Salesforce Implementation – Top 5 Challenges
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March 26, 2015
Salesforce implementation can be transformative for organizations, fundamentally altering how they operate today and shaping future workflows. This post highlights the key challenges encountered by organizations during Salesforce implementation and how these issues can be effectively addressed with the right Salesforce implementation partners.
Understanding the Investment
One of the most common challenges is understanding the scope of investment required. Many organizations do not have clear expectations about the time, budget, or complexity involved. Successful Salesforce implementation demands significant investment in time, money, and resources.
Starting the Implementation
Organizations often struggle with how to begin the implementation process. After deciding that Salesforce is the right solution, they may feel overwhelmed by the next steps. This can lead to a stalled process and ineffective outcomes. It’s crucial to start with a clear plan and guidance from experienced Salesforce consulting partners.
Salesforce Data Migration and Integration
Transferring data from old systems to Salesforce and integrating it with other platforms, such as Outlook or accounting software, presents a significant challenge. Ensuring smooth data migration and integration is essential for maintaining business continuity and data integrity.
Staff Training and Adoption
Getting staff to adopt Salesforce can be challenging, especially if they view it as an additional task rather than a tool to streamline their work. Proper training is vital to ensure that staff understand and embrace Salesforce’s capabilities.
Leveraging Salesforce for Mobile Access
In today’s mobile-driven world, leveraging Salesforce is crucial for business operations. However, this requires more than basic integration; it necessitates the development of custom apps tailored to business needs. Selecting a Salesforce consulting company with application development expertise is essential to harness the full potential of Salesforce1.
Conclusion
Most of these challenges are preventable with the right Salesforce implementation partners. Choosing the right Salesforce consulting company is like selecting a skilled artist to create a masterpiece. They should understand your business, respect your data integrity, and deliver solutions that align with your goals.
A balanced approach combining onshore and offshore development can offer cost-effective solutions. Mirketa Inc. exemplifies such a partner, providing secure, timely, and customer-centric Salesforce solutions.
Pranshu Goyal, Director of Products at Mirekta, states: “We envision DSM to be used by every small to a medium-sized organization dealing with bad data and want to get rid of duplicates easily with no cost. We have faced issues dealing with duplicates in our organization. That inspired us to make a solution that is not only simple to use but can be used widely to make the organization’s data clean to make them more efficient and productive. We want DSM to be a solution for every organization looking for duplicate management capability better than the Salesforce out-of-the-box solution with no additional cost.”
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