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Industrial machinery distributors · CRM

Keep every quotation, visit and service call in one record that outlasts a salesperson.

A CRM for a machinery distributor holds each factory, each person who influences a purchase and each offer, with the next step and date. GullySales works on setting up a record your team will keep up, fitted to long buying cycles and service history.

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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 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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Sales and marketing for industrial machinery distributors, the overview.

Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For industrial machinery distributors

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

  • “The sale lives in one head”

    A salesperson who leaves takes the owner's trust, the promised visit and the quotation history. A shared record keeps the next call possible for whoever picks it up.

  • “Offers need stages, not just a status”

    Offer sent is not a stage a manager can act on. Visit done, bank papers asked, trial agreed and negotiation are stages that show where an order sits.

  • “Service data is sales data”

    The age of an installed machine, its last service and spares bought point to the next replacement. When that data sits in a separate service book, the sales team never sees it.

  • “A heavy tool is abandoned”

    A system with a long list of fields that nobody fills is worse than a sheet. Keep the record small, name an owner for every entry and review it in the sales meeting.

What we do

What we deliver for industrial machinery distributors.

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

  1. A CRM field plan

    A short list of fields for factory, contact, machine of interest, offer value, stage, source, next step and date.

    Result: Every entry can be filled in under a minute.

  2. Offer stage definitions

    Written stages from enquiry to order or loss, each with a test for moving forward.

    Result: Two people classify the same offer the same way.

  3. Installed machine register

    A list of machines you have supplied with installation date, warranty end and service history.

    Result: Each customer record shows machines supplied and warranty dates.

  4. Import of existing data

    Existing enquiries, quotations and contacts moved from sheets, phones and email into the record.

    Result: The old sheets can be set aside once the import is checked.

  5. Team routine

    A rule for when entries are made and how the sales meeting reads the record.

    Result: Each salesperson knows what to update and when.

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

Keep the offer, the visit and the installed machine in one place.

Offer stage
Enquiry, visit, offer, trial, negotiation, order or lost. Set by the salesperson so the owner can count offers at each step.
Machine and configuration quoted
Model, tooling, accessories and the version of the quotation sent. Settles any argument about what was offered.
Installed machine register
Customer, machine, serial number and installation date, entered by the service team. Feeds spares, service and the next-machine call.
Decision maker and funder
Names and roles, filled in after the first visit. Shows who has not yet been met.
Reason lost or stalled
Price, finance, timing, trial result or a competitor, chosen when an offer closes, so patterns appear.

Who it is for

This is written for these industrial machinery distributors.

  • CNC machine tool distributors
  • Compressor, blower and air system dealers
  • Plastic injection moulding and extrusion machine distributors
  • Packaging and filling machine suppliers
  • Welding, cutting and fabrication machinery dealers
  • Textile and garment machinery agents
  • Woodworking and printing machinery distributors
  • Used and refurbished machine traders and spare parts specialists

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your salespeople keep offers in notebooks and will not enter them, so the fields would stay empty
  • You close a few orders a year and an annual register is enough
  • Service and sales work in separate offices and refuse to share their notes

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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Tell us what you need
Do we need a paid CRM?
Not always. Distributors in India start with a well-built sheet or a low-cost tool. GullySales recommends the lightest tool that your team will use and moves later if the volume demands it.
Can the CRM link to IndiaMART?
IndiaMART enquiries can be brought in by the tools it supports. Check which route your account offers, and mark the source on every entry.
Who owns the data?
Your business owns it. Decide who may view, edit and export, and remove access when a person leaves.
Should service calls be entered in the same system?
Yes, as notes on the installed machine record. A service engineer hears when a plant plans expansion, and that is a sales lead nobody else sees. Give the engineer a simple way to flag it, and have the salesperson act on the flag.
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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