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Samso Managed Services · Last Updated · Apr 2026

QBR Deck Automation

Quarterly business review decks assembled from real product usage, real outcome metrics, and the live account plan - per customer, per cohort, per CSM. Skip the slides that haven't changed; surface what's new this quarter.

What the managed workflow does

Pulls from the systems of record

Product analytics for usage, finance for outcome metrics, the account plan for objectives, support for ticket history - all merged per account.

Reuses what hasn't changed

Slides that are stable get marked carry-forward; only the slides where the underlying data shifted get rebuilt. CSMs review changes, not assemble decks.

Surfaces what's new this quarter

Expansion modules launched, EB changes, plan refreshes, risk shifts - flagged as 'NEW THIS QTR' so they lead the readout instead of getting buried.

Renders to where the customer reads

CSM-delivered deck, exec readout 1-pager, customer-portal self-serve view, expansion brief for the pursuit team - same content, different surface.

Slides assembled per cohort · only what's new this quarter is rebuilt

3 ACCOUNTS · 4 SLIDE CATEGORIES · 9 INCLUDED · 1 NEW

Included-Skipped+New this Qtr
QBR DECK · APR-Q · 3 ACCOUNTS12 slides · 9 included · 1 newUSAGE · TRENDMAU · feature adoptionOUTCOMES · KPIROI · payback · NPSACCOUNT PLANobjectives · ownersSUCCESS-PLAN Δqtr-over-qtr changesS1·USAINCLUDEDMAU +28% qtr · daily active 64%MERCERLINE · TIER 1$24M · NAMEDS1·OUTINCLUDED3.4×ROI · LTV-CAC↑ +0.6×ROI 3.4× · payback 5.1moS1·PLASKIPPEDQ3 obj: 250 active · ✓EB: Maria L. · CFOChampion: Devon P. · steadyRisk: rep pricing evalCarry-over · no Δ since Q2S1·DELNEW · Q3+Expansion · Q3 launch+EB shifted · CFO directΔPlan refreshed · Apr 22Expansion module added · Q3S2·USAINCLUDEDMAU flat · usage shift to APITYRELL CORP · TIER 1$38M · NAMEDS2·OUTINCLUDED3.4×ROI · LTV-CAC↑ +0.6×NPS 64 · up from 51S2·PLAINCLUDEDQ3 obj: 250 active · ✓EB: Maria L. · CFOChampion: Devon P. · steadyRisk: rep pricing evalNew EB · refreshed objectivesS2·DELNEW · Q3+Expansion · Q3 launch+EB shifted · CFO directΔPlan refreshed · Apr 22Risk · CFO change in Q3S3·USASKIPPEDStable · no chart changeACME · TIER 2$42M · MIDS3·OUTINCLUDED3.4×ROI · LTV-CAC↑ +0.6×Cost-to-serve −18%S3·PLAINCLUDEDQ3 obj: 250 active · ✓EB: Maria L. · CFOChampion: Devon P. · steadyRisk: rep pricing evalPlan unchanged · 4 obj on trackS3·DELSKIPPEDCarry · plan steady-No Δ since last Q--No Δ · carry forward

Assembled from

Product usage · MAU + featuresOutcome metrics · ROI · paybackAccount plan · objectives · risksSupport history · ticket trend

Delivered as

CSM-delivered deck · per accountExec readout · PDF · 1-pagerCustomer portal · self-serveExpansion brief · pursuit team

Assembled from

  • Product usage data. MAU, feature adoption, usage shift, session depth - pulled from your product analytics platform on the same cadence as the QBR.

  • Outcome metrics. ROI, payback period, cost-to-serve, NPS - sourced from finance and customer-experience systems, not retyped from spreadsheets.

  • Account plan. Live objectives, owners, risks, expansion thesis - pulled from the account-plan doc maintained by the CSM and AE.

  • Support history. Ticket trend, escalation count, resolution time - surfaced where it predicts churn risk or expansion opening.

Delivered as

  • CSM-delivered deck. Customized per account, ready to walk into the QBR meeting - slide notes attached for the CSM's narrative.

  • Exec readout PDF. 1-pager for the customer's exec sponsor - outcomes, plan, expansion thesis distilled into a five-bullet summary.

  • Customer portal view. Self-serve view in the customer portal so the customer's team can see the data behind the QBR before the meeting.

  • Expansion brief. Per-account expansion thesis routed to the pursuit team with the surfaced openings and the warm-handoff context.

What you get, every week

QBRs that don't take a week to build

What used to be 4 hours per account is now 30 minutes of CSM review. Across a 40-account book, that's a week of CSM time recovered each quarter.

Conversations that focus on what's new

Skipped slides aren't presented; included slides are tied to evidence; new slides lead. The customer's hour gets spent on the change, not the recap.

An expansion engine that runs

Expansion theses surface every cycle and route to pursuit - nobody waits for the QBR meeting itself to decide there's a deal to chase.

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