Integrating lead pipelines, support databases, and billing updates for corporate teams.
Our client, a Melbourne-based corporate services provider, faced issues with a fragmented CRM environment. Lead generation data, customer support tickets, and billing details were kept on three separate, isolated databases. Consequently, sales representatives had no visibility into client support backlogs, and billing staff had to verify accounts manually before raising invoices. The lack of automation led to delayed customer responses, billing errors, and lost sales opportunities. Because sales leads and customer support cases were disconnected, customers frequently received contradictory calls from different departments, damaging trust.
The main technical challenge was migrating over 80,000 legacy customer contacts and support history files into a unified Salesforce environment, cleaning up incorrect fields, and maintaining database integrity during the shift. Standard CSV imports kept failing due to corrupt telephone number formats and mismatched timezone tags across the three legacy CRM systems.
Our operational audit identified that manual data transfers between sales pipelines and billing databases accounted for 18% of all billing errors. Representatives spent a significant amount of time copy-pasting customer records between systems, which led to misspelt company names and incorrect billing addresses. We recognized that the client did not need more complex software tools; they required automated data validation rules that prevent incomplete records from entering the database in the first place.
Intelli Management configured a unified Salesforce Service Cloud environment. We set up custom objects and database tables to track support history directly on client accounts, established automated customer pipelines, and built API links between Salesforce and the client's accounting software. Our engineers sanitised the legacy database tables and mapped contact fields to ensure a reliable migration.
We designed automated billing triggers that check account status and generate invoices in the accounting software immediately after deals are closed in Salesforce.
We also delivered structured change management workshops and custom user manuals to ensure the client's sales, support, and accounting teams adopted the new platform with minimum friction. We configured custom role access parameters to ensure support agents could see open invoices without modifying billing tables.
The Salesforce customization successfully integrated the client's sales, support, and billing databases. Customer response times were reduced from 4 hours to under 15 minutes, improving client satisfaction. Automated invoicing reduced billing errors by 95% and cut invoice processing times by 75%.
| Operational Metric | Before Implementation | After Implementation |
|---|---|---|
| Customer Response Time | 4.2 Hours | < 15 Minutes |
| Invoicing Processing | Manual (3 days) | Automated (Real-Time) |
| Invoicing Data Errors | 12% of invoices | < 0.5% |
To support long-term adoption, we established an internal data hygiene policy. This policy includes weekly deduplication checks and automated notifications for accounts missing active contact points. By connecting their sales and support pipelines, the client gained real-time visibility into operational performance, allowing managers to track customer interactions and resolve support issues quickly.
"Centralizing our lead logs and client database transformed how our sales reps coordinate support. The automated triggers cut admin tasks by over 80%."
We implemented a parallel CRM sync route, allowing sales reps to log interactions in the legacy system while validating Salesforce pipelines over a weekend.
Yes, we deployed custom Apex code and Webhooks that automatically push billing milestones to their Xero invoicing system.
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