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Manufacturing & Distribution Custom Development

A manufacturer took Salesforce from zero adoption to all 99 reps with NetSuite integration

After too many admins overcomplicated its org, a manufacturer streamlined Salesforce, integrated NetSuite, and moved from zero usage to full adoption by 99 reps in 30 days.

99
Reps adopted in 30 days

At a glance

Industry
Manufacturing & Distribution
Platforms
Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Experience Cloud
Service
Managed Services, Optimization, Integration
Results
99 reps adopted in 30 days

The challenge

Multiple inexperienced admins had made the system unusable, reps weren’t using it at all, email wasn’t captured, and NetSuite data sat in a silo while new lead-gen investment had nowhere to flow.

What we did

  • Consolidated record types and eliminated redundant fields and automations confusing users
  • Outlook integration to capture all customer communications automatically
  • NetSuite integration via Boomi making Salesforce the single source of truth
  • Automated lead-assignment workflows and dashboards for lead flow and conversion

The results

Within 30 days the company went from zero Salesforce usage to all 99 reps active, unified NetSuite and Salesforce data, automated email capture, and gave leadership real-time visibility.

In 30 days we really could have you guys in a much different spot — and we did.

Client, Manufacturing & Distribution

Does this sound like your team?

  • Reps open Salesforce, see page layouts crowded with fields nobody understands, and go back to working from their inbox and memory.
  • Several people have changed the org over the years, and no one can explain why certain record types or automations exist.
  • Order and invoice history sits in NetSuite, so reps phone the office instead of seeing customer purchases next to their opportunities.

Where we would start

Start with an audit of what previous admins built: record types, fields, flows, and validation rules. Remove or merge whatever confuses users before adding anything new, since a simpler org is easier to adopt. Then connect email capture so activity logs itself, and integrate the ERP so reps see order data in context. Lead assignment and dashboards follow once reps actually log in daily.

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