Chemicals · CRM
CRM for chemical manufacturers
Today
A customer asks whether your product meets their specification in their market, and the answer takes three internal emails and two days.
Generic CRM records the conversation. It can't tell the salesperson the product's classification, registration status, current specification or whether the sample they promised has been made.
With Worldover
Worldover CRM connects enquiries, samples, specifications, document requests and quotes to the substance, product, batch and market data behind them.
Technical enquiries get accurate answers on the first reply, and sample and document work is visible rather than invisible cost.
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The problem
Why generic CRM failschemicals manufacturer teams.
Selling chemicals is answering questions
The buying decision turns on specification, regulatory status and supply reliability, none of which live in a pipeline stage.
Sample requests disappear into the lab
Without tracking, nobody knows how many samples are outstanding, what they cost, or which converted.
Documents are re-sent, not managed
The same customer receives safety data sheets by email from three people, and nobody knows which version they hold.
A working day
A technical enquiry on Wednesday
A formulator at a customer asks for a grade that meets a heavy metals limit and is registered in Korea.
Today: the enquiry goes to technical, then regulatory, then back to sales, and the answer arrives after the customer has asked a competitor.
In Worldover: the salesperson filters on specification and market registration and answers in the same call.
A sample is raised against the grade, with its lot, certificate and shipping documents tracked.
Document versions sent to the customer are recorded, so a later reissue reaches the right people.
How it runs
How CRM worksinside Worldover.
01
Enquiries attach to products and substances
Every question is recorded against the product it concerns, building reusable technical answers.
02
Samples are jobs, not favours
Sample requests carry lot, cost, documents and outcome, so cost to serve and conversion are measurable.
03
Document issue is controlled
Safety data sheets and certificates are issued from the record, with a log of who holds which version.
04
Quotes reflect supply reality
Pricing and lead times come from the plan, so commitments are deliverable.
What's in it
The detail behindCRM.
Quote Management
Central costing matrix with detailed breakdowns and quote management per product.
Central costing matrix
A flexible costing matrix holding categories such as equipment, administration, shipping and labour.
Detailed costing breakdown
Each category breaks into line items, each with fixed and variable costs.
Costing modules
Cost against packaging ratios, vessel sizes and other real production variables.
Quote management
Manage every quote associated with a product.
Customer Portals
Share your catalogue, data and documents with customers under permission control.
Permissioned sharing
Share data and documentation with customers through a portal, with permission control over exactly what is shared.
Product catalogue
Publish a live catalogue of the products you sell, drawn from the same records as your stock and documentation, so pricing, pack sizes, grades and availability are never out of date.
Catalogue search and filtering
Customers search and filter your catalogue by product name, INCI or CAS number, function, origin, certification or grade, and open the linked SDS, CoA and specification from the listing.
Catalogue visibility control
Decide which customers or customer groups see which products, prices and documents, so distribution agreements and territory restrictions are respected automatically.
Sample and quote requests
Customers request samples, pricing or quantities straight from a catalogue listing, and the request lands against the product and account record rather than in an inbox.
Product brochures and dossiers
Generate branded product brochures and dossiers straight from the product record, pulling current specifications, certifications, origin statements and SDSs into a single shareable document.
CRM
Contacts, accounts, pipeline and activity tracking linked to platform data.
Contact management
Centralised contact and account records linked to orders, products and documents.
Account and company management
Company records with subsidiary structures, key stakeholders and account history.
Deal and opportunity pipeline
Configurable pipeline with stage management, probability and deal value reporting.
Activity tracking
Emails, calls, meetings and tasks logged against contacts and accounts.
Task management
Tasks linked to contacts, accounts and deals.
Platform data integration
CRM accounts link to products, formulations, orders and regulatory records, giving one commercial and operational view.
The difference
Why the substance recordmakes the difference.
Chemical customers buy on substance detail. Because the CRM shares the substance record with regulatory and quality, the answer a salesperson gives is the same answer the technical team would give, and it stays correct when the underlying data changes.
Better together
What changes when CRMshares a record with the rest of your setup.
Willow
What teams actually askonce the record is in one place.
- Which of our grades meet this customer's specification and are registered in Korea?
- Which customers hold an out-of-date safety data sheet for this product?
- How many samples are outstanding, and which accounts are they for?
Willow doesn't replace expert judgment. It removes the searching, re-keying and chasing between the systems that hold your answers.
Request a demo
We'll walk through your current workflow, then show the same workflow running on one record.
Research
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