This document analyzes the potential impact of adopting the PROCEED software for Company B, which currently has annual sales of $350 million. It estimates that using PROCEED could reduce Company B's sales cycle by 15 days and sales rep turnover by 10%, resulting in additional annual sales of over $41 million. It also calculates that adopting PROCEED could lower Company B's annual selling costs by $12.71 million, with an initial cost of $6.27 million and a payback period of under 6 months.
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Company B Analysis For SALE SOFT Inc
This document analyzes the potential impact of adopting the PROCEED software for Company B, which currently has annual sales of $350 million. It estimates that using PROCEED could reduce Company B's sales cycle by 15 days and sales rep turnover by 10%, resulting in additional annual sales of over $41 million. It also calculates that adopting PROCEED could lower Company B's annual selling costs by $12.71 million, with an initial cost of $6.27 million and a payback period of under 6 months.
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MARKETING I
SALE SOFT Inc.
Company B analysis for PROCEED
SUBMITTED BY: SECTION -A GROUP -11
SAGAR WARGHADE 2013PGP117 Company B analysis for SALE SOFT Inc. PGP 2013-15 SECTION A Group 11 Company B Industry Computer Hardware Annual sales $350 mn/yr Selling costs (% of revenues) 35% Variable component of sales expenses 4% # of sales reps 250 Annual rep turnover (%) 35% Time for new reps to become productive 90 days # of PROCEED users 600 PROCEED licence fee $1440000 Implementation and training cost in first year $430000 Annual software and support maintenance (% of licence fee) 20% Hardware costs $3600000 Project start up cost $450000 Annual cost of internal resources $350000 Current selling cycle 180 days Estimated reduction in sales cycle using PROCEED 15 days Estimated reduction in start up time for a new sales person using PROCEED 20 days Estimated % reduction in rep turnover using PROCEED 10%
Assume Work days per yr 300
# of new reps Annual rep turnover (%) * No. of reps 87.5/yr Addn. Sales due to sales cycle reduction (Estimated reduction in selling time/Current selling cycle) * Annual Sales $29.17 mn/yr Addn. sales due to reduction in start up time for a new sales rep (Days reduced in Startup time for new sales person/no of days to start up)*(Annual Sales/no of reps)*(no of days to start up/woeking days per year)* no of new reps $8.17 mn/yr
Addn sales due to reduction in sales rep turnover Estimated % reduction in rep turnover * no of new reps * (Annual Sales/ no of sales rep) * (Time for new reps to become productive/Work days per yr) $3.68 mn/yr Total addn sales from using CSAS Addn. Sales due to sales cycle reduction+Addn. sales due to reduction in start up time for a new sales rep+Addn sales due to reduction in sales rep turnover $41.01 mn/yr
Annual costs with PROCEED Annual sales+Total addn sales from using CSAS $391.01 mn/yr
Selling costs without PROCEED Selling costs (% of revenues) * Annual sales $122.5 mn/yr Selling costs with PROCEED Selling costs without PROCEED + Total addn sales from using CSAS*Variable component of sales expenses) $124.14 mn/yr Selling costs with PROCEED Selling costs (% of revenues) * Annual costs with PROCEED $136.85 mn/yr Difference Selling costs with PROCEED - Selling costs with PROCEED $12.71 mn/yr
Initial costs Hard ware + PROCEED license fee + start up + Implementation & training costs + annual costs of internal resources $6.27 mn/yr Payback time Initial costs / Difference in costs 5months 27 days