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About
Saint-Gobain, a global leader in the habitat and construction market, designs, manufactures, and distributes innovative building materials, including self-cleaning windows, photovoltaic glass, smart insulation, and water supply systems. Their Glass Business unit excels in delivering energy-efficient and aesthetically pleasing commercial glazing solutions for modern architecture. However, Saint-Gobain’s Sales & Marketing teams struggled with the time-intensive task of creating detailed product presentations, prompting the need for a robust manufacturing sales enablement solution to enhance their workflow.
Business Challenges
Saint-Gobain’s diverse product range, featuring numerous categories and variations, required sales teams to develop high-quality presentations with specifications, high-resolution images, and comparative analyses. This process posed several challenges:
- Time-Consuming Preparation: Crafting presentations for Saint-Gobain’s extensive product lineup diverted focus from strategic sales efforts.
- Performance Issues: High-quality images strained the desktop application’s performance, impacting efficiency.
- Data Integration Needs: Lack of structured data complicated third-party software integration for Saint-Gobain’s product specifications.
- Security Concerns: Saint-Gobain preferred a desktop-based solution to avoid cloud storage risks.
- Quality Standards: Presentations needed to uphold Saint-Gobain’s premium brand image despite using templates.
The company sought a manufacturing sales enablement tool to simplify presentation creation while meeting their stringent quality and security requirements.
Solution
Our manufacturing sales enablement solution for Saint-Gobain featured a lightweight, Android-compatible desktop application designed to streamline presentation creation. Key elements included:
- Flexible Templates: Sales teams could select images and text, configure layouts, and adjust details to suit Saint-Gobain’s client needs in real time.
- Optimized Performance: The application efficiently managed high-resolution images, ensuring smooth operation for Saint-Gobain’s sales process.
- Third-Party Integration: Automated connections with external systems reduced manual entry of Saint-Gobain’s product data.
- User-Centric Design: The intuitive interface enabled Saint-Gobain’s salesforce to create professional presentations quickly, enhancing focus on client engagement.
This tailored manufacturing sales enablement solution addressed Saint-Gobain’s security preferences with a desktop-based approach, delivering a high-performance tool.
Our Approach
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Outcome
The manufacturing sales enablement solution delivered significant benefits for Saint-Gobain:
- Time Efficiency: Presentation creation time dropped by 60%, allowing Saint-Gobain’s sales teams to prioritize client pitches.
- Productivity Boost: Sales efficiency improved by 40%, enabling more client interactions for Saint-Gobain’s team.
- Increased Sales: Deal closures rose by 25% as Saint-Gobain’s salesforce focused on relationship-building.
- Consistent Quality: The solution maintained Saint-Gobain’s brand standards with professional, template-based presentations.
- Accurate Data: Third-party integrations reduced data entry errors by 80%, ensuring precision for Saint-Gobain’s product details.
This outcome underscores the impact of our manufacturing sales enablement solution in driving Saint-Gobain’s sales success.