Top 5 Salesforce Use Cases for Steel Manufacturers

Steel manufacturers are moving toward digitized, predictive service ecosystems. Customers, dealers, and regulators expect faster resolutions, audit-ready compliance, and transparency. Salesforce helps steel OEMs and plant operators manage these demands.

Here are the top 5 Salesforce use cases in steel manufacturing.

 

Use Case 1: Dealer & Distributor Portals

  • Experience Cloud portals for global dealers.
  • Dealers log cases and track claims.
  • Transparency reduces disputes.

 

Use Case 2: SLA & Warranty Automation

  • Entitlements auto-validate warranty and service contracts.
  • SLA dashboards monitor compliance.
  • Escalations before breaches.

 

Use Case 3: Predictive IoT Maintenance

  • IoT sensors in mills, compressors, and furnaces feed into Salesforce.
  • Cases created automatically for anomalies.
  • FSL dispatch ensures proactive servicing.

 

Use Case 4: Compliance Automation

  • Audit-ready records stored in Salesforce.
  • Safety incidents logged as cases.
  • Reports generated instantly during inspections.

 

Use Case 5: Service Analytics

  • Einstein dashboards for downtime patterns.
  • Predictive insights for service demand planning.
  • ESG reporting for sustainability.

 

Example

A steel plant OEM implemented Salesforce SLA dashboards. SLA breaches reduced by 30%, while downtime analysis helped cut outages by 22%.

 

Why Perigeon?

  • Salesforce implementation experience for steel + heavy manufacturing sectors.
  • Expertise in dealer portals, SLA workflows, compliance reporting.

 

📩 Talk to Perigeon about Salesforce solutions for steel manufacturers.