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A BMS integrator, from Go / No-Go to handover

Follow Volta Controls, a fictional BMS and controls integrator, through the building systems process: the bid decision, the priced offer and its approval, the award that becomes a project, submittals, panels and the factory test, I/O points on site, commissioning and the SAT, provisional acceptance, warranty and the maintenance renewal, with billing and collections all along.

9 stages32 stepsIncludes video

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Step 1 of 32: Work every lead on one timeline

Stage 1 of 9Lead and Go / No-Go

Work every lead on one timeline

  1. Log activity

    Call, e-mail, meeting, field visit, demo or proposal, with its subject and due date.

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  2. Conversion

    When the lead is ready, convert it into a customer with an opportunity.

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A consultant's tender list, a contractor's RFQ or an owner's enquiry starts as a lead. On its page, select Log activity after every call, meeting or site visit, so the whole team sees where it stands.

A lead that will not buy is closed with Mark as lost. The Building systems integration pack turns on A lost lead needs a reason: an empty Loss reason is refused, whether you mark the lead lost, move it to a lost stage or edit its status, so your win-loss analysis has a reason for every lead.

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A BMS integrator, from Go / No-Go to handover - Lead and Go / No-Go