CRM

Challenge

Relationship state is hard to track and act on over time.

Problem Analysis

The old system treated contacts as static records. No state concept. No time dimension. Users had to manually remember 'what did I last talk about with this person.'

Old System

Static record
No state
No timeline
Manual memory
Loop back from Step 4 to Step 2: Users manually tracked relationship state

Approach

Modeled interaction states as first-class data. Introduced state transitions: cold → warm → hot → closed / silent → churned.

New System

Cold
Warm
Hot
Closed

Result

  • ·Relationship status visible at a glance
  • ·Interaction history structured
  • ·Follow-up reminders automated

Lesson

Most "CRM problems" are actually state-modeling problems.