Revenue operating systems for multi service B2B firms.
Case study: Escala 24x7. Calibrated to recurring relationships, proposal to close discipline, and the architectural complexity of multi service offering portfolios.
Most companies think they have a process. They have a set of good intentions.
Companies with a dynamic, monitored sales process, one that is enforced, measured, and continuously refined, achieve a 35% higher win rate than those with a random or informal process. When it comes to sales performance, intention is not all that counts.
of forecasted B2B deals slip to the next quarter. For a services firm managing partner utilization, that is not a forecast problem; it is an operations problem. Your delivery schedule is built on deals that will not close on time.
of high performing sales teams closely adhere to a defined sales process, while underperforming teams treat process as optional. The differentiator is the discipline to run the same play, every time, with every deal.
higher quota attainment for companies using structured forecasting rather than manual judgment. Structure is not overhead; it is competitive advantage.
Data quality controls are not closing the gap. Pressuring sellers makes it worse. The problem is architectural.
Sources: Bain & Company, January 2025; CSO Insights; Brooks Group 2024.
Escala 24x7
Escala 24x7 is a multi service B2B firm in Latin America and the Caribbean, offering managed services, professional services, and cloud related offerings to enterprise customers. The firm engaged Inselligence to architect a redesigned revenue operating system that could handle the dual dynamic of recurring service relationships and new business pursuit, with operating visibility across service categories.
The engagement included a Diagnostic, a CRM transition, a Transformation, and an ongoing Embedded Practice relationship. The redesign extended beyond sales into marketing synchronization, ensuring that marketing investment matched what the redesigned sales motion actually needed.
"Before Inselligence, we were running our commercial operation on a CRM that was generating reports nobody used and a sales process that had grown faster than the operating model underneath it. The Inselligence team didn't show up with software to sell. They showed up with an architectural lens; they told us our CRM was wrong, helped us choose and migrate to one that fit, redesigned how our team operates across service categories, and synchronized marketing to what sales actually needs. The result is a commercial system we can actually run from. We made better decisions immediately and have continued to improve through their ongoing partnership."
Where services commercial systems break.
Recurring revenue plus new business
Services firms run dual commercial motions: sustaining recurring relationships through account management and pursuing new business through sales. The operating model has to handle both without fragmenting accountability or letting one dominate the other.
Service category complexity
Different services have different sales cycles, decision makers, and competitive dynamics. The pipeline architecture has to capture the differences without imposing one stage structure on everything.
Proposal to close discipline
Services selling lives or dies on proposal quality and the discipline of the proposal to close cycle. The operating model has to instrument proposal performance and create executive visibility into where the cycle breaks down.
Marketing synchronized to sales
Marketing in services firms must produce the specific leads, signals, and conversations the sales motion actually consumes. Misaligned marketing investment wastes more than it produces.
Account expansion as a discipline
Existing customer expansion is the highest leverage growth lever in most services firms, and the most under architected. The operating model has to make expansion an explicit motion, not an opportunistic byproduct.
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