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About Business Functions of Screen Tabs


The Siebel Consumer Sector interface includes task-specific screens. Some screens are used exclusively by administrators.

Table 3 lists the most frequently used Siebel Consumer Sector screens and the business functions of the views in those screens.

Table 3.  Siebel Consumer Sector Screens
Screen
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.

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.

Assortments

Create assortment plans, which allow your company to forecast the product demand for the upcoming season. Plans can be shared with retailers over the Internet for collaborative planning. Consolidate assortment plans into a single plan.

Assortment Plans in this guide.

Audit Trail

Creates a history of the changes that have been made in the application.

Siebel Applications Administration Guide.

Briefings

Gather and format information from a number of different sources, both inside and outside your company, including the World Wide Web.

Siebel eBriefings 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.

For information on planning groups, see Assortment Plans 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.

Orders

Create sales orders and track their status. Generate order summaries.

For complex quotes and orders, incorporating line item details such as style, color, size, and multiple ship-to destinations distributions, see Complex Quotes and Orders in this guide.

For additional order management, see Siebel Order Management 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.

Promoted Products

Designate products as promoted products for the purpose of conducing simulation on a product outside of a promotions

Trade Promotions.

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.

Quotes

Create quotes with style, color, size, multiple ship-to destinations, and delivery dates. Automatically allocate product size quantities based on account-specific or corporate-level predefined size distributions.

Complex Quotes and Orders in this guide.

For traditional quote compilation, see Siebel Applications Administration Guide.

For quote and orders management using customizable (configurable) products, see Siebel Order Management 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.

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