Salesforce offers a suite of tools to streamline sales processes. Two of its most prominent offerings are Sales Cloud and CPQ. Both are crucial for sales teams, but they serve distinct purposes.
Salesforce Sales Cloud
Sales Cloud is the foundation of Salesforce's CRM platform. It's a centralized hub for managing customer interactions, sales pipelines and opportunities. Essentially, it tracks and nurtures customer relationships.
Key features:
Contact management
Lead management
Opportunity management
Sales forecasting
Mobile access
Collaboration tools
Salesforce CPQ
Salesforce CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) focuses on creating accurate and customized quotes for products or services. It's built on the Sales Cloud platform.
Key functionalities:
Product configuration
Pricing calculation
Quote generation
Contract management
Approval workflow
Integration with Sales Cloud
How They Work Together
Sales Cloud manages the overall sales process and customer relationships. CPQ complements it by creating accurate and customized quotes efficiently.
For example, a sales representative uses Sales Cloud to identify and qualify a potential customer. Once the customer expresses interest in a product, the representative uses CPQ to configure the product, calculate the price and generate a customized quote. The quote is sent to the customer and the sales representative tracks the deal's progress in Sales Cloud. If the deal closes, the contract is managed in CPQ and customer information is updated in Sales Cloud.
By combining Sales Cloud and CPQ, sales teams can streamline processes, improve accuracy, and increase sales efficiency.
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