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Back to the Future: F2F selling is returning, but virtual selling is here to stay

Strategic Account Management Association

COVID-19 has accelerated a trend already underway toward increased virtual interactions between customers and their suppliers. The ability to uncover customer needs, develop solutions, communicate value propositions and negotiate effectively doesn’t vanish just because a salesperson can’t meet her customer face to face.

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Using End-to-End Visibility to Scale and Streamline Automotive Production

Planview

Lastly, established tier-one suppliers are grappling with dual challenges: a scarcity of comprehensive software expertise and a dearth of suitable hardware platforms for deployment. This statistic serves as a call to action for automotive manufacturers and suppliers to prioritize the enhancement of their software development capabilities.

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Crack the Consulting Code: Top 10 Digital Transformation Frameworks

Flevy

They allow us to cut through noise, zero in on the key issues, and facilitate the development of insightful recommendations. It’s designed to offer foundational knowledge on how ChatGPT operates, its capabilities, and the art of Prompt Engineering—essentially how to effectively communicate with the model to achieve desired outcomes.

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#020 The evolution of a key account manager, with Chris Ortolano

KAMCast

How do the problem solvers of the 90s and noughties transition from the consultative selling world of the efficient supplier, to the transformational space of the effective business partner ? What role does today’s account manager play then? Give yourself some marks out of ten and then ask ‘how can I improve my score?’

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The Perplexing Power of Process & Methodology in Complex B2B Sales

Mike Kunkle

Even on the far right, with disciplined workflows, it’s not easy, and often harder if an RFP or RFI process doesn’t allow open communication. And as I just mentioned, on the far left side of a “disorganized/organized” sliding scale, there are cases where it’s absolute chaos and rife with infighting.

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How to pitch to procurement, with Jessica Bowler and Iris Gatzweiler

Account Management Skills

There could be supplier performance issues, whilst we try to work with our suppliers, to iron out issues together find solutions, occasionally you will reach a stage of the relationship where you say, this is not going to work, we’re going to have to change. So for that, you would definitely go out and do a pitch process.

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Enterprise Teamwork: What It Is and How It Works

CMOE

The environment includes many components: the network of relationships with internal and external customers, suppliers, regulatory agencies, and the community as well as the network of relationships among teams in the organization. Highly effective teams are able to support the environment and this system supports the team.