Lenovo Hardware Refresh

Innovation in Customer Growth & Renewal

The Story
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The
Story

As Lenovo approached FY23, nearly 55 million customer client system serial numbers were set to expire. Lenovo needed to create a seamless digital buying experience, supported by the right people, processes, and technology. MODintelechy was brought in to provide B2B customer experience (CX) strategy, digital transformation, sales enablement, and go-to-market (GTM) program development.

To tackle this challenge, we partnered with Renewtrak’s renewal automation platform. The goal was to enhance the customer journey and customer path to value—introducing a new hardware refresh sales motion, driving adoption, and generating recurring revenue streams.

Capabilities

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B2B CX Strategy
Contact Strategy
Sales Enablement
Personalization
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Marketing Automation
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Creative Services
Email Design
Content & Messaging
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Digital Transformation
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Audience Segmentation
Industry:  Computer Hardware and Technology
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The
Work

As a TSIA Consulting Alliance Partner with over 15 years’ experience in customer growth and renewal automation, MODintelechy embedded ourselves as an extension of Lenovo’s team—from sales strategists and solutions architects to data engineers and creative professionals—delivering an end-to-end program with speed, agility, and scale.

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MODintelechy dismantled the “maze” within Lenovo’s buying experience—removing obstacles and exceeding customer expectations by incorporating a refresh motion into a streamlined, frictionless path to value. By using product expiration as an opportunity trigger, we used automation to accommodate renewal or refresh options, ensuring the internal Lenovo team responsible for delivering on customer engagement was aligned.

This strategic approach empowered Lenovo to establish an automated retention program that enables continued support of the lifecycle of existing machines or transitions customers to new hardware within their install base.

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MODintelechy’s team of production designers and technically proficient copywriters defined APOS visual identity guidelines to ensure consistent branding across all touchpoints—including campaign theme, visuals, storyline, and messaging to clearly communicate value and gain executive sponsorship. Leveraging a single user interface powered by Renewtrak, we also designed and developed both channel partner and customer notifications that alert them to upcoming expirations.

To drive adoption, MODintelechy created comprehensive sales training for internal teams and channel partners, including training modules, program overviews, battlecards, and detailed user guides—all localized in 14 languages.

By analyzing millions of rows of data, MODintelechy produced detailed technical documentation to enable Lenovo’s program to scale and automate effectively in the future—establishing complex rule sets to ensure accurate personalization and paving the way for program automation and scalability.

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“MODintelechy has helped Lenovo achieve innovation, operational excellence, and optimized customer experiences. It is a pleasure to work with such a talented and dedicated team. Thank you!”
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Hayden Mugford
APOS GTM and Strategy
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The
Results

Lenovo achieved significant revenue acceleration, met the evolving needs of their customer base, and opened unprecedented opportunities for growth. The results of this program were impressive, and the numbers speak for themselves:

3,000
channel partners onboarded and activated in an automated renewals program
4x
increase in customer notifications by enabling partner renewal capabilities
42%
conversion rate increase since program launch
150%
of FY23 revenue goal achieved
200%
YoY indirect channel growth
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Scaled from a single-country pilot to a 22-country program in a single year