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Keep every outlet, order and claim in one record the owner can open.

A CRM for an FMCG distributor is a shared record holding each retailer's details, orders, credit position and visit notes, plus the company contacts and open claims. GullySales sets up the fields, the entry routine and the views for the owner and the salesmen.

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

FMCG distributors: show a real physical business scene illustrating Beat plans and outlet master. Group outlets into beats by day, record each outlet’s type, owner and phone, and see which shops were visited and which placed no order.

What CRM means

A CRM is the record where every enquiry, call and quote is kept against a customer, replacing separate notebooks, spreadsheets and memory. GullySales sets up or cleans an existing CRM and reports from it by enquiry outcome rather than by activity logged.

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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For FMCG distributors

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

  • “The route belongs to the salesman until it is written down”

    Outlet names, owner phones and what each shop buys sit in a notebook. When the salesman leaves, the route goes dark. A shared record turns the route into an asset of the firm.

  • “Billing software holds invoices, not relationships”

    Tally or another billing package records the sale. It does not record that a shopkeeper wants a visit before the festival or that the last visit found a rival's stock on the shelf. A CRM adds that layer beside billing and does not replace it.

  • “A long form is a form the beat will skip”

    A salesman on a route will not fill a screen of questions. Start with name, area, phone, brands bought, last order and credit position, and add a field only when someone needs the answer.

  • “Company contacts belong in the record too”

    The area sales officer, the claim clerk and the regional head are contacts as well. Note who said what about a scheme or a claim, so the next conversation starts where the last one stopped.

What we do

What we deliver for FMCG distributors.

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

  1. Outlet record design

    The fields for a retailer, a wholesaler and an institutional buyer, kept short enough to fill on a phone.

    Result: A one-page field list the owner has approved.

  2. Notebook import

    The salesmen's notebooks and invoice books entered into the record, beat by beat, with duplicates merged.

    Result: Every beat's outlets in one shared sheet or CRM.

  3. Visit entry routine

    A plain step for the salesman to log the visit result and the next step on the phone after each visit.

    Result: Each visit leaves a dated note against the outlet.

  4. Owner view

    A page listing dormant outlets, overdue balances and brands bought by each outlet.

    Result: The owner opens one page for the state of the beat.

  5. Company contact and claim log

    Names, roles and conversations with each company's staff, with open claims linked to the invoices behind them.

    Result: Each open claim shows who at the company holds it.

How the result is measured

  • Enquiries logged in the CRM
  • Data completeness
  • Reports generated from CRM data

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

Read the full CRM implementation and customisation page

Fields worth keeping

The outlet record that survives a salesman leaving or a company changing its scheme.

Outlet name, lane and owner
Filled at the first visit by the salesman. It lets the owner open a shop and see who orders and which salesman holds the lane, without asking anyone.
Brands stocked and missing
Updated at each visit. It shows which of your company codes the shop lacks, and which rival lines are on the shelf you could replace.
Last order date and value
Taken from the invoice by the billing clerk. A shop silent for longer than its usual gap shows up for a call before it moves to another distributor.
Overdue amount and promise date
Entered by the owner or accounts clerk. It decides whether the next order is released and lets a promised payment date be called on.
Scheme claim status
Raised by the clerk against the invoice. It stops a claim from vanishing between the shop's bill copy and the company's credit note.

Who it is for

This is written for these FMCG distributors.

  • Distributors for packaged food, biscuits and snacks brands
  • Home and personal care distributors for soaps, detergents and toiletries
  • Beverage and bottled water distributors with chilled-outlet coverage
  • Staples and edible oil distributors serving wholesalers and kiranas
  • Dairy and ice cream distributors with cold-chain vehicles
  • Multi-brand FMCG distributors holding four or five company codes
  • Super stockists who supply sub-distributors in several towns
  • Modern trade and institution suppliers to supermarkets, canteens and hotels

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your billing software already records everything and nobody opens the reports, so a second record would be ignored.
  • You cannot yet get salesmen to write a visit note, so the first task is that habit and not a fuller system.

How it works

How the CRM work runs

The work itself, in order. How an engagement starts, from your brief to a written scope, is set out on our method page.

  1. 1

    Map the sales process

    We sit with the people who sell and write down how a deal moves from enquiry to payment, including where it stalls.

  2. 2

    Agree stages, fields and owners

    Each stage gets a name your team already uses and a proof that the deal has left it. We agree which fields are required at which stage, and who may change what.

  3. 3

    Build on a copy

    Pipeline, fields and views are built on a trial copy where the CRM offers one, or in a separate pipeline where the plan allows. Live work stays untouched.

  4. 4

    Connect channels, then switch on automations

    Channels are connected first. Each automation is then switched on separately, so a misfiring rule is easy to find.

  5. 5

    Test with real deals

    The people who will use the CRM run open deals through it. Gaps are fixed before the whole team switches over.

  6. 6

    Switch over and trim

    Once real use shows which fields stay empty and which stages nobody uses, those are cut and the handover record is updated.

Where this fits

Three pieces of sales work, in this order.

This work sits inside sales management. A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

  1. Step 1

    Sales audit

    Find where deals are being lost and what to fix first.

    Start here if you cannot say where orders are lost.

  2. Step 2

    Sales process design

    One written way to sell, from first enquiry to repeat order.

    Start here if every salesperson sells differently.

  3. Step 3 · you are here

    Sales management

    A target, a review routine and someone who owns the number.

    Start here if the team has targets and no routine.

Tell us what you need Your brief is read before we call. Scope, fee and term in writing.

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they call.

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Do we need to replace our billing software?
No. Keep Tally or whatever you bill in. The CRM sits beside it and holds the visits, follow-ups and notes billing cannot.
Will salesmen enter the data?
They will when entry takes little time, happens on the phone and the owner uses what they enter. We keep the form short and show the owner what to review.
Spreadsheet or CRM software?
A shared Google Sheet is enough to begin on a small beat. Move to CRM software such as Zoho CRM when several people edit at once and need reminders, and we advise you when you reach that point.
What if a salesman leaves with the outlet list?
Keep the outlet record in the firm's own file and not on a salesman's phone alone. Name, lane, phone and last order belong to the distributor. Give each salesman access to the assigned lane only, and remove it the day the salesman leaves.
How much does it cost?
There is no price list, because the work differs by business. The fee is scoped after we have read your brief and spoken to you, and put in writing before anything starts, split into our time, your media spend and production.
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.
What if we are not happy with the work?
Tell us and the plan changes. Everything is reported against the baseline, so a number that is not moving is visible to both sides. The term is in your written scope, and the refund and cancellation policy sets out the rest.

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