WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.970 --> 00:00:06.630 CWS is a rental digital solution provider. 2 00:00:06.630 --> 00:00:07.800 We are very proud of the fact 3 00:00:07.800 --> 00:00:10.530 that we are part of the circular business model, 4 00:00:10.530 --> 00:00:14.760 because we are really trying to reuse as much as possible, 5 00:00:14.760 --> 00:00:19.110 and to be very sustainable in all our processes. 6 00:00:19.110 --> 00:00:20.670 We had really big challenges. 7 00:00:20.670 --> 00:00:24.630 So we do have a very big sales force, 8 00:00:24.630 --> 00:00:27.210 which used to be amazingly efficient, 9 00:00:27.210 --> 00:00:30.030 however, very much analog oriented. 10 00:00:30.030 --> 00:00:34.020 This means that they were very self-organized 11 00:00:34.020 --> 00:00:36.854 and self-driven, like lonely wolves 12 00:00:36.854 --> 00:00:40.470 without any data infrastructure support or marketing. 13 00:00:40.470 --> 00:00:43.650 I thought the pandemic is an ideal situation 14 00:00:43.650 --> 00:00:45.870 to change this into a more hybrid 15 00:00:45.870 --> 00:00:48.480 way of communication and interaction. 16 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:50.730 And that is where I reached out to BCG, 17 00:00:50.730 --> 00:00:54.510 because I know that you have very professional people, 18 00:00:54.510 --> 00:00:57.840 and I could 100% rely on your expertise. 19 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:01.740 We really embedded with you guys' so-called team approach, 20 00:01:01.740 --> 00:01:03.810 as well and a hybrid approach. 21 00:01:03.810 --> 00:01:06.960 You can consult each other, you can learn from one another 22 00:01:06.960 --> 00:01:08.883 but you are transparent as well. 23 00:01:10.500 --> 00:01:13.560 The sales organization beforehand had only one target, 24 00:01:13.560 --> 00:01:15.480 which was return and sales, 25 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.460 and not the entire funnel management 26 00:01:17.460 --> 00:01:21.810 in between and contact voter conversion topics and so on. 27 00:01:21.810 --> 00:01:24.750 And of course, this has changed significantly. 28 00:01:24.750 --> 00:01:26.670 We introduced lead generation. 29 00:01:26.670 --> 00:01:29.130 We introduced a complete lead management funnel. 30 00:01:29.130 --> 00:01:30.750 And in fact, we are preparing 31 00:01:30.750 --> 00:01:32.880 now everything to go omnichannel. 32 00:01:32.880 --> 00:01:35.790 So we started primarily in one of the divisions. 33 00:01:35.790 --> 00:01:37.740 And as we saw that this pilot 34 00:01:37.740 --> 00:01:39.510 is really successfully running, 35 00:01:39.510 --> 00:01:42.300 we were able to really enlarge it throughout the division, 36 00:01:42.300 --> 00:01:45.300 and then throughout the entire company as well. 37 00:01:45.300 --> 00:01:46.500 We measured everything. 38 00:01:46.500 --> 00:01:47.580 And if you see then 39 00:01:47.580 --> 00:01:51.000 that the productivity rates are increasing by 60%, 40 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:52.290 this is of course helping you 41 00:01:52.290 --> 00:01:54.480 as well in this entire journey. 42 00:01:54.480 --> 00:01:57.960 But then you need the facts as well supporting this journey. 43 00:01:57.960 --> 00:02:00.090 You really need to identify people 44 00:02:00.090 --> 00:02:01.920 who will be joining the journey 45 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.800 as the sort of pioneers or trailblazers. 46 00:02:04.800 --> 00:02:07.920 We are really trying to see this as a holistic approach, 47 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:12.351 marketing, sales, customer care, service. 48 00:02:12.351 --> 00:02:14.070 And then we will go in supply chain as well. 49 00:02:14.070 --> 00:02:15.990 But it was really the starting point 50 00:02:15.990 --> 00:02:18.120 with taking the pandemic situation 51 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:20.910 as an opportunity to get an acceleration 52 00:02:20.910 --> 00:02:22.563 into our sales organization.