Difficulties might arise. All you need to know is how to get through them and succeed.

In commerce, not everything goes as smoothly as you might think or plan. Sometimes, commercial agreements simply fall apart. Regardless of the reason why this happens, it often leads to a defeat sensation. What did you, as a commercial entity, do wrong? Sometimes is a little more simple: clients simply waived or did not want to close the agreement. But once you have invested time and money in a process and the transaction falls, what do you do? Here we bring you a list of things to do when commercial agreements don’t go as expected.

Investigate the cause

So, your sale didn’t concretize, your product was sent back, or your provider simply got you out of a contract to commercialize their product. Why did this happen? This is a million dollar question for everyone in the commercial field. You need to invest time investigating the cause of your problem and checking every step of the line to understand the situation. Depending on the reason, you’ll take action.

But first, you need to lay down everything that happened from the first moment until the problem arose. Break down the process to understand where problems started, and when they first generated a red flag. But remember that, sometimes, it’s not something within your line of production or processing. It might have to do with something related to another step of that commercial agreement, like transportation or inspection. Check every step and communicate with your client. Some will be very vocal about why they canceled a commercial operation.

Avoid blaming

Don’t start shifting and blaming when commercial agreements fall apart. It happens, and there’s no way to avoid it from time to time. In fact, there’s a good chance you find yourself in a loop of non-productive stress if you focus on blaming someone for a failure. The best way to get over those situations is to talk about “responsibility” instead of “blame.”

By making someone responsible for an activity, you are giving them a more positive approach to action. While their involvement or a failure in one task might have lead to the complication in the commercial agreement, what’s done, it’s done. Consider mistakes as a guide to investigate processes or attitudes, and then each's responsibility. This will give future operations have more opportunities of solving any given issues as there’s someone in charge of making it work this time.

Learn from each lesson

Once you’re sure you collected all information, then is time to consider what you can learn from this trouble you went through. Was there anything that you would have done differently? What was the real cause of this problem? These kinds of questions create an array of answers you can consider lessons, as they are valuable things that you can take out of these past situations.

The reality is that, believe it or not, there’s much to learn out of troublesome situations. The way you and your coworkers handle blame, and even these problem's future implications. It means that you can learn precious lessons even from the direst situations. And you should do that to avoid getting caught with the same problems in the future.

Implement new methodologies

Break down each factor of a mistake and consider which of them were most likely to propitiate this problem is a good way to work. It’s fundamental that you consider your commercial obligations as a business owner and your workers to create new methods you’ll implement to avoid future problems. Invest time creating methodologies that eliminate or reduce previous mistakes, and consider them guidelines for the future.

Every bad moment leads to a lesson, and businesses don’t escape this. In Coagro Corp they know it. That’s why they make sure to offer their customers alternatives and solutions for when their commercial agreements do not close as expected. This means that your time and money investment won't be lost and that you’ll be able to get into any new business opportunities you want. That’s why you pick professionals to work! Remember to contact them to find out more about their consulting and commodities services!