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How Many Plans Should I Create?

If your compensation plans do not already exist in some form, create a new compensation plan when you vary compensation to salespeople by revenue class, or when the quota achievement levels defined in the brackets of the rate table vary.

For example, Global Computers' resellers and ISVs are compensated only for selling the company's PC models and associated peripherals, while Global's generalized field salespeople sell PCs, peripherals, consulting, and a variety of other services (Figure 7 - 11). Global creates one plan for resellers, which includes the PC and Peripherals revenue classes. The company creates a second plan for its generalized field sales force:

Oracle Sales Compensation lets you change the quota or the compensation rates when you assign a plan to a salesperson. Thus, salespeople whose compensation elements are the same except for the quota or compensation rates can be assigned to the same plan. For more information on assigning a plan to a salesperson, see Assigning a Plan to a Salesperson.

Suggestion: As you build a variety of plans for your sales force, remember that you can assign a rate table to more than one plan element, and you can assign a plan element to more than one compensation plan. Assigning the same object twice can save you work.


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