{"id":14219,"date":"2015-09-13T16:29:51","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T20:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=14219"},"modified":"2015-09-13T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T20:29:51","slug":"greatamerica-uses-salesforce-to-streamline-financing-process-with-quoting-integration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2015\/09\/greatamerica-uses-salesforce-to-streamline-financing-process-with-quoting-integration\/","title":{"rendered":"GreatAmerica Uses Salesforce to Streamline Financing Process with Quoting Integration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cedar Rapids, IA, September 2015<\/em><em> \u2013<\/em> GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation\u00a9 announced today it has successfully deployed Salesforce to streamline the financing process for GreatAmerica customers across the industries it serves in IT, telephony, office equipment, automotive, light industrial construction and business solution software. This implementation of Salesforce allows customers to quote monthly payments, submit credit requests to GreatAmerica, and track credit applications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreatAmerica Financial Services has been a great financing partner of Epicor,\u201d said Kevin Hingley, Director of Sales at Epicor, a long-time GreatAmerica customer. \u201cWith the new integration of Salesforce, it will be easier and more efficient to process finance applications and gain approvals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GreatAmerica customers using Salesforce will be able to quote monthly lease payments within the application and submit credit applications. \u201cOur integration with Salesforce streamlines the financing process for our customers,\u201d said David Pohlman, Executive Vice President and COO of GreatAmerica. \u201cThis automation helps them reduce errors and free up time for their business-growing activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, customers can track the status of credit applications and transactions within Salesforce.\u00a0 That status is available from the time the application is submitted to the time the transaction is funded. GreatAmerica customers using Salesforce can sign up for the integration at no additional charge by contacting GreatAmerica at <a href=\"mailto:integration@greatamerica.com\">integration@greatamerica.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>About GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation<\/em><\/p>\n<p>GreatAmerica is a national commercial equipment finance company dedicated to helping manufacturers, vendors, and dealers be more successful and keep their customers for a lifetime. Established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1992 has a staff of over 475 employees with offices in Georgia, Minnesota, and Missouri. We provide financing and consulting services in all fifty states and some U.S. Territories. GreatAmerica is organized into seven business units: Office Equipment, Unified Communications and Data, Automotive, HealthCare, Direct Programs, Specialty Markets, and Portfolio Services. Each unit immerses itself into the market it serves and taps into the complex dynamics that go into making a business successful. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatamerica.com\">www.greatamerica.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>About Salesforce<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world&#8217;s #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/index.jsp\">www.salesforce.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cedar Rapids, IA, September 2015 \u2013 GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation\u00a9 announced today it has successfully deployed Salesforce to streamline the financing process for GreatAmerica customers across the industries it serves in IT, telephony, office equipment, automotive, light industrial construction and business solution software. This implementation of Salesforce allows customers to quote monthly payments, submit credit requests to GreatAmerica, and track credit applications. \u201cGreatAmerica Financial Services has been a great financing partner of Epicor,\u201d said Kevin Hingley, Director of Sales at Epicor, a long-time GreatAmerica customer. \u201cWith the new integration of Salesforce, it will be easier and more efficient to process finance applications and gain approvals.\u201d GreatAmerica customers using Salesforce will be able to quote monthly lease payments within the application and submit credit applications. \u201cOur integration with Salesforce streamlines the financing process for our customers,\u201d said David Pohlman, Executive Vice President and COO of GreatAmerica. \u201cThis automation helps them reduce errors and free up time for their business-growing activities.\u201d Additionally, customers can track the status of credit applications and transactions within Salesforce.\u00a0 That status is available from the time the application is submitted to the time the transaction is funded. GreatAmerica customers using Salesforce can sign up for the integration at no additional charge by contacting GreatAmerica at integration@greatamerica.com. About GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation GreatAmerica is a national commercial equipment finance company dedicated to helping manufacturers, vendors, and dealers be more successful and keep their customers for a lifetime. Established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1992 has a staff of over 475 employees with offices in Georgia, Minnesota, and Missouri. We provide financing and consulting services in all fifty states and some U.S. Territories. GreatAmerica is organized into seven business units: Office Equipment, Unified Communications and Data, Automotive, HealthCare, Direct Programs, Specialty Markets, and Portfolio Services. Each unit immerses itself into the market it serves and taps into the complex dynamics that go into making a business successful. Visit www.greatamerica.com. About Salesforce Salesforce, the Customer Success Platform and world&#8217;s #1 CRM, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[1230,1629],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14219"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14220,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14219\/revisions\/14220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}