Sales quotas are performance targets set for marketing and sales units like regions, branches, territories, and individual salespeople. Quotas are used to motivate performance, control results, and identify strengths and weaknesses. The main types of quotas are sales volume, profit, expense, and activity quotas. Sales volume quotas set targets for revenue, units sold, or points. Profit quotas factor in costs. Expense quotas limit spending as a percentage of sales. Activity quotas focus on non-sales tasks that support sales. Combining quotas can influence both selling and non-selling activities. Setting quotas involves considering territory potential, forecasts, past performance, management judgment, and salesperson input to make the objectives specific, measurable, attainable, realistic

1. SALES QUOTA

2. WHAT IS A QUOTA?
• A quota refers to an expected performance
objective.
• Quotas are tactical in nature and thus derived
from the sales force’s strategic objectives.

3. SALES QUOTA
• Sales quotas are sales goals or targets set by a company for
its marketing / sales units for a time period
• Marketing / sales units are regions, branches, territories,
salespeople, and intermediaries
• Generally, company sales budget is broken down to sales
quotas for various marketing units

4. Objectives of Sales Quotas
• To use quotas as performance standards or performance
goals
• To control performance
• To motivate people by linking quotas to compensation
plans
• To identify strengths and weaknesses of the company

5. Types of Sales Quotas
Sales Volume
Quotas
Profit
Quotas
Expense
Quotas
Activity
Quotas
Quota
Combinations

6. SALES VOLUME QUOTA
• Sales Volume Quotas is oldest and most common type ,it
includes Sales in Rupees or Product Unit objectives for a
Specific period of time, E.g. Bajaj calculates sales as number of
vehicles sold. It can be set in following areas Product Line
Product range Sales Divisions Sales Territories Sales Districts
Branch Offices Sales Force
Product line
Product range
Sales
Volume
Quotas
Sales division
Sales territories
Sales districts
Branch offices
Sales force (Individual)

7. • Rupees / dollars sales volume quotas are appropriate
when salespeople are required to sell many products
• Unit sales volume quotas are suitable when
• Salespeople are selling a few products
• Prices of the product fluctuate rapidly
• Price of each product / service is high
• Point sales volume quotas are appropriate when the company
wants salespeople to sell products that contribute more to
profits

8. Quota Combinations
• Many companies use a combination of quotas.
The two most commonly combined are sales
volume and activity quotas. These quotas
influence selling and non-selling activities.

9. PROFIT QUOTAS
• Calculate gross margin by subtracting ‘cost of goods sold’ (i.e.
cost of manufacturing) from sales volume. Sales managers
are not responsible for cost of manufacturing
• Net profit quotas are generally accepted by sales mangers as
it is calculated by subtracting direct selling expenses from the
gross margin

10. Sales Activity Quota
• Sales Activity Quota Salesmen are involved in sales and
non-sales. The activities of a sales person directly
affects the sales of the organization. Sales activities
could include lead generation, prospecting, imparting
information, developing new business etc. The quota is
fixed on the activities a salesman has to perform rather
than the final outcome alone. Activity quota can be set
on total sales calls, calls on prospects, number of new
accounts, product demonstrations, order/call ratio,
conversions (in retail). It helps sales people focus
equally on the non-sales activities too.

11. Expense quotas
• In many companies, expense quotas are stated as a
percentage of sales
• Expense quotas to be administered with flexibility, to make
salespeople cost conscious, allowing reasonable expenses

12. METHODS FOR SETTING SALES
QUOTAS
• Quotas based on Territory potentials.
• Quotas based on forecasts only.
• Quotas based on past sales experience.
• Quotas based on executive judgments.
• Quotas sales people set.
• Quotas related to compensation

13. A GOOD OBJECTIVE AND QUOTA
PLAN IS SMART
»Specific
»Measurable
»Attainable
»Realistic
»Time specific