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Write down every step from the requirement list to the invoice the hospital pays.

A sales process for a medical supplies distributor is the written order of steps from a hospital's requirement to a supplied order, a delivery, a demonstration where needed and the invoice that is paid. GullySales writes those steps with your sales, stores and accounts heads so that one record follows each order.

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Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.

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What sales process means

A sales process is the fixed sequence of steps, such as enquiry, site visit, quote and order, that every deal is expected to pass through in the same order. GullySales writes this sequence down for your business and checks that every salesperson actually follows it.

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For medical supplies distributors

Where it usually goes wrong, and what we would do.

  • “The quote is sent before anyone knows who approves”

    A rate list goes to a store keeper who cannot buy anything. The purchase manager and the medical superintendent never see it, and the quote sits.

  • “Equipment is sold without a demonstration or a service answer”

    A hospital buying a monitor or a suction machine wants to see it work and to know who comes when it fails. Without that, it buys from the dealer who answers.

  • “Credit is settled after the order”

    A rep takes the order, accounts refuses the credit, and the hospital waits for stock it thought was confirmed. The first experience of you is a delay.

What we do

What we deliver for medical supplies distributors.

Every deliverable, what it covers for you, and the result it is there to produce. Nothing here is an extra.

  1. A written list of steps in your trade's words

    Requirement, qualify, quote or demonstration, follow-up, order with credit, delivery and installation, invoice and payment, each with an owner.

    Result: A new rep learns the sales route in a morning.

  2. A qualifying set of questions

    Who raises the requirement, who approves, whether it is a tender or a direct purchase, who supplies today and what the buyer dislikes about that supplier.

    Result: Quotes go to people who can place the order.

  3. A demonstration and trial routine for equipment

    What to carry, who attends, how the demonstration is logged and what the buyer needs to say yes, with a service route explained on the day.

    Result: Equipment sales stop stalling at the question of who services it.

  4. A credit check before the order is confirmed

    A short form for new accounts and a rule for when an order waits for accounts to approve, written so the rep can tell the buyer early.

    Result: No hospital learns about credit terms after it has ordered.

  5. A handover from sales to stores and accounts

    A single order sheet with items, batches, delivery date and installation need, passed to the stores and accounts teams, with a confirmation back to the buyer.

    Result: The delivery matches what was promised.

  6. A review of won and lost orders

    A short note on each closed enquiry covering the reason won or lost, kept in the CRM and read before the next quote.

    Result: The process improves from your own orders.

How the result is measured

  • Deals following the process
  • Time spent at each step
  • Drop-off rate by step

Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.

Read the full sales process design and implementation page

Steps of a sale

Take every hospital order from the first requirement list to the invoice that gets paid, in the same order each time.

Requirement list received
Log the institution, the items with quantities, the date needed and who sent it. Acknowledge the same day and say what you can supply from stock and what you will bring on order.
Qualify the buyer
Ask who approves, whether it is a tender or a direct purchase, who supplies now and what is wrong with that supplier. Record the answers before a rate is mentioned.
Quote or demonstration
For consumables, send a quote with batch and shelf life stated. For equipment, arrange a demonstration with the person who will use it and explain who installs and services it.
Follow-up on the open quote
Set a call date when the quote goes. Ring the purchase manager and the store keeper, ask what is holding the decision, and write down the answer in the buyer's own words.
Order, credit and documents
Confirm the order against your quote, check the credit with accounts before you promise a date, and collect the purchase order, GST details and any vendor form the hospital needs.
Delivery, installation and first invoice
Dispatch with batch and expiry on the invoice, arrange the installation, and call after delivery. Ask whether accounts has accepted the invoice format before the next order.

Who it is for

This is written for these medical supplies distributors.

  • General consumables and disposables distributors
  • Surgical and OT supply distributors
  • Hospital equipment dealers selling beds, monitors, suction and oxygen systems
  • Home healthcare suppliers selling or renting wheelchairs, beds and concentrators
  • Diagnostic kit and reagent distributors serving labs
  • Orthopaedic support, brace and rehabilitation product suppliers
  • Single-brand authorised distributors covering a district
  • Sub-stockists supplying chemists and surgical stores

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • You want a guaranteed Google ranking or a guaranteed number of leads. Nobody honest can promise either.
  • You need enquiries by next week and have nobody to answer them.
  • You want posts and reach reported, not enquiries and orders.

How it works

From your first message to the first report.

No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.

  1. First

    Your brief

    You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.

  2. After the brief

    A conversation and a written scope

    We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.

  3. Before work starts

    Baseline recorded

    Enquiries by source, reply time, conversion and cost per order, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.

  4. After the baseline

    The first fix goes live

    The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is reply time, a follow-up sequence, the page buyers land on or the handover between marketing and sales.

  5. As agreed

    Report against the baseline

    What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.

  6. At renewal

    Renew on the numbers

    The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.

How the sales process work runs

  1. 1

    Study current deal flow

    We trace how deals actually move today, comparing across reps and outcomes.

  2. 2

    Define the stages

    Clear stages and criteria are designed to match how deals genuinely progress and close.

  3. 3

    Configure the CRM

    The process is built into your CRM so it is enforced structurally, not just documented.

  4. 4

    Train the team

    Reps are trained on the new process and why each stage exists.

  5. 5

    Review adoption

    We check after rollout whether the process is being followed and adjust where it is not.

Why us

Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.

  • Marketing and sales, as one job

    Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.

  • The person on the first call does the work

    No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.

  • A baseline before anything starts

    Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.

  • The fee in writing, split three ways

    Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.

  • No guarantees we cannot keep

    The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.

  • One office, and we say so

    Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.

#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.

Your brief

Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.

Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.

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FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Who should do which step: the rep, the counter or the owner?
Reps own the buyer relationship and the quote. Stores own stock and dispatch. Accounts own credit and collection. The owner steps in for rate contracts and large hospitals. Write each step against one name, and the handovers get clearer.
When in the process should we send the price?
After you know who approves, what the buyer buys now and the quantity. A price sent earlier gets compared and shared. For equipment, show it working first. For consumables, tell the buyer your stock position before the rate.
How do we handle a buyer who asks only for the lowest rate?
Give the rate you can honestly supply at and say what comes with it: stock, batch, delivery and replacement of damaged goods. Some buyers will still go elsewhere. Record the reason and the winner so you learn from the loss.
What should we write down at each step?
The buyer's name and role, the items with quantities, the version of the quote, any promise made, the date to follow up and the reason when it ends. If it is not recorded, the next rep starts from nothing.
Is IndiaMART worth keeping as a medical supplies distributor?
Keep it if your records show hospital and clinic orders from it. Screen every enquiry for buyer type, items and quantity, and judge the listing on orders won. If most calls are individuals and rival traders, cut the plan and put the money into your own product pages.
Our principal controls the product claims. What can we put on our own site?
Use what the manufacturer has approved for the product, its label wording and the images it allows, and nothing stronger. Ask the regional manager for written permission before you reuse brand material. Your own value is stock, delivery, installation and service, so write about those.
How long is the contract?
The term is agreed in writing after we have spoken, along with the fee and the reporting. It is never a default twelve months, and renewal is decided on the numbers against the baseline recorded at the start.
How soon will we see results?
It depends on the trade, the channel and what is already in place. After we have read your brief and spoken to you, we say what we would expect to move first and how it will be measured against the baseline. Nothing here is guaranteed.
Who will actually do the work?
The person you speak to before anything starts. We work from one office in Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru, with no account managers in between.
What do you need from us?
Your brief, and a conversation. After that, access to whatever this work touches, such as your website, your accounts or your enquiry record, and time with the people who handle your enquiries.

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