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Ceramic tile manufacturers · CRM

Record every dealer, project and designer so a visit never starts from zero.

A CRM for a ceramic tile maker is a shared record of dealers, builder projects, designers and importers, with what each was shown, quoted and promised. GullySales sets up the record around how your sales officers actually work, and names whichever tool you already use or choose.

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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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Last updated 18 Oct 2026.

For ceramic tile manufacturers

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

  • “A dealer's display is the most useful fact”

    Which series is on the wall, which sits in the stockroom and which was removed matters more than the dealer's phone number. If it lives only in an officer's memory, it leaves when the officer does.

  • “Builder quotes need a decision date”

    A quote sent without a recorded quantity, competitor and decision date cannot be followed up. The record should make the next call obvious from the screen.

  • “Designers and contractors are contacts with histories”

    A designer who took a sample box, a contractor who named your brand to an owner: each is a relationship worth logging, with the project and the series.

  • “Territories change hands”

    When a sales officer moves to another zone, the dealer relationships should stay behind in the record. Otherwise the new officer starts again and the dealer notices.

What we do

What we deliver for ceramic tile manufacturers.

The work available for this need. We agree the deliverables and responsibilities for your engagement in writing.

  1. A dealer record

    Each dealer with town, contact, series displayed, last visit, outstanding issues and the next call.

    Result: Any officer can open a dealer and see where things stand.

  2. A project and quote register

    Builder enquiries with quantity, series quoted, competing makers known, decision date and outcome.

    Result: Each live quote shows its next step and who owns it.

  3. A designer and contractor list

    People who took samples or named your brand, with the series and projects they linked to.

    Result: You know whom to call when a new series launches.

  4. Phone-first entry

    A way for officers to log a visit from their phone in the dealer's shop, with a display photograph.

    Result: A visit is recorded the same day without office paperwork.

  5. A simple view for management

    Dealers by town, quotes by stage and displays by series, kept readable.

    Result: Your sales head sees where the chain is thin without asking for reports.

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

Fields that help a tile officer walk into a showroom prepared.

Display wall status and series shown
Filled by the officer after each visit. Shows which series are on the wall, which are missing and what to bring next.
Last dispatch and stock held
Entered or pulled from billing. Tells the officer whether the dealer is due a reorder before the visit.
Project quote with decision date
Entered by the desk. Gives the builder's purchase officer a date for the follow-up call and the manager a view of open quotes.
Designer's sample boxes and outcome
Logged by the sample desk. Shows what was sent, what came back and whether an order followed.
Shade or lot complaint with batch
Logged on receipt. Ties a complaint to the batch so the plant can see patterns across dealers.
Territory and officer in charge
Set by the sales head. Keeps history with the territory when an officer is changed.

Who it is for

This is written for these ceramic tile manufacturers.

  • Wall tile manufacturers for bathrooms and kitchens
  • Floor tile manufacturers for homes and offices
  • Parking and outdoor tile makers
  • Digital print ceramic tile producers
  • Regional makers selling through dealers in a few states
  • Makers focused on export buyers
  • Producers supplying builders and developers directly
  • Plants in tile clusters selling to traders and exporters

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Your billing software cannot share dealer stock or dispatch details, so the record would depend on manual entry.
  • Your officers resist even a short form after a visit, and the record would stay thin.

Before you decide

Agree the work. Know how to judge it.

CRM for ceramic tile manufacturers: use these checks to prepare, choose the scope, and review what changes.

Bring the right evidence

List the records your team uses and show how an enquiry becomes an order today. Bring examples of duplicate entries, missing owners, and reports that require manual correction.

Make the scope clear

Agree the stages, required fields, access roles, and integrations before configuring the system. Separate software subscriptions from setup, data work, and training.

Check the work in use

Ask the people who will use the CRM to complete a real handover and find the next action without help. Check that the management report can be traced back to individual records.

Know when to change course

If the process is unclear, buying a more complex CRM adds more places for confusion. Start with the minimum fields and rules the team can use consistently.

These are discussion points, not a fixed package. GullySales confirms the deliverables, responsibilities, fee, and term in writing after reading your brief and speaking with you.

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

    Sales journey agreement

    Your sales lead explains how an enquiry becomes an order, using open deals as examples. We agree which steps belong in the CRM and identify decisions needing your approval.

  2. 2

    Configuration approval

    You approve stage definitions, required fields, ownership rules, and access. Unresolved choices are settled before configuration starts.

  3. 3

    Test environment decision

    We confirm whether your plan provides a trial copy or separate pipeline. Where neither is available, changes to the live system need an agreed approach before work proceeds.

  4. 4

    Connection and rule checks

    Enquiry connections are checked before automations are activated separately. Your nominated owner verifies where records arrive and which person receives each task.

  5. 5

    Sales team acceptance

    The people handling enquiries test open deals from entry through closure. Required corrections are resolved before you approve the switch.

  6. 6

    Switch and ownership handover

    The agreed configuration goes into use, and your CRM owner receives the final record. Any post-switch corrections included in the scope are documented before handover closes.

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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Which CRM tool should we use?
One your officers will actually use. We help you choose between ordinary tools in use in India and set it up for dealers and projects, not generic leads.
Will our officers resist logging visits?
They resist forms that take longer than the visit. We keep entries short and show the officer what they get back, such as a dealer's history before a call.
Can it link to our billing software?
Where your accounts system allows it, dealer outstanding figures can be shown beside the record. We check what your system supports before we plan it.
Can designers be tracked in the same system?
Yes, as a contact type with sample history. Designers rarely buy directly, so the record should show which designers influenced which dealer or project order, and which sample boxes led nowhere.
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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