Kompass uses cookies. You can view information about the cookies used on the Kompass website. Find out more Do not display CONTACT KOMPASS BUSINESS SOLUTIONS INDUSTRY BUSINESS NEWS B2B EXPERTISE English GLOBAL B2B PORTAL Worldwide Businesses Potential Contacts All companies NEWS Food & Agriculture Chun & Vollerin – English version Elcon – Circuit Breaker Analyser (SA10) KOMPASS SOLUTIONS ADVERTISING Promote your company and increase the value of your products and services on the first worldwide B2B database. LEAD GENERATION & MARKETING Use our global database containing more than 4 million companies to run successful campaigns DIRECT MARKETING Access millions of email addresses and benefit from Kompass' expertise to manage your email campaigns EXPERT INTERVIEWS Interview with Franck Weinstoerffer from Transports Jean Claude-Mermet What is your function and your business sector? I work as the quality control officer at Transports Jean-Claude Mermet. Our business activity relates to transports, logistics and storage, and we also handle ads on vehicles as well as vehicle and office renting. Our customer base is mainly comprised of industrial companies working in all business areas (automobile, plastics processing, etc.), and also with haulage companies. As to our suppliers, they are of course vehicles suppliers and insurers, but also tyre, diesel, fuel and oil suppliers. Our main asset resides in the fact we practically do everything by ourselves, unlike some haulage companies which subcontract. Another of our strengths lies in our proximity and our important haulage ability in the Rhônes-Alpes area thanks to more than 30 vehicles in this region, which gives our customers flexibility and quality of service. Precisely that we do everything by ourselves. Not many haulage companies could have managed this, but we have achieved it. Yes. For instance, people use fewer and fewer vehicles for long trips, so they opt for subcontracts. We have also faced an important evolution concerning the working hours. Legislation has forced us to limit driving times, and also to accept compulsory break times. This, alongside giving the haulers better working conditions and reinforcing the road safety. Yes, but it comes a lot from the suppliers. Why? Because we’re now facing many changes regarding the environment, with more and more rules imposed by the government. These are obvious advances but, economically speaking, they favour our activity in more or less proportions. Interview with Francis Alizer from AFI Company What is your function and your business sector? I am the manager of AFI since it started in 1993. Our staff includes ten employees, and we work in the industrial supplies sector as well as providing services to the building trade, companies and communities. Who are your clients and suppliers? Our clients are primarily companies from the construction industry and the industrial sector. In both cases, these may be big companies with subsidiaries as well as more local and regional SMEs, or individual tradespeople. Our suppliers are various tools suppliers and makers in Europe. At the moment we use 1094 different suppliers. Service. We are more focused on service needs and on the solutions we deliver to the client than on the product per se. We try to determine what will best meet the client’s need, we examine the bill of specifications, we check that the request duly corresponds with his needs and we attempt to find a solution satisfactory to everybody. Products I develop for the nuclear power industry. These are products used in the transport of TFA equipment. Actually, we’re at the beginning of a deconstruction phase of nuclear power, but one needs to know that this phase will last 150 years and that it involves a lot of trades and business sectors, including ours. Fast logistics, a quick reactivity time and stock. We have increased our stock by 35%, and we have also developed a retail website at the same time to make our e-commerce debut. We propose a range of services and support to the client depending on his specific needs. Thanks to our network, we are able to support clients who sometimes haven’t a lot of representatives, if at all. B2B EXPERTISE How can you maximize your prospecting efforts? Effective prospecting remains a key aspect of developing your business. To make it happen, you need reliable marketing strategies and a strong sales force to follow through. The keys to succeed in prospecting You must : use a prospect database implement a strategy This database provides a file containing precise informations. About the companies, this file lists two types of information : To draw up a strategy, you need first of all to define the prospecting territory. In order to do so, you must resort to two types of analyses : Then you’ll clearly know where and how to prospect. This strategy aims to turn prospects into clients. Several techniques serve it, such a sales force or a website. But what matters first and foremost is to know how to implement it : Once a prospect has become a client, you have to keep up your relationship with him and still pay attention to his needs in order to build his loyalty. Therefore, he’ll be prone to recommend you to his associates. KOMPASS + REGISTER YOUR COMPANY on + BUY A MARKETING LIST Free access to build your marketing list online + KOMPASS CLASSIFICATION + 55 000 Products and Services CONTACT US All companies KOMPASS SOLUTIONS Advertising Lead Generation & Marketing Direct Marketing ABOUT About Kompass General conditions Terms of use Legal mentions Contact us Kompass in 66 countries JOIN US @version 1.8.0