Federal Government AgencyBusiness ChallengeA Federal Government Agency required a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution to coordinate and track its partnership activities with outside organizations. These organizations ranged from state/local governments and community-based associations to businesses and non-profits. They needed a solution capable of recording, tracking and managing partner contacts and activities back to their geographically spread staff. The SolutionThe Agency selected Salesforce.com as the platform and Acumen Solutions as the implementer. Acumen Solutions built a 2,200 license application and has continued to be engaged in project management, enhancements, training and help desk support. Initial rollout was achieved within 12 weeks to meet an aggressive go-live date required for the system to be functional for the first wave of employees hired. During this phase, Acumen Solutions’ consultants proved the benefits of using a cloud-based solution by importing over 120,000 partner organizations and associated history from a homegrown Oracle Database and several other external sources. Return on InvestmentThe Agency successfully managed over 150,000 partner organizations and 200,000 contacts within their Salesforce.com application. There were more than 20,000 transactions recorded a day to capture services provided by the Agency and their partners, including document exchange, and event and calendar tracking. Data storage provided users with marketing content that could be distributed on-demand via Salesforce.com’s mass email solution. |
Practice Highlights This high profile regulatory agency needed to improve their ability to address high volumes of advanced legal and financial issues from constituents in a timely manner.  A leading global management consulting firm challenged Acumen Solutions to deploy a videoconferencing solution that delivers significant ROI, saves time and money, increases productivity, and reduces their carbon footprint. We delivered!  With Acumen Solutions implementation CommerceConnect was able to help U.S. businesses connect with government agencies for aid and become more successful in the global market.  When RCN wanted to put a greater focus on their customer's experience, they turned to Acumen Solutions. Using Salesforce.com, we delivered a solution that not only improved call resolution but also reduced unnecessary truck rolls and increased sales.
 One of America’s largest automobile insurance companies was having major problems with their data integration and infrastructure. Acumen Solutions was there to help with the implementation of a lead management system and call center solution using Salesforce.com  A major cable provider wanted to put a greater focus on their customers’ experience. Using Salesforce.com, we delivered a solution that not only improved call resolution and handling times but also reduced unnecessary truck rolls and increased sales.  Acumen Solutions made a significant difference to how Sun manages their customer interactions by developing an Executive Briefing Center portal. This tool has become invaluable for field sales, executive presenters, and briefing center staff.  A sales rep can now send an email that includes their personal information in a professional graphic design layout to hundreds of thousands of recipients within minutes.
 Acumen Solutions delivered an advanced customer relationship management solution that unified sales efforts, improved management coordination of 30 nationwide divisions, and allowed executives to achieve operational excellence while improving performance.  From pharmaceuticals and supplies to sophisticated medical workflows, Acumen Solutions helped this multi-billion dollar medical supplies firm reduce costs, streamline processes and, most importantly, improve patient care and medication safety.
Initial rollout was achieved within 12 weeks to meet an aggressive go-live date. Due to the success of the course, the team’s role was extended to provide on-going training.
 When Acumen integrated eBay's newly acquired payment gateways, the results included improved lead generation, sales, and marketing campaign response rates.  The Securities and Exchange Commission Office of Investor Education and Advocacy turned to Acumen Solutions to replace an important legacy application used to manage high volumes of legal and financial issues.
 Acumen Solutions helped Merrill Lynch (now owned by Bank of America) to migrate to a new CRM platform. The new solution allowed them to improve communication between client sales and service teams, avoid duplication of efforts, and improve client services.  Acumen Solutions was hired to develop and implement a large new web application to function as an end-to-end grants management solution. As a result, we were able to improve processes and increase employee productivity.
 Acumen solutions helped one of the largest insurance and financial services holding companies in the UK automate their claims and audit process so they could make strategic business decisions in minutes instead of days.
 A leading global, full-service brokerage firm requested assistance with architecting, designing and transitioning its call centers using Acumen Solutions’ expertise to help achieve “world class” customer support and improved business operations.  Acumen Solutions helped this leading business information and research provider by integrating systems to improve the performance of their customer service case management.  When the U.S. Army launched its Army Experience Center (AEC), they turned to Acumen Solutions to develop a recruitment tracking platform using Salesforce.com.
 "Deploying the right CRM system can make the difference in building customer relationships. Acumen Solutions was chosen because not only are they experts on Salesforce.com implementations but they really understood the importance of and the approach to integrating the ticketing data into Salesforce.com."
 Responding to an evolution within music services, this royalty distribution agency found itself at the forefront of administering new licensing deals. Performance of the new Royalties Administration System has completely re-energized the agency’s ability to distribute customer royalties.  As a growing organization with an increasing number of support services, New Visions urgently needed a web-based solution to manage and track initiatives. Acumen Solutions helped New Visions to achieve this goal by using an innovative adaptation of Salesforce.com.  When the Carlyle Group made a strategic business decision to strengthen their Investor Relationship Management capabilities, they turned to Acumen Solutions to deliver a system using Salesforce.com. 
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