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      Company | 
      CRM Features | 
      Company Strengths | 
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 PhaseWare
 
  
    
Suited For: Small,  Mid-size  Companies 
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  Customer Information, Information Screens, Service level-agreement tracking, Billing and support package tracking, Incident tickets, Incident templates, Problem management, Quick Incidents, Incident classification, Dashboard indicators, Solutions knowledgebase, Search capabilities, Email features  | 
  
             - Auto-escalate and receive alerts for high-priority tickets.   
          
 - Automatically create incidents from the emails you receive—with customer,   contact, subject, and problem already defined.   
          
 - Send customers an email update on their open tickets.   
          
 - Get automatic alerts on unusual customer or problem activity—based on   thresholds you set.   
          
 - Get automatic alerts when ticket queues exceed pre-designated thresholds.   
          
 - Send automated emails or surveys to your customers when tickets are closed.   
          
 - Get automatic alerts if you’re close to missing a service level agreement.   
          
 - Get automatic emailed reports on customer, agent or trouble ticket activity.     
          
 - Increase internal efficiencies.   
          
 - Reduce internal costs   
          
 - Provide a truly unique level of customer service and support 
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    N/A | 
 
	
 Astea
 
  
    
Suited For:    Companies 
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  Contact Center, Depot Repair, DSE, Field Service, Logistics, Marketing, Professional Services, Sales 
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          - Provider of   Service Lifecycle Management solutions for companies that market, sell, service   and support equipment
 
  - Extend traditional Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to encompass supply   chain and logistics functionality, all honed to service-oriented businesses
 
  - Offers web-based service management solution on the market that is fieldcentric
 
  - Offers industry-specific solutions for Medical, IT, Industrial Manufacturing, Retail, Banking, Imaging, Controls & Instrumentation, and HVAC industries 
 
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    N/A
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