Maha Research Labs: Sales Force Expansion: CASE-3
Maha Research Labs: Sales Force Expansion: CASE-3
Maha Research Labs: Sales Force Expansion: CASE-3
INTRODUCTION
The organization was established by Mohammed Isaquddin Kureshi in the year 2007. At first it
had 5 workers and 7 brands that it advertised in 8 deals an area for the underlying 3 years. As
time passed it extended its items, by 2017 it had 50 brands and 75 workers which it showcased in
19 deals an area.
In the year 2007 it had accomplished a deals of 670 million and for the coming year 2018 it will
accomplish a deals of 1 billion and furthermore by 2018 it needs to grow in various pieces of
India, to do so he should thing of different things identified with the Salesforce. To do so, the
Organization had to thing few of the things related to sales target like How they can increase
their sales. what will be the solution towards this problem. Morethan that what will be the size of
the salesforce
Step 2 :
Desired frequency ( no of working days considered as 300)
Frequency for different categories of physician :
Categ. A : once in 15 days = 300 days/ 15 = 20 visits
Categ. B : once in 30 days = 300 days / 30 = 10 visits
Categ. C : once in 45 days = 300 days/45 = 7 visits
Step 3 :
Workload to cover the entire market
Categ. A : total targeted physicians : 10,000 × 20 (frequency per year of A) = 200000
Categ. B : total targeted physicians :18,000 × 10 ( frequency per year of B) = 180000
Categ. C : total targeted physicians : 7000 × 7 ( frequency per year of C) = 48000
= 428000
Step 4 :
The T. worktime available per salesperson
Calls made by POS per year : 10 min × 22 days × 12 months = 2640 min (In whole year)
Step 5 :
T. no. of salespersons needed = T. Workload/Calls made by POS per year = 428000/2640
= 163
CONCLUSION
As MRL was poised to expand ,helping to realize Kureshi’s vision of achieving sales revenue
worth Rs 2 Billion by 2020. While the company’s location-based sales structure and company
management had taken decision of hiring POS more than sufficient to match the total workload
Moreover extra POS will also help During high demands for the company.