20. Available ERP Data
Use sale transaction data to bring new company
dimensions: profitability, topline revenue, and
product volume
Most ERPs have cubes – predefined datasets for
reporting
Rich data available: date of sale, total invoice,
product code, product grouping, sales rep,
customer billing contact, discounts applied
22. Advanced KPIs
Profitability by campaign by region
Discounts by campaign by region
Percent of corporate profits and/or products
by campaign
Most profitable products by email campaign
Predictive profitability by campaign
24. Advanced Segmentation
Campaigns by least/most profitable customer
Select all customers where margin is above 40% and zip code
equals 27502 – 27600
Campaigns by most/least profitable products by customers
within a demographic
“Select all customers where margins on beds is less than 5%
within zip code 27502”
Send them a campaign for 40% margin headboards!
Campaigns by most/lease total spend customers within a
demographic
"Select all customers who have spent less than $3000 on all
product groups in the last 6 months within 27502."
26. Where Do I Start?
Establish a key between email and ERP
Ensure ERP sale transaction record has
Campaign field
Online Key Setup
Ensure Campaign is passed from email to shopping cart to
ERP record
Enable integration of clicks and opens with ERP system automated import – added to customer records
Offline Key Setup – Provide email Messages for
Campaigns to call center, enter at time of sale
27. Where Do I Start? - Continued
Get Your IT Team Onboard:
Ask ERP admin to add field with Campaign name to sale transaction
record
Ask ERP admin to add fields for clicks and opens to customer record
Hire a consultant familiar with your ERP to import standard ERP sales
cubes into your database
Hire a consultant familiar with your ERP to “push” clicks and opens
into the ERP
Hire out the BI vendor PS team or another consultant to build the data
model and initial reports for ERP data
Request training on how to make AD HOC reports
These types of projects run $50K - $100K