FreeCRM, considered the world’s most popular SaaS (News - Alert)/cloud customer relationship management (CRM) solution, is an example of a CRM that is simple, low-cost, low-risk, powerful, cost-effective and a great alternative to Salesforce.com (News - Alert).
No wonder then that Costco Wholesale Corporation has selected FreeCRM to track its business-to-business (B2B) wholesale division’s affiliate partnerships and programs.
This Web-based software solution is being used all over the world to track leads, sales pipeline management, forecasting and more. It streamlines and automates business processes, helping to keep sales focused on the sales pipeline.
Costco Wholesale Corporation, the seventh largest retailer in the world and the fifth in the United States, is stated to have the largest membership warehouse club chain in the United States. It also powers some of the world’s largest discount purchase programs.
It is expected to use FreeCRM.com to track special affiliate partnerships with large companies and also tracks special incentive and coupon programs extended to participating organizations that wish to give its employees discounts and other special deals.
At every stage of the deal or workflow process, FreeCRM.com assists in tracking all of the data, negotiates with affiliate partners and also tracks the relationship right from beginning to end. This helps staff to identify contacts and progress the deals through the sales pipeline.
In other news, SAP (News - Alert) recently announced The SAP 360 Customer as the first in a line of enterprise applications coupled with in-memory computing. It offers CRM application, Jam social software platform, Customer OnDemand cloud offering and a variety of mobile solutions, making it a contender for the cloud CRM market that Salesforce.com currently controls.
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Edited by Rachel Ramsey