Table 3. Siebel Consumer Goods Screens
|
Functions of the Views in This Screen |
Location of Information About This Screen |
Accounts |
Create, view, and update accounts. Set up and maintain account hierarchies. Define and maintain account profile information. |
Managing Accounts in this guide Product Distribution in this guide |
Activities |
Manage activities with accounts, contacts, opportunities, and service requests, and create contact and account calls (with or without Smart Calls). |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Agreements |
Manage information about agreements, administrative contracts, and entitlements. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Assets |
Manage information about products sold to accounts. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Audit Trail |
Automatically creates a history of the changes that have been made in the application. |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Calendar |
Create and display activities (including to-do activities) and share calendar information with co-workers. |
Fundamentals |
Campaigns |
Manage outbound communications with prospects targeted for a particular marketing effort. |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Contacts |
Record and track business and personal contact information associated with an account, an opportunity, a trouble ticket, or service request. |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Corporate Promotions |
Manage company-wide promotions of a product or category of products in which accounts can participate. |
Trade Promotions in this guide |
Cycle Counting |
Manage inventory by grouping assets into classes and counting each class's assets over a period and at designated intervals. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Deductions |
Manage the deductions process. |
Deductions in this guide |
Expense Reports |
Manage expense-report information for your own expenses, or your team's expenses. |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Forecasts |
Create business forecasts based on opportunities or products. |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Groups |
Create buying groups and planning groups, which allow account managers to plan for aggregate demand from multiple accounts. |
For information on buying groups, see Product Distribution in this guide |
Literature |
Display company- and industry-related literature cataloged by the Siebel administrator. |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Objectives |
Help drive corporate goals by defining objectives for contacts and accounts and monitor progress towards meeting sales goals. |
Objectives in this guide |
Opportunities |
Manage sales opportunities for business and residential customers. |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Part Browser |
Check on-hand inventory. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Plans |
Organize trade promotions by account. |
Trade Promotions |
Products |
Enter and maintain products, product images, product lines, product features and price list definitions. |
Products in this guide |
Promoted Products |
Designate products as promoted products for the purpose of conducing simulation on a product outside of a promotions. |
Trade Promotions in this guide |
Promotions |
Organize and manage trade promotions by account. Depict aggregate results of plan promotions such as spending and volume by plan and by product. |
Trade Promotions in this guide. |
Quality |
Manage information about adverse events or reactions related to products. |
Siebel Applications Administration Guide |
Receiving |
Record and review information relating to a physical receipt of material. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Repairs |
Track defective products returned to a service center for repair. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Routes |
Manage retail outlets by creating sales routes. Add individual accounts to a specific Route that can be incorporated into a mobile field professional's routine visit schedule. These routes can be used to schedule store visits on regular, predefined intervals. |
Routes in this guide |
Service Inventory |
Manage the service parts inventory process. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Service Requests |
Create, display, and update customer requests for information about or assistance with products or services. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Shipping |
Record and review information relating to a physical shipment of material. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
SmartScript |
Define the application workflow for an interactive situation in a script. These interactive situations could include inbound communications (such as customer service) and outbound contacts (such as telemarketing). |
Siebel SmartScript Administration Guide |
Solutions |
Search, organize, and add to a knowledge base of answers to service requests and trouble tickets. |
Siebel Field Service Guide |
Targeting |
Identify accounts by querying on profile information (such as sales volumes or location) to generate a list of accounts. The list can be used to schedule visits and plan routes. |
Account Targeting in this guide |
Training |
Host, or participate in, electronic training sessions over a corporate intranet or the Internet. |
Siebel Training Guide |