Q&A

Real questions, answered honestly.

These are real questions we've been asked by sales, distribution, and channel leaders. We've anonymized the askers and written non-commodity answers — the kind we'd give over coffee, not in a sales deck.

Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Do I need SFA and DMS, and can one platform run both?

SFA software
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

What reports and dashboards come built in?

SFA software
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I see my salesman's live location in real time?

Sales force tracking
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Does BeatRoute handle attendance with GPS check-in and check-out?

Sales force tracking
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Does BeatRoute support geo-fencing?

Sales force tracking
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I build and manage beat plans for my salesmen?

Visit planning
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Can visits be scheduled automatically around each salesman's available hours?

Visit planning
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I get real-time visibility into secondary sales?

Distributor management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I see stock at the distributor, the shop and in the van?

Distributor management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can we roll out a DMS without our distributors changing their existing ERP?

Distributor management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can salesmen take sales orders at the shop?

Goal-Driven AI
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Does BeatRoute integrate with Tally, Busy, Marg, SAP B1, Odoo, Oracle or Zoho?

Integrations
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Our distributors all run different ERPs - can we still get secondary sales data?

Integrations
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can BeatRoute optimise my salesmen's daily routes?

Goal-Driven AI
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can dealers get their own portal and app?

Dealer app
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

We already use an SFA - what would we gain by switching?

Field sales app
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I track field staff activity and performance across several regions?

Field sales app
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can one app serve SO, ASM, RSM and ZSM with role-based access?

Field force software
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I run 1+1 and slab schemes without a month-end reconciliation?

Loyalty and incentives
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can targets and incentives be calculated automatically, without disputes?

Loyalty and incentives
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I see salesman-wise target vs achievement?

Loyalty and incentives
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Is there a promoter app for supermarket and modern trade teams?

Promoter app
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I measure promoter time-in-store, not just attendance?

Retail audit
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

What can a salesman capture on a shop visit - photos, forms, signatures?

Visual merchandising
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can BeatRoute replace the CRM we already run?

Lead management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can I see where and when each shelf photo was taken?

Retail audit
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can we build and geo-tag our shop universe from the field?

Outlet onboarding
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect · Pharma

Can attendance require a selfie punch at the start of the day?

MR reporting
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect · Pharma

Is there an MR reporting app with doctor visits and location tracking?

MR reporting
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect · Pharma

Can MRs submit a DCR with doctor-wise remarks and products discussed?

MR reporting
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Is there inventory and warehouse management?

Distributor management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Does the DMS handle batch and expiry control?

Distributor management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can the salesman see a shop's outstanding before taking a sales order?

Distributor management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Do you have an office or partner in my country?

Partnerships
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can BeatRoute support a Patent Medicine Store (PMS) go-to-market in Nigeria?

Distributor management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Do you have an office or representative in Ghana?

Partnerships
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

What is the partnership model for Tanzania?

Partnerships
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can reporting formats for an Africa field force be controlled from a head office in India?

Distributor management
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can one system track route plans for promodisers, field reps and drugstore teams together?

Promoter app
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Is there a field force app for Area Heads and Store Heads in supermarkets?

Promoter app
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Asked by a BeatRoute prospect

Can BeatRoute support field sales and merchandising operations in the Philippines?

Field sales app
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