Sales[6] Process Engineering is a systematic approach aimed at optimizing the sales process to enhance customer experience[2], generate scalable revenue, and manage risk. This concept evolved from the scientific management principles of the early 1900s and has been influenced by modern corporate practices and approaches like business process reengineering and Total Quality Management. Key figures such as Cas Welch, James Cortada, and George Antoin Smith, Jr. made significant contributions to its development. The basis of this approach is a structured series of steps from the first customer[4] contact to the final purchase. It integrates various aspects of selling, including personal selling[3] techniques and marketing communications[1], to devise effective sales strategies. Noteworthy works in this field include ‘The Consumer[5] Trap’, ‘Sales Process Engineering: A Personal Workshop’, ‘The Dolphin And The Cow’, and ‘Customerized Selling®’.
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Sales process engineering is intended to design better ways of selling and make salespeople's efforts more productive. It has been described as "the systematic application of scientific and mathematical principles to achieve the practical goals of a particular sales process". Paul Selden pointed out that in this context, sales referred to the output of a process involving a variety of functions across an organization, and not that of a "sales department" alone. Primary areas of application span functions including sales, marketing, and customer service.