Here is what one of our dealers had to say:
“We have Visual Planner on our website for customers and use it every day to quote furniture projects. Our sales reps are able to upsell clients using the 2D/3D visuals in their presentations.
“Using VP, we were able to grow our furniture business 25% last year while the supply business was down. We wouldn't have the furniture business we do today if it wasn’t for this tool.”
Marcie Massey – President and Owner - Shipley’s Office BENEFITS FOR SMALL
TO MID-SIZE DEALERSHIPS
A large number of Visual Planner subscribers are small, independent dealerships who use Visual Planner as their sales presentation and quotation tool:
- Become a viable furniture source to your customers by visually presenting ideas and office layouts
- Enable your sales people to move from a transactional sale (based on price alone) to a project sales (solution-based with higher margins).
- Increase your average order sizes by including complimentary items in your design
- Use popular “Typicals” as a starting point and modify them to fit your needs
- Partnership with United Stationers provides access to the complete Furniture Solutions Catalog for dealers working with United.
- Instant access to over 30,000 (and growing) SKUs from popular manufacturer libraries including HON, Global Industries (including Offices To Go), Mayline, bbf (Bush Business Furniture) and others.
- “Public Area” in the planner can serve as a lead generation tool on your website
- No long term contracts. Monthly subscription available for short-term access.
BENEFITS FOR LARGE
CONTRACT DEALERSHIPS
Visual Planner has become very popular even with larger dealerships despite the fact that these organization do have their own designers in house equipped with AutoCAD or GIZA. Here is why:
Productivity :
- They can discuss available space and product requirements (footprints, storage options, etc.) even without worrying about final SKU numbers to be quoted
- Quickly and easily look up product pricing and specification choices
- Include private-label SKUs (custom libraries) and even used furniture symbols (generic library) in quotes
Regardless of the number of in-house designers, many larger dealerships still see the benefit of equipping their sales team with an easy-to-use sales tool in the field so that:
Time Savings:
- Allows sales reps to speed up the interaction with the customer during the sales process by working on smaller projects on their own
- Free up valuable design resources to focus on larger, more complicated projects
Cost Savings :
- Eliminate the need for new design staff and costly software licenses
- Existing design resources can handle additional projects as the smaller jobs are being handled by the sales team
Contact the Visual Planner sales team now at 1.866.529.3920 x1 or sales@animatedvision.com for more information.
