A sales enablement platform in alignment with its sales process.
A sales enablement platform in alignment with its sales process.
Introduction
Abbott Nutrition is a division of Abbott Laboratories, a global healthcare company.
Operates in over 160 countries, serving millions of consumers worldwide.
With over 14000 employees in India.
Specializes in producing nutritional products and supplements.
Challenges
They required a sales enablement platform that is in alignment with the steps involved in their detailing call.
Difficulty in certifying product and brand knowledge of their medical representatives.
There were many challenging in-clinic scenarios that medical reps had not prepared to face in advance.
Difficulty in taking the learning to the medical representatives on the field.
Challenges in developing effective communication skills of medical reps while detailing to doctors.
Lack of timely constructive feedback to drive medical reps’ performance.
Approaching the solution
The pilot project was rolled out to teams from 3 countries India, Philippines and Indonesia and everyone from the medical reps to the district sales managers used the platform.
Customization of the Awarathon’s assessment structure in alignment with that of the detailing framework of Abbott Nutrition.
Awarathon’s realistic clinical simulation and reshoot video feature allowed medical reps to practice handling challenging detailing sessions multiple times.
With the manual assessment feature, managers were able to provide timely constructive feedback to their team members.
The intent mapping feature of Awarathon helped AI to capture the key points in medical representatives’ detailing even when the languages and detailing styles of reps were different.
Difference made
Continuous practice on the Awarathon platform resulted in improved confidence while pitching to HCPs.
More than 80% of the participants found the platform interesting and engaging.
Accurate alignment of the platform’s parameters with the training steps of Abbott enabled them to create a robust sales training structure that resulted in 2x improvement in the selling skills of the medical reps.
Awarathon’s product certification ensured consistent brand messaging throughout the field force.