Forms, sign-offs, waiting on IT. The partner waits the whole time.
A new distributor is signed, but their people can't use ordering or the price list for weeks. Sales planning circulates forms, waits on IT, and can only tell the partner "please wait a little longer."
- WeeksFrom request to first loginFill in the form, get the manager's approval, ask IT, issue per app. Onboarding a single partner takes weeks and a dozen emails.
- ITAsk IT every timeAdding users, handovers, permission changes: all requests to IT. The business cannot move its own partners' access.
- Lost revenueWhile they wait, orders go back to the phoneUntil the ID arrives, orders go back to fax and phone and price lists go out as PDFs. Partner experience suffers and digital investments never pay off.