Title: Zebra Technologies Corporation
1Zebra Technologies Corporation
- Closed Loop Lead Management Using Oracle
Marketing On Line, Telesales, and Partners On
Line Applications
March 8, 2004 Dan Tokarz Business Systems Analyst
2Closed Loop Lead Management Background
Information
- Printing Solutions for Business Improvement
- 2003 Revenue 536M
- 2000 Employees
- Domestic and International Operations and Sales
- Headquarters in Vernon Hills, IL
3Closed Loop Lead ManagementBackground
Information (continued)
- Zebra Sells Through Direct and Indirect Channels
- 100 Key Resellers
- Marketing Campaigns Directed at End Users
- Print Ads
- Internet
- Trade Shows
- Sales Lead Inquiries Into Zebra Go to a Lead Team
for Processing - Phone
- E-mail
- Internet
- Trade show leads
4Closed Loop Lead ManagementBackground
Information (continued)
- Leads Are Logged in a Legacy System for
Distribution and Tracking - Oracle Forms 2000
- Distributed internally (Channel Managers) and
externally (Resellers) - Distribution is done through Microsoft Excel and
Outlook - Follow up is manual with updates provided back to
the lead team via Excel and e-mail - Lead team updates lead status and creates reports
from the legacy system
5Closed Loop Lead Management Objective and Scope
- Track a Lead Generated by a Specific Marketing
Campaign From Initial Contact Through Closure - Particularly interest in end users vertical
market and/or specific application - Automated lead routing
- Lead creation and reseller (partner) assignment
- Partner responsible for updates on-line
- Generate management reports
- Focus on Indirect Leads
- Phase I Implementation Done With 11 Key Resellers
6Closed Loop Lead Management Implementation
Approach
- Oracle E-business Suite Applications Used
- Version 11.5.8
- Oracle Marketing On-Line (OMO)
- Oracle Telesales (OTS)
- Oracle Partners on Line (POL)
- Oracle Sales on Line (OSO)
- Oracle Consulting Services (OCS)
- Provided training and implementation guidance
- Oracle fast forward process flows
- Internal Project Team
- Project lead
- (3) Business Systems Analysts
- Process owner super users
7Closed Loop Lead Management Phase I
- Campaign Creation
- Lead Creation and Routing
- Partner Acceptance and Management of Lead
- Continue to Run Legacy System in Parallel
- Leads for pilot partners re-entered in Oracle for
routing to partners
8Campaign Creation
9Campaign Creation
10Campaign Creation
11Lead Creation
12Vertical Market and Application Flex Fields
13Opportunity and Partner Assignment
14Opportunity and Partner Assignment
15Partner Acceptance
16Partner Acceptance
17Partner Update
18Closed Loop Lead Management Phase II
- Lead Import
- Imported 2500 leads from legacy system
- Used concurrent process Lead Import
- Automated Channel Assignment (Direct/Indirect),
Territory Assignment, Partner Matching and Lead
Routing Across a Wide Range of Leads and Criteria - Conducted in a Test Environment Only
- Identify Issues Related to Using Process in a
Live Environment
19Automated Channel Assignment
20Automated Channel Assignment
21Partner Matching
22Partner Matching
23Partner Matching
24Partner Matching
25Closed Loop Lead Management Lessons Learned
- Mixed Results with OCS Fast Forward Flows
- More Upfront Intense Training for Business
Analysts on Application is Required - Lead Import Process Has Good Potential
- Automated Partner Matching Process Has Good
Potential - Standard Functionality in OTS and POL Has
Limitations Related to Real Time Partner Matching
and Easy Access to Relevant Information - 11i Work Flow Has Good Potential
26Closed Loop Lead Management Full Deployment Issues
- Real Time Partner Assignment
- Standard work flow background process does not
run in real time - Limited visibility of assigned partner and
related information in OTS - UI Issues Related to Fast Entry of Contact and
Lead Information - Partner Ability to Print or Extract Relevant
Opportunity Information - Summary Viewing and Updating of Opportunity
Information in POL -
27Closed Loop Lead Management Q and A