I have written about vendor efforts to use artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics in their applications targeted at sales and revenue teams to improve focus and prioritize activities, both for pipeline management as well as individual opportunities. Since then, vendors have continued to innovate, and there have been more releases showcasing efforts to aid sales and revenue. And with this continuing innovation, we believe that by 2026, two-thirds of revenue leaders will begin considering a new generation of revenue analytics and data-driven applications designed to improve performance and productivity.
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Topics:
sales engagement,
AI & Machine Learning,
revenue management,
Office of Revenue
Ventana Research recently announced its 2022 Market Agenda for the Office of Revenue, continuing the guidance we have offered for nearly two decades to help organizations realize optimal value from applying technology to improve business outcomes. Chief sales and revenue officers and their associated operations teams are experts in their respective fields but may not have the guidance needed to employ technology effectively. As we look to 2022, we are focusing on the entire selling and buying life cycle and the applications that simplify and improve interactions throughout the customer experience.
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Topics:
Sales,
Analytics,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Conversational Computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
extended reality,
intelligent sales,
partner management,
sales engagement,
AI & Machine Learning
Subscription management and billing services help organizations offer unique benefits and enhance delivery to customers. By making services more personalized, organizations can acquire – and retain – more customers.
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Topics:
Sales,
Office of Finance,
Continuous Planning,
business intelligence,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Planning,
Dell Boomi,
Product Information Management,
Vocalcom and Zeacom,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
natural language processing,
revenue and lease accounting,
continuous supply chain,
Subscription Management,
partner management,
Process Mining,
Streaming Analytics,
AI & Machine Learning
Observed both here and elsewhere, average sales quota attainments appear to be in an exorable decline. As I discussed in my recent Analyst Perspective, "The Art and Science of Sales from the 'Inside Out'," vendors of sales technology have reacted to this by adding a slew of new functionality including the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to be a game changer for sales. One can argue that this use of AI is still relatively immature having been generally available only since 2014, but that is still over five years of market availability.
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Topics:
Sales,
Human Capital Management,
business intelligence,
Analytics,
Sales Performance Management,
candidate engagement,
sales enablement,
AI & Machine Learning
Digital commerce affects almost everyone’s lives. It is hard to remember a time when one could not sign on to a website like Amazon, order a product, pay for it and have it delivered to your front door within days, not weeks. Although catalogues have been around for a century or so, the digital-commerce revolution has changed the way we think about shopping for many of our everyday and special occasion products. Extend this to digital services, such as streaming videos or online games, and there is barely a sector that has not been touched by digital commerce. And, for organizations, it is an essential component of their revenue-management efforts that enables the digital transformation and monetization of goods and services.
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
AI & Machine Learning
There is no doubt that the pandemic has accelerated the existing need for new technology that can help sales professionals do their jobs well in this quickly evolving market. In addition, market trends are driving the need for functionality that is aimed at the front-line sales professional and the manager, highlighting the demand for tools that can help arrest the decline in quota attainment, as well as helping salespeople supplement their traditional focus on sales quotas with activities such as prospecting.
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Topics:
Sales,
Analytics,
Internet of Things,
Sales Performance Management,
natural language processing,
sales enablement,
AI & Machine Learning
