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Management article
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Reference no. 75205
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Business Review", 1975
Length: 10 pages

Abstract

Systems analysis may increase the productivity of a sales department by revealing the right combination of products, the right promotional methods, and the right locations. Sales managers implement the system by setting improvement objectives and then applying output and input variables to determine which control variables need changing. Five methods of measuring efficiency are: contribution to profit; return on assets; sales cost ratio; market share; and achievement of company marketing goals.

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Abstract

Systems analysis may increase the productivity of a sales department by revealing the right combination of products, the right promotional methods, and the right locations. Sales managers implement the system by setting improvement objectives and then applying output and input variables to determine which control variables need changing. Five methods of measuring efficiency are: contribution to profit; return on assets; sales cost ratio; market share; and achievement of company marketing goals.

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