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Sales & customer

Sales representative / sales engineer

You win orders the plant can deliver profitably, and you feed the forecast with what customers really plan to buy.

Routine

Daily

  • Follow up open quotes and customer requests

Weekly

  • Update the forecast for your accounts
  • Check delivery status of key orders

Monthly+

  • Review forecast accuracy for your accounts

Your kit, task by task

  • Delivery performance (OTIF)Weekly · Calculator
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  • Forecast accuracyMonthly · Calculator · Demand Forecast Accuracy Calculator
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  • Product mix analysis (ABC/XYZ)Quarterly · Calculator
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  • Capacity check before quotingWhen it happens · Calculator
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KPIs you are measured on

Top pains and how to handle them

Quotes promise lead times the plant cannot meet

Check capacity and material with planning before quoting a date.

Forecast is a copy of last year

Ask each key customer for their plan and record the source.