Company Profile

Global Leader in providing workforce productivity improvements and enriched operational intelligence across multiple industries.

Objective

Helped Barcode and Scanner manufacturer to Improve Response Time and Customer Satisfaction for its RMA and Repair process.

Business Challenge

The client faced several challenges with their Complaint, RMA, Repair and Logistics processes in multiple systems that were working in silos, causing delayed resolution and frustrated customers. There was no process for entitlement validation for the Complaints and RMA’s resulting in Revenue leakage. Inefficient RMA & Repair processes, which were not aligned with the logistics & financial systems resulted in low inventory turnover and poor Mean Time to Repair. Manual processes and non-integrated systems often leading to incorrect invoicing to customers.

Solutions Implemented

The client requested Accrete Solutions to help with requirement gathering, design and implementation of their complex Complaint, Contract, RMA, Repair, Logistics and Invoicing processes for their North American and European businesses. The Accrete team leveraged its vast experience and best practices in Reverse Logistics across different industries and developed global RMA and Repair business processes. End to End, efficient and automated business processes were designed and deployed in SAP CRM and integrated with SAP ERP for logistics and finance.

RMA & Repair solution provided the following functionalities:

• Complaints/RMA in Interaction Centre
• Repair Quote, Repair Order and Repair confirmation

Project Highlights

• Reverse Logistics solution roll out to North America and Europe
• Interaction centre in SAP CRM
• Salesforce integration for Web based complaints
• Accurate tracking of RMA and Repairs
• Improved Warranty tracking and Installed base management
• Automation of Entitlement Validation
• High Inventory turnover and reduced inventory levels
• Accurate invoicing in SAP ERP
• Integrated SAP CRM, ERP and BW solution Voice based Repair picking
• Interface for RMA and Repair status tracking
• Advanced Exchange from Customer stock
• Advanced replacement/Replacement
• Installed base Mgt. and Warranty Tracking
• Automation of Entitlement validation using Service contracts
• RMA, Repair and Spare parts logistics
• Billing and Credit Card payments

Results

The newly deployed CRM solution helped streamline, automate and improve customer response time, repair Turn Around Times (TAT) and Customer satisfaction. Entitlement validation during Complaint/RMA creation reduced revenue leakage. Improved productivity and reduction in manual processes increased operational efficiency. The system helped in tracking cost for labour & parts and measuring service contract profitability. The solution will serve as a platform for deployment to other divisions in the company and future acquisitions.