Category: (3) eTOM Process Type
Process Identifier: 1.1.9.5
Original Process Identifier: 1.1.1.4.3
Maturity Level: 4
Close the sale with terms that are understood by the customer, and are mutually agreeable to both the customer and the service provider. Close the sale with terms that are understood by the sales prospect, which now becomes a customer or some other party that make an enterprise's offerings to the market, such as a partner, and are mutually agreeable to both the customer or party and an enterprise.
The purpose of this process is to close the sale with terms that are understood by the customer, and are mutually agreeable to both the customer and the service provider. This process may involve obtaining customer agreement to standard terms and conditions. The agreement process may require interaction with the customer to ensure that the standard terms and conditions are understood by, and are acceptable to, the customer. In some cases this process may involve the development of, and negotiation with the customer of, non-standard terms and conditions associated with sales proposals specifically developed to meet specific customer requirements. For complex sales proposals associated with customer RFPs this process may extend over long time periods and require extensive interaction with customers to achieve agreement. Aspects of contract price determination may include issues of CPE prices from third party vendors, allowances based on customer location, etc. For RFPs, many of the commercial terms being sought may be developed or originated by the customer, and the negotiating team may need to develop strategies to achieve acceptable commercial outcomes. .The sale is concluded through negotiations and joint agreement on features, service levels, pricing and discounts, resulting in a sign-off formal agreement/contract between the customer and service provider. Depending upon specific circumstances, final agreement from the Service Provider’s perspective may require escalation to, and agreement from, an appropriately delegated manager. The formal agreement could include zero or more confirmed orders from the customer. These orders are then passed on as requests to allow formal Customer Orders to be generated and processed... Negotiate Sales/Contract closes the sale with terms that are understood by the sales prospect, which now becomes a customer or a some other party that make an enterprise's offerings to the market, such as a partner, and are mutually agreeable to both the customer or other party and an enterprise. This process may involve obtaining an agreement which contains standard terms and conditions. The agreement process may require interaction with the party to ensure that the standard terms and conditions are understood by, and are acceptable to, them. In some cases this process may involve the development of, and negotiation with a party of, non-standard terms and conditions associated with sales proposals specifically developed to meet specific party requirements. For complex sales proposals associated with customer RFPs this process may extend over long time periods and require extensive interaction with a customer to achieve agreement. Aspects of contract price determination may include issues of CPE prices from third party vendors, allowances based on customer location, and so forth. For RFPs, many of the commercial terms being sought may be developed or originated by a customer, and the negotiating team may need to develop strategies to achieve acceptable commercial outcomes. The sale is concluded through negotiations and joint agreement on features, service levels, pricing and discounts, resulting in a sign-off formal agreement/contract between a party and an enterprise. Depending upon specific circumstances, final agreement from an enterprise's perspective may require escalation to, and agreement from, an appropriately delegated manager. The formal agreement could include zero or more confirmed order requests from a party. These requests are then passed to other processes to allow formal party or customer orders to be generated and processed. Note that the Party Agreement Management process manages the lifecycle of the agreement, such as negotiating and approving it.
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The purpose of this process is to close the sale with terms that are understood by the customer, and are mutually agreeable to both the customer and the service provider. These orders are then passed on as requests to allow formal Customer Orders to be generated and processed...
This process may involve obtaining customer agreement to standard terms and conditions. The agreement process may require interaction with the customer to ensure that the standard terms and conditions are understood by, and are acceptable to, the customer. In some cases this process may involve the development of, and negotiation with the customer of, non-standard terms and conditions associated with sales proposals specifically developed to meet specific customer requirements. For complex sales proposals associated with customer RFPs this process may extend over long time periods and require extensive interaction with customers to achieve agreement. Aspects of contract price determination may include issues of customer premisis equipment prices from third party vendors, allowances based on customer location, etc. For RFPs, many of the commercial terms being sought may be developed or originated by the customer, and the negotiating team may need to develop strategies to achieve acceptable commercial outcomes. .The sale is concluded through negotiations and joint agreement on features, service levels, pricing and discounts, resulting in a sign-off formal agreement/contract between the customer and service provider. Depending upon specific circumstances, final agreement from the Supplier’s perspective may require escalation to, and agreement from, an appropriately delegated manager. The formal agreement could include zero or more confirmed orders from the customer.
The customer and the supplier enterprise