refers to a record of primary and background information about an individual or corporate customer, including contact data, preferred services, and transactions with your company., activity within a notification to dive in and obtain more information.
You can also send messages to other users within the Notification Center.
You are informed of new notifications through the bell icon at the top right of Pipeliner. Click on the bell to go right to the Notification Center.
Dynamic Activities
As with many other Pipeliner CRM features, all types of sales activities—including tasks and events—are now fully customizable with a broad variety of custom fields and forms.
You can also create unassigned activities—tasks waiting to be done. This functionality is especially useful when connecting activities with third party tools. For example, you can connect a zendesk support ticket to a task in Pipeliner CRM, and inform your customer successCustomer Success Customer Success is a proactive mindset, function, department or strategy commonly adopted by B2B companies to optimize business with customers, reduce churn rate, drive profits and increase the predictability of recurring revenue. manager about the issue or issues your customerCustomer Customer is an individual or an organization that purchases a product or signs up for a service offered by a business. is faced with. Any update of the zendesk ticket is reflected immediately in the Pipeliner CRM task status.
Opportunity Fitness
The Pipeliner CRM Fitness feature, totally unique to Pipeliner, answers the question of how “fit” an opportunity is to close.
We have brought together several different parameters to indicate an opportunity’s fitness. Here is how these parameters, along with color coding, are utilized:
Green: Fit
- There are activities scheduled related to this opportunity, AND
- There are no overdue tasks related to this opportunity, AND
- The opportunity is on target to close on time.
Yellow: Attention
- There are no scheduled activities related to this opportunity
Red: Action
- The closing date is overdue, OR
- There is an overdue task related to this opportunity.
The Fitness feature can be seen throughout Pipeliner CRM. It is part of Opportunity Detail, the PipelinePipeline Sales pipelineis a visual representation of the stage prospects are in the sales process. and Bubble Chart views, where opportunities are shown against time, and many other places.
Fitness is also part of Pipeliner’s filter functionality, allowing you to filter deals as to their current state of fitness.
Report Enhancements
Colorize Columns—With a number of our reporting features, you can now add color to columns. Choose from eight predefined colors for column fill. Add additional focus to detail for you and your users–another totally unique Pipeliner CRM feature.
Freeze Panes—This feature allows you to lock a row or column in place, making it always visible when scrolling vertically or horizontally through a report.
Mobile Enhancements
We have also made several enhancements to Pipeliner Mobile CRM—Pipeliner on the go!
Business Card Scanner: You can scan business cards and immediately add names and contact details as contacts.
Notification Center: The same Notification functionality that is available through the Pipeliner desktop version is available on Pipeliner Mobile CRM.
Products and Services: Pipeliner’s powerful product catalogue functionality, which allows you to place your catalog right within Pipeliner CRM, is now fully available on Pipeliner Mobile CRM.
Sales KPI Dashboard: Within Mobile CRM, the Pipeliner Sales KPI Dashboard now includes
- Top won opportunities (bar chart)
- Top lost opportunities (bar chart)
With our unique wheel chart, you can also compare won, lost or open opportunities by:
- Account Class
- Account Type
- Owner
- Unit
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