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Engineering R&D and embedded systems service companies · CRM

Track long project sales, vendor onboardings and the anchor client in one view.

A CRM for an engineering services firm holds opportunities, committees, vendor onboarding status and capacity tied to each client. GullySales sets up stages and fields for a long, relationship-led sale.

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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 engineering R&D and embedded systems service companies, the overview.

Last updated 22 Oct 2026.

For engineering R&D and embedded systems service companies

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

  • “The sales cycle is long and spans several contacts”

    From first call to signed statement of work may include a pilot, an audit and several approvals. Memory cannot hold that. Record the pilot, the vendor audit, the commercial round and the legal review as separate steps with dates, so the whole path is visible to everyone.

  • “Vendor onboarding progress is invisible”

    The supplier form, security review and NDA are in different states for different clients. Nobody sees which deal waits on which document. Show which clients wait on an NDA signature, a supplier registration number or a security questionnaire, and who inside the firm owns each answer.

  • “Capacity and pipeline are separate”

    Delivery knows the bench and sales knows the pipeline. Neither sees the gap that will open in a quarter. Join the sales stages to the engineering bench so that a project expected to start in a given quarter shows the engineers who would be free.

  • “Anchor client dependence is hidden”

    Without a share-of-revenue view, the risk stays unspoken until the programme ends. A view of revenue by client shows the share held by the anchor account, and the next three prospects that would reduce that share.

What we do

What we deliver for engineering R&D and embedded systems service companies.

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

  1. A pipeline with real stages

    Stages from first call to NDA, pilot, vendor onboarding, statement of work and signature.

    Result: Partners see where each deal waits.

  2. Committee and role fields

    Fields for sponsor, technical evaluator, quality gate and approver per deal.

    Result: Every deal has more than one contact.

  3. Onboarding tracker

    Status of NDA, supplier form, security review and MSA for each client.

    Result: No deal stalls on an unnoticed document.

  4. Capacity linkage

    A simple view of expected project starts against free engineers.

    Result: Sales and delivery see the same horizon.

  5. Anchor-client share

    A dashboard of revenue share by client.

    Result: Dependence is a number to reduce.

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 fields an engineering sale needs that a standard contact list lacks.

Committee members and their role
The sponsor, evaluator, quality reviewer and purchaser, entered by the sales lead after each call. It shows who has not yet been met.
Vendor onboarding status
Which forms, audits and insurance papers the client asked for and which are returned. The founder or office manager fills it; it stops a paperwork delay from stalling a win.
Technology and toolchain
The chip family, protocol or CAD tool involved, picked from a fixed list so searches work later. The engineer on the first call fills it.
Engineer capacity needed
The skills and the number of people the programme will take, linked to the bench. The delivery head fills it and uses it before saying yes.
Share of revenue from this client
A running figure kept by the finance lead, flagged when one client holds too much of the work. It exposes the anchor client risk.

Who it is for

This is written for these engineering R&D and embedded systems service companies.

  • Embedded firmware and hardware design houses
  • Automotive electronics and software engineering firms
  • Industrial IoT and edge device developers
  • Medical device and healthcare electronics engineering teams
  • Mechanical design, CAE and product engineering firms
  • Verification, validation and test engineering companies
  • PCB design and electronics manufacturing design support
  • Aerospace and defence engineering service providers
  • Semiconductor design and VLSI service companies

Not for

It is not the right fit if.

  • Only one or two live programmes exist, and a shared pipeline would take more time to keep than to read.
  • Project managers will not tag an opportunity with the client's committee, so the fields would stay blank and the view would mislead.

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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Which CRM should an engineering firm use?
One the team will update, that links to email. The tool matters less than the stages and fields. Choose the tool that links to the firm's mailbox and calendar and that the sales lead will open daily; the stages and fields matter more than the brand.
Should engineers log in?
Only for notes that change a deal, such as a client's technical concern. A short field after each call is enough. A short field after each call is enough, covering the client's technical worry, the next step and the date; long notes stay in the project record.
Can we link CRM with project tools?
Yes where practical, so a won deal creates a project record. Keep the connection simple. A won deal can open a project folder and a task list in the delivery tool, and the link should stay simple so it does not break.
How do we record an NDA signed with a prospect?
Add the signing date, the expiry and the scope as fields on the account, and attach the signed copy. Engineers check it before any discussion starts. Without it, someone shares a drawing under a lapsed agreement, and nobody notices until a client asks.
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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