Midwest Industrial Supply
August 21, 2019

Manufacturing Technology Case Study: Midwest Industrial Supply
Midwest Industrial Supply, Inc. (Midwest) is the world leader in environmentally sound dust control, erosion control, and soil stabilization technology. This world-leading manufacturing company used cloud manufacturing technology to improve their sales process.
CHALLENGE
To centralize the management and tracking of key business activities
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No formal process for lead scoring or routing
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Management of accounts and channel partner was difficult without a centralized location for related data
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Need to close the loop with post sales and service
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Executive reports and forecast were time consuming, not in real-time
SOLUTION
Designed manufacturing technology deployed via Salesforce
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Leveraged multi-level lead/project assignment rules based on industry/product knowledge and experience
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Incorporate the sales and project quoting process into the CRM
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Deployed forecasting and management dashboards
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Incorporated international partners, distributors, rep agencies as accounts
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Migrated data from Goldmine and provided integration with Great Plains and Outlook
RESULTS
One central source of data, integration of processes, actionable metrics for manufacturing technology
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Captured the entire sales process and key activities
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Incorporated quoting directly from the CRM
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Generated critical management data related to pipeline and forecasting
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Increased channel visibility
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