capabilities of CRM software are: Sales force automation • Allows the sales force to focus on the most profitable customer. It also reduces the cost per sale for acquiring new customers and retaining old ones. Improves sales forecasting, territory management, and team selling. Customer service • Gathers information from a variety of sources and makes it available across organizational functions so that data is input only once. Includes Web-based self-service capabilities. Marketing • Allows companies to engage in cross- selling, up-selling, and bundling through better analysis of customer data.