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Yes, but classify your data before you design anything. Commercial relationships, pursuits and contract milestones generally belong in a standard org, while export-controlled technical detail should stay in systems approved for it unless your compliance team signs off on a controlled environment such as Government Cloud Plus. Restriction rules, Shield encryption and event monitoring tighten access further. Abstrakt builds these orgs so engineering documents are linked by reference rather than uploaded into Salesforce.

Decide which figures sales and service people truly need: order status, open quality issues, lead times and shipment history are the usual set. MuleSoft or a lighter integration tool can pull those from the ERP on a schedule or in real time, depending on how quickly decisions depend on them. Manufacturing Cloud adds sales agreements and account forecasts for customers on long-running programs, and Service Cloud gives quality escalations a traceable home.

Build the opportunity process around how institutions actually buy. Add stages for RFP release, questions, submission and award, and track contract vehicles and renewal dates as separate records so expiring agreements surface early. Many deals involve several departments, so contact roles for the technical owner, procurement officer and budget holder matter. Revenue Cloud helps when pricing depends on multi-year terms, and a pipeline report split by public and private buyers keeps forecasts realistic.