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Are Both Business Card Management Apps and SFA Necessary? Explaining the Differences and Benefits of Integration

Last Updated: January 18, 2024

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In recent years, the movement to promote sales DX has intensified, and more companies are adopting SFA and business card management software. Among them, some companies have implemented only one of these tools. In fact, by integrating SFA and business card management software, you can maximize the utility of each tool. This article introduces the differences between SFA and business card management software, as well as the benefits of integrating them.

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Differences Between SFA and Business Card Management Software

SFA (Sales Force Automation) is a support tool designed to automate and streamline sales activities. By tracking and managing sales processes, it aims to increase sales and improve sales efficiency. It is a tool that enables efficient sales operations by recording the negotiation process, tracking quotes and order statuses, performing sales forecasting, managing sales activity schedules, and conducting data analysis. By sharing sales information internally, it streamlines all operations by allowing the sales department, as well as other departments such as manufacturing, to share project information and progress status. To operate an SFA, administrative tasks are required to accumulate data, such as manual entry by sales representatives or importing from CSV files. Automating these tasks can further accelerate the efficiency of sales activities.

On the other hand, business card management software is a tool for digitizing and efficiently managing paper-based business card information. By digitizing, managing, and saving business cards through scanning or smartphone photography, it makes searching for business card information easy. If business cards are kept in paper format, they often end up forgotten in a desk drawer, leaving valuable prospect information unused in sales activities. By digitizing and thoroughly managing business card information, the sales team can share this data and connect it to approaches for prospective customers. Furthermore, if you use business card management software that can be utilized during online negotiations or integrated with other applications and tools, you can further enhance the use of business cards for sales efficiency.

The important point for each tool is not just to accumulate data, but to operate with a perspective of utilizing that data effectively to increase sales efficiency and boost corporate revenue. It is essential to use these tools while keeping in mind how to operate them so that digitized information can be smoothly applied to sales activities.

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Benefits of Integrating SFA and Business Card Management Software

Are both a business card management app and SFA necessary? Explaining the differences and benefits of integration

Centralized Management of Customer Information

Operating business card management software and SFA independently leads to duplicate data management. Challenges in data utilization arise, such as determining which data is correct or having to enter the same customer information twice. By integrating business card management software with SFA, sales representatives can centrally manage customer information, eliminating the need for duplicate data management and enabling efficient data utilization.

Eliminating Input Hassle to Promote SFA Adoption

One reason for hesitation in introducing SFA, or low usage rates among employees even after introduction, is the burden of entering customer information. If sales representatives are required to manually enter detailed customer information, internal tasks increase, leading to feelings of inconvenience and inconsistent data due to incomplete entry by some staff. Integration with business card management software eliminates the need for manual SFA entry and simplifies the operational process, allowing even busy sales representatives to use it without difficulty. With business card management software capable of data cleansing, there is no need for duplicate registration or manual update tasks, enabling efficient SFA utilization. Additionally, manual data entry is prone to errors and missing information, which can compromise data accuracy. Integrating these tools ensures data consistency, improves data quality, and allows for the use of highly reliable customer information.

Follow-Up Without Missing Prospective Customer Information

By integrating customer information from business card management software into SFA, you will not miss out on prospective customers. If SFA is operated solely by manual entry of ongoing projects, sales representatives may be too busy with daily hot leads to reach out to dormant customers. However, by digitizing all business cards stored in desks and sharing them across the team, new perspectives and sales ideas are more likely to emerge. By also using the SFA task management function to schedule follow-ups, you can prevent prospective customers from slipping through the cracks.

Enhanced Report Analysis

By integrating business card management software with an SFA that offers report analysis—similar to the features found in the cloud service Salesforce, which possesses various sales management solutions—you can improve the quality of reports generated by visualizing sales data and negotiation progress in an easy-to-understand manner. Furthermore, analyzing trends and purchasing patterns of prospective customers allows for the development of more effective sales strategies.

Improving Customer Satisfaction and Increasing Sales

By integrating SFA and business card management software to advance data utilization, sales representatives can quickly and easily access accurate customer information. This allows for immediate understanding of prospect characteristics and past interaction history, enabling rapid sales activities and the development of effective sales strategies. By conducting timely, responsive sales activities and streamlining operations, you can improve customer satisfaction and increase corporate sales.

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Seamless SFA Integration with mSonar

mSonar, a business card management software equipped with one of Japan's largest corporate databases, enables seamless SFA integration. It automatically corrects and registers corporate information not listed on business cards. By integrating with SFA via the customer data integration solution uSonar, it prevents duplicate registration of corporate information and maintains data quality. Detailed industry reports and news linked to companies can also be viewed, encouraging adoption among sales representatives.

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Conclusion: Accelerating Sales Activities Through SFA and Business Card Management Software Integration

While business card management software and SFA each have different functions and advantages, integrating them allows for improved sales efficiency and strengthened customer relationships. By maximizing the features of both through integration, expanding the use of customer data centered on business card information, and deploying effective sales strategies, you can drive an increase in corporate sales.

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