Gakken SEED adopts UPWARD sales support service, and United Works provides implementation support.

(Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki; hereinafter "UPWARD") is pleased to announce that Gakken SEED, a group company of Gakken Holdings, Inc: (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Shinichi Kobayashi; hereinafter "Gakken SEED"), a group company of Gakken Holdings (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Akira Miyahara), has adopted our sales support service "UPWARD". (Head office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Shinichi Kobayashi; hereinafter referred to as "Gakken SEED"). The implementation of this service was supported by United Works, Inc.

THE INTRODUCTION OF "UPWARD" WILL ENABLE VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSIS OF SALES ACTIVITIES, THEREBY STRENGTHENING AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SALES STRUCTURE. THIS WILL ENABLE THE ACCUMULATION OF ACCURATE ACTIVITY DATA WHILE INCREASING POINTS OF CONTACT WITH CUSTOMERS, THEREBY SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPROVING SALES AND OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY. 

Mr. Korezawa, Sales Manager, Sales Department 2, Sales Division, Gakken SEED, comments 

Gakken SEED is a company that provides a diverse range of products and services to kindergartens, nursery schools, and childcare centers nationwide. The company has two sales channels, mainly through distributors and direct sales through its own sales force. Gakken SEED has recently introduced "UPWARD" in order to strengthen its sales force in the direct sales route. 

In our direct sales route, we conduct sales activities to customers in approximately 10,000 locations throughout Japan. We have tried to introduce SFA and CRM tools in the past, but the large number of customers made the input work cumbersome and prevented the tools from taking root in our organization. UPWARD" has the advantage of a stay detection function, which greatly reduces the time and effort required for inputting data.
In implementing the system, the functions required by each company and the way the dashboard is expressed differ, but with the support of United Works, Inc. and UPWARD Corporation, they were able to respond to our detailed requests. As a result, a highly satisfactory tool was completed, and within about one month of the start of use, the tool utilization rate within the company reached 90%.
We highly recommend that companies that have challenges in sales management with a large number of customers consider implementing UPWARD. 

OVERVIEW OF UPWARD 

UPWARD IS A SALES ENGAGEMENT SERVICE THAT OPTIMIZES FIELD SALES REPRESENTATIVES SALES ACTIVITIES BY UTILIZING ADVANCED LOCATION-BASED TECHNOLOGY TO SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY DETECT AND LOG SALES ACTIVITY DATA TO CRM. BY STREAMLINING THE WORK OF FIELD WORKERS, UPWARD DRAWS OUT THEIR CREATIVITY AND ENCOURAGES THE GROWTH OF COMPANIES AND SOCIETY. 

Today, many large and growing companies are adopting the system, especially in industries where door-to-door activities are important. We are also proud of our high contract retention rate of 99%. 

Click here for service introduction materials: https://upward.jp/downloads/allservicematerials/