Enhancing Product Knowledge for Samsung’s In-Store Demonstrators.
Enhancing Product Knowledge for Samsung's In-Store Demonstrators.
Introduction
Samsung electronics is the 5th largest company globally with a brand value of $91.4 billion.
They have been leading the global TV market for 17 consecutive years.
Samsung Electronics has assembly plants and sales networks in 74 countries and employs more than 270,000 people with networks worldwide.
It’s known for innovative products across mobile devices, home appliances, and semiconductors.
Challenges
Need to improve the pitching and client-handling skills of in-store demonstrators.
The language barrier is an issue as most demonstrators use local languages to pitch their products, requiring a multilingual platform.
With an extensive product lineup, ranging from televisions to refrigerators, maintaining product knowledge is challenging for sales representatives.
Requirement for a continuous practice platform to ensure regular skill enhancement and confidence building.
Challenges in monitoring and assessing the performance of a large, diverse sales team spread across multiple regions.
Approaching the solution
Awarathon’s AI roleplay solutions allow continuous practice, helping promoters hone their skills.
Assessments were designed to improve product knowledge, with questions on product features, comparisons with competitors, and client objections.
The video roleplays were customized to reflect client interactions experienced by promoters or in-store demonstrators, boosting confidence and comfort with tricky situations.
Awarathon’s multilingual platform allowed for scalability, ensuring reps from different regions received high-quality training and were comfortable with it.
The platform provided detailed feedback, enabling promoters to identify areas for improvement and work on them effectively.
Real-time performance tracking and analytics tools allowed managers to monitor progress and provide targeted coaching.
Difference made
The platform achieved over 85% accuracy in aligning participant content with intent mapping done by the platform.
An impressive 88% similarity was observed between manager-assigned scores and AI-generated scores.
Over 90% of participants reported positive feedback on the platform’s ease of access and the readability of reports.
Approximately 85% of managers gave positive feedback on the platform’s ease of use and the high similarity between their and AI scores.
The platform maintained more than 80% accuracy in capturing regional languages spoken by participants.