Experience Cloud can provide dealers with a self-service portal to track opportunities and support cases, while Revenue Cloud (which includes Salesforce CPQ) can enable dealers to get custom pricing and generate quotes quickly. This combination meets all the outlined requirements, providing visibility into the sales process and support activities, as well as enabling efficient quoting. Salesforce's documentation on the capabilities of Experience Cloud and Revenue Cloud supports this recommendation.
* Key Requirements:
* Quick Custom Pricing: Dealers need to generate custom quotes without waiting for manual configuration.
* Insight into Customer Support: Dealers want visibility into support cases for their customers.
* Enhanced Sales Process Insights: Northern Trail Hot Tubs seeks better tracking of Dealer Opportunities.
* Analysis of Options:
* Option A (Experience Cloud + Sales Cloud):While Experience Cloud provides a portal for Dealers to create Opportunities and add Products via Sales Cloud, it does not address the need for automated, rapid quote generation, which requires CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote) functionality.
* Option C (Service Cloud + Service Cloud):Using Cases to request pricing introduces delays, conflicting with the requirement to eliminate waiting for configuration estimates.
* Option D (Commerce Cloud + Service Cloud):Commerce Cloud focuses on transactional e- commerce, not complex product configuration or quoting. CPQ (Revenue Cloud) is better suited for custom pricing.
* Option B (Experience Cloud + Revenue Cloud):
* Revenue Cloud (CPQ): Enables Dealers to self-serve by generating accurate, automated quotes without manual intervention. This directly addresses the need for quick custom pricing.
* Experience Cloud: Provides a portal where Dealers can access:
* CPQ (Revenue Cloud) for quotes.
* Service Cloud integration (implied) to view Cases related to their customers.
Salesforce's Experience Cloud seamlessly integrates with Service Cloud to expose Cases, even though Service Cloud isn't explicitly listed in the option.
* Why Option B is Correct:
* Revenue Cloud (CPQ) solves the custom pricing requirement.
* Experience Cloud acts as the unified portal for Dealers to:
* Generate quotes (via CPQ).
* View Cases (via Service Cloud integration).
* While Service Cloud powers Cases in the background, the question focuses on capabilities provided to Dealers, which are delivered through Experience Cloud and Revenue Cloud.
References:
* Revenue Cloud (CPQ): Salesforce CPQ Documentation
* Experience Cloud for Partner Portals: Experience Cloud Guide
* Service Cloud Integration with Experience Cloud: Service Cloud in Communities This solution aligns with Salesforce best practices for B2B partner management, combining self-service quoting (CPQ) and customer support visibility (Service Cloud via Experience Cloud).