Latest news releases from PR.com for Commence. http://www.pr.com/press-releases Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:32:38 -0500 http://www.pr.com/images/logo_white.jpg http://www.pr.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides Free Press Release Distribution, & is a unique Directory of Businesses, Products, Services, & Jobs - in all industries. Find Full Company Profiles. © 2008 PR Worldwide, Inc. 60 http://www.pr.com/press-release/32023 Founded in 1945, ISA (www.isa.org) is a leading, global, nonprofit organization that is setting the standard for automation by helping over 30,000 worldwide members and other professionals solve difficult technical problems, while enhancing their leadership and personal career capabilities. Based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, ISA develops standards; certifies industry professionals; provides education and [PR.com - March 20, 2007] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/32023 http://www.pr.com/press-release/32022 Commence (www.commence.com) is the leading CRM system for manufacturing and distribution recently became a member of the Fluid Power Distributor Association. Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation, will be speaking on the subject of using CRM Technology to Optimize Sales Execution at the FPDA annual convention in New Mexico on May 2, 2007. FPDA is the Association serving motion solution providers who offer [PR.com - March 19, 2007] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/32022 http://www.pr.com/press-release/32015 Leading industrial organizations are looking outside their four walls to their customers for growth ideas. By leveraging the voice of the customer, these organizations achieve a competitive advantage in redefining sales and marketing, the all-important customer-facing portion of their operations. In an effort to help industrial distributors and manufacturers sell more, more effectively, Commence Corporation has [PR.com - March 10, 2007] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/32015 http://www.pr.com/press-release/26633 The CRM industry has been plagued by vendors offering overly complex solutions to solve basic business problems. This has resulted in a low adoption rate and failed customer expectations. The concern for most businesses today is not a lack of technology, but rather how they can leverage technology to improve their internal processes and ultimately their bottom line. According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence [PR.com - January 11, 2007] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/26633 http://www.pr.com/press-release/24913 According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com/mfg./), “There is rarely one central database of customer information that can be accessed and shared among the people who need it to efficiently do their jobs. As a result, acting less like a team, these people act independently when conducting business and are far less effective." Caretsky, noted in the feature article that [PR.com - December 15, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/24913 http://www.pr.com/press-release/24464 Commence CRM On-Demand is delivered over the Internet at a fixed monthly fee per user and requires no upfront IT infrastructure cost. Commence CRM On-Demand is a web-based CRM solution that enables businesses to manage customer relationships in an organized and efficient manner. An intuitive set of ready to use applications automates the customer facing aspects of manufacturing that directly impacts sales execution and [PR.com - December 09, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/24464 http://www.pr.com/press-release/24157 Unique Manufacturing Platform Highlights: Enterprise Class Platform Encrypted Database Security Automated Processes One-to-Many Data Relationships Remote Synchronization Built-in Report Writer Multi-level Security Centralized File management Mail Merge with MS Office Web E-Mail Client Global Search On-Line Help and Knowledgebase Facility Support for Handheld Devices Project Tracking Group Calendar & [PR.com - December 06, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/24157 http://www.pr.com/press-release/21979 The deployment of any CRM system takes proper planning. In order to assist customers during this process, Commence has developed S.T.E.P., (Strategic Targeted Execution Process). A proven methodology for the successful implementation of the Commence CRM solution. S.T.E.P is the result of more than a decade of experience in providing high quality business solutions to small and mid-size businesses. By working with [PR.com - November 09, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/21979 http://www.pr.com/press-release/20319 In an effort to help industrial distributors and manufacturers thrive, Commence Corporation presents Practices That Pay: Leveraging Information to Achieve Industrial Selling Results, a compendium of smart practices from the leading industrial sales and marketing experts and organizations that are growing in today’s challenging environment. According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation [PR.com - October 21, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/20319 http://www.pr.com/press-release/19973 Commence offers industrial companies complete “Freedom Of Choice” to select the solutions and platform that best meets the business requirements of manufacturers and distributors. The comprehensive CRM Industrial application suite is available for use on premise or on-demand as a hosted service. Industrial leaders often build departmental CRM solutions with the award winning Commence Industrial CRM Framework. [PR.com - October 16, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/19973 http://www.pr.com/press-release/19407 According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com/mfg./), “With unreliable data, industrial distributors and manufacturers have reported they were unable to reap most of the benefits of a sales and marketing database. Salespeople will quickly realize the data is inaccurate, and revert to old habits to make sure they have the information they need to service customers. Another potential [PR.com - October 07, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/19407 http://www.pr.com/press-release/19171 According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com/mfg./), “In order to measure the results of automation implementations, leading industrial distributors and manufacturers first determined how their definition of success.” The easiest way to do this is to follow these steps: 1. Identify the symptoms of Industrial CRM problems. For example “not penetrating target [PR.com - October 04, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/19171 http://www.pr.com/press-release/18966 “Customer Relationship Management is quickly becoming a critical component for managing sales optimization and customer service in the Industrial setting,” says Dr. Barry Lawrence the Texas A & M program director. Dr. Lawrence noted, “The Commence software will provide qualified students with hands-on experience with the use of CRM tools to enable “lean processes” for sales execution. The [PR.com - October 02, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/18966 http://www.pr.com/press-release/18713 Manufacturing Journalist, Thomas R. Cutler recently wrote a feature article about industrial CRM for Quality Digest. The full feature article may be read at http://qualitydigest.com/QDarticles/FMPro?-db=iq%5feditorial.fp5&-lay=article%20data%20form& editorial%20type=QIArticle&release=yes&-format=QDarticle_text.html&articleID=9961&-script= cntaccesstype&-Find With up to 10 years of [PR.com - September 28, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/18713 http://www.pr.com/press-release/18606 According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence (www.commence.com/mfg), an industrial customer relationship management (CRM) firm, “CEO’s of these companies often share how their new enterprise resource planning (ERP) system provides them all the information they need, but fail to recognize that ERP systems provide information after the sale, not before or during the sales process. ERP systems provide no [PR.com - September 27, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/18606 http://www.pr.com/press-release/18026 According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com/mfg./), “By implementing a formalized sales process, distributors and manufacturers are fundamentally changing the way people do their jobs on a daily basis. There will be natural resistance.” Caretsky suggests to develop a lean change management plan; the following questions should be answered: • What motivation do sales [PR.com - September 20, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/18026 http://www.pr.com/press-release/17705 Elimination of waste is the hallmark of an effective lean initiative. The single greatest area of waste that remains in the manufacturing operation is in Sales and Marketing. For this reason there is a strong increase in Industry specific CRM technology anticipated over the next eighteen months. According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com/mfg./) “Countless experts and [PR.com - September 15, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/17705 http://www.pr.com/press-release/17646 Having eliminated much of the waste in the manufacturing and distribution process, continued process improvement dictates that other areas of operational inefficiencies be corrected. The greatest area of deficiency in the manufacturing enterprise is in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) arena. According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com/mfg./) “Though it seems obvious [PR.com - September 14, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/17646 http://www.pr.com/press-release/17534 Kaizen blitz procedures quickly identify the best opportunity for lean efficiency and productivity. The most glaring omission of these kaizen blitz efforts has been in the sales and marketing elements of the manufacturing enterprise. According to manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler in a recent issue of Industrial Focus magazine, “Manufacturers all face a similar challenge: a complex sale that often [PR.com - September 13, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/17534 http://www.pr.com/press-release/17293 In Manufacturing.net, manufacturing journalist Thomas R. Cutler notes, “Some ERP vendors offer industry specific CRM solutions; many do not. Bolt-on generic CRM solutions are frequently sold as the panacea; few are.” Commence offers industrial companies complete “Freedom of Choice” to select the solutions and platform that best meets the business requirements of manufacturers and distributors. [PR.com - September 11, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/17293 http://www.pr.com/press-release/16916 In an effort to help industrial distributors and manufacturers thrive, Commence Corporation presents Practices That Pay: Leveraging Information to Achieve Industrial Selling Results, a compendium of smart practices from the leading industrial sales and marketing experts and organizations that are growing in today’s challenging environment. According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation [PR.com - September 04, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/16916 http://www.pr.com/press-release/16568 According to Larry Caretsky, President of Commence Corporation (www.commence.com/mfg./) “In order to thrive in today’s industrial environment, characterized by intense competition, strategic sourcing contracts, customers’ pressuring for self-service, and the ongoing debate on fee-based services, industrial distributors and manufacturers need more than leading technological products or an efficient [PR.com - August 28, 2006] Commence http://www.pr.com/press-release/16568