Wintouch eCRM helps deli meat wholesaler differentiate their unique brand

Dietz & Watson is a deli meat processor and purveyor based in Philadelphia, PA. Key to their success is a good presentation of their product, good customer service, and enthusiastic sales reps.

Meat can be seen as a commodity and Dietz & Watson does everything they can to differentiate their product from no-name meats and to help customers appreciate the difference in their brand. Wintouch eCRM helps "build the brand" with a built-in web forms tool that Dietz & Watson sales reps use to review the quality of each presentation of the meat reseller’s product.

How does it work? The sales rep answers a few questions on a PDA or web-connected cell phone, using pull-down menus and pre-defined ratings about the quality of the presentation, cases that it is displayed in, helpfulness of the staff, etc. These ratings are used to provide feedback to Dietz & Watson retailers, so they can remedy the problems that are uncovered.

Issues such as a dirty display case or an unfriendly staff member can hurt Dietz & Watson sales, as well as, the reputation and profits of the retailer. Everyone wins when problems are addressed and customers want to buy Dietz & Watson meats from high-end retailers with bright, clean, friendly environments.

Customer service has improved at Dietz & Watson as well. Customer service and sales personnel have better access to customer information, such as the quantity of meat sold to the account, samples provided, and sales to date.

Sales people’s calendars are accessible, so that if an account has a particular issue, managers can see that the rep will be at the account on Tuesday, for example, and assign the rep the task of addressing a particular concern that may be keeping both buyer and seller from earning more profits.

Other issues about customer contact, shipping, product questions, etc., are all now in the same place – not in someone’s head, on a notepad in the car, or on the back of a napkin. They become a permanent entry, where management can see a history of staff and customers trying hard to improve, or sometimes being unwilling to grow. Either is good to know and has helped Dietz & Watson become the premier deli meat purveyor in the region.

Enthusiastic sales reps keep customers and prospects excited about dealing with Dietz & Watson and their products. Wintouch features that add to the staff’s workplace satisfaction include an online expense reimbursement system and the "perk" of using the CRM tool for personal appointments such as a trip to the dentist or Johnny’s first T-Ball game.

The expense reimbursement tool allows Dietz & Watson employees to enter an expense item on their PDA or web-connected cellular phone, as the expense occurs. Sales reps are reimbursed for a gasoline charge or taking someone to lunch in their next paycheck with no paperwork to complete.

The employee can submit the expense item while they are waiting at a stoplight and avoid arriving home late from calls with more paperwork to do. It also gets payment to them promptly with no forms to fill out or paperwork to hand in.