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[ADD] VoIP: Sales Calls Workflow
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content/applications/productivity/voip.rst

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Learn how to set up OnSIP in Odoo. This includes entering OnSIP credentials into Odoo and
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handling troubleshooting.
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VoIP workflows
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==============
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Here are a few commonly used workflows for Odoo |VOIP|. This technology is especially popular with
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sales teams, but can be useful for other teams as well.
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.. cards::
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.. card:: Sales teams and VoIP
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:target: voip/use_case_sales
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Learn how to use VoIP for a sales team. This includes making sales calls, handling follow-ups,
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and sending a sales quotation while on a call.
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Sales Calls with VoIP
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=====================
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.. |VOIP| replace:: :abbr:`VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)`
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A company's sales team benefits from |VOIP| by way of increased call efficiency, reduced costs, as
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well as enabling a salesperson to navigate the Odoo database while on a call through |VOIP|. Instead
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of needing a separate phone to handle sales calls, the salesperson makes their calls right from the
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Odoo database.
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This article goes over setting up Odoo |VOIP| for a sales team that already has |VOIP| configured.
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If |VOIP| is **not** configured, refer to the :doc:`set up VoIP <../voip>` documentation to set up
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|VOIP|.
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.. example::
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Check out the `Odoo Academy for a video tutorial
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<https://www.odoo.com/slides/slide/sales-calls-with-voip-4562>`_ covering this workflow.
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Make a sales call
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=================
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This workflow begins in the **CRM** app. As a salesperson, click into a sales opportunity. If it
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does not already have a call activity scheduled, click :guilabel:`Activities`, then set the
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:guilabel:`Activity Type` to :guilabel:`Call`, and then fill out the rest of the activity form, and
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finally click :guilabel:`Schedule`.
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From here, there are three ways to begin a phone call with the customer:
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- Hover over the :guilabel:`Phone` field in the opportunity form, then click :icon:`fa-phone`
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:guilabel:`Call`.
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- In the opportunity's chatter, click the customer's phone number.
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- In the upper-right corner of the screen, click the :icon:`oi-voip` :guilabel:`(VoIP)` icon to open
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the |VOIP| widget, then click on the call from the :guilabel:`Next Activities` tab, and finally
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click the :icon:`fa-phone` :guilabel:`(phone)` icon near the bottom of the widget.
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Work during a call
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Once the call with the customer begins, the salesperson can still move about the Odoo database.
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There's also shortcut icons in the |VOIP| widget that the salesperson can use to access common
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actions, like sending an email to the customer, or pulling up their profile. Learn more about
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:doc:`the documents a salesperson can access <voip_widget>` during a call.
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The salesperson can also take some actions during the call:
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- :icon:`fa-arrows-h` :guilabel:`(transfer)`: Transfer a call to another team member.
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- :icon:`fa-microphone` :guilabel:`(microphone)`: The salesperson can mute themselves during a call.
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- :icon:`fa-pause` :guilabel:`(pause)`: Place the caller on hold.
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.. image:: use_case_sales/voip-widget-call.png
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:alt: The VoIP widget opened to a call, showing the shortcut icons a salesperson has access to.
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Handle call follow-ups
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The |VOIP| widget can handle some common follow-up tasks, but salespeople can still navigate Odoo
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for tasks not available in the widget.
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Here are some of the common follow-up tasks that can be managed from the |VOIP| widget:
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- Send a follow-up email sharing new product offerings to the customer using the :icon:`fa-envelope`
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:guilabel:`(envelope)` icon.
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- Update the customer's mailing address by clicking on the :icon:`fa-user` :guilabel:`(user)` icon,
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which opens their profile.
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- Schedule a second call with the customer by clicking on the :icon:`fa-clock`:guilabel:`(clock)` ,
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setting the :guilabel:`Activity Type` field to :guilabel:`Call`, and then filling out the rest of
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the form.
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Send a quotation while on a call
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If the customer's ready to see a sales quotation while on the call, the salesperson can send that
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quotation without leaving the call.
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To send a quotation while on a call, the salesperson should be in the sales opportunity they
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initiated the call from. From here, they'll :doc:`send the quotation as they normally would
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<../../sales/sales/sales_quotations/create_quotations>`.
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An added benefit of being on the call with the customer while the salesperson is sending the the
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quotation is that any specific questions are answered in real-time.
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End the sales call
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When it is time to end the call, the salesperson clicks the red :icon:`fa-phone` :guilabel:`(phone)`
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icon in the lower-right corner of the |VOIP| widget. When they do, the call is logged in the
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opportunity's chatter.
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If they have not done so already, the salesperson then marks the phone call activity as done.
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Navigate to the opportunity's chatter and find the :guilabel:`Planned Activities` section, then
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click :icon:`fa-check` :guilabel:`Mark Done` on the planned call to remove it from the
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:guilabel:`Next Activities` tab in the |VOIP| widget.
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