Now customers can create their own Web pages that can access Abalon to change critical information in the system. Web eXploit also has many uses outside the sales organization. For example, Abalon users can set up Web pages that enable customers to access information about themselves within the Abalon system. Marketing organizations can use the tool to create Web pages that instantaneously transmit dynamically generated and customized sales collateral based on a customer's input to direct marketing questionnaires on the Web page. Abalon Recognizes Extended Use of Multiple Currencies Abalon s multinational customers, and those who engage in business with European firms, will benefit from the systems enhanced features allowing users to alternate between Euro and local currency reports.
Users can easily conduct forecasting in the currency of their choice.
They can work with different currency rates to reflect an agreed upon rate or floating rate. These features are expected to be of great service to those international customers currently negotiating the complex shift to the new Euro currency. It is new features like this that continue to show why Abalon is the only system on the market that supports the complete customer management cycle, from identifying prospects, to winning business, to maintaining ongoing customer relationships. Astea Improves Abalon's Document Management and Forecast Module With Astea's new version of Abalon, users can more easily handle all types of documentation involved in a sales opportunity and project or documents linked to a customer or contact. The new Abalon also includes an improved graphical forecast module that enables users to view all types of forecasts or pipelines based on sales opportunities currently in the progress.