Evocon – From self-built setup to scalable SaaS RevOps engine

How we turned a self-built HubSpot setup into a scalable RevOps engine that supports growth.

What did we do?

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About Evocon

Evocon is an Estonia based SaaS company helping manufacturing organisations uncover inefficiencies in their production lines.

Its OEE solution combines hardware, software and integrations to automate data collection and give factory teams real-time visibility to understand and improve their production processes. Known for being quick to deploy and easy for operators to use, it offers clear dashboards and operational insights that support data-driven continuous improvement.

Evocon serves multi-factory enterprises across 60+ countries, across a range of industries from food and wood to plastics and metal production.

The original situation and need

When deploying HubSpot, the Evocon team built their own setup across sales, marketing and support.

Their implementation was lean, functional and already more advanced than most companies at this stage. It provided a good baseline to kickstart work within the software.

As their sales motion grew, so did the uncertainty around whether their HubSpot structure could scale with it. They suspected gaps in their lead qualification flow, reporting accuracy, backend setup and the alignment between inbound and outbound motions;

  • they weren’t sure if inbound leads were always being contacted on time,

  • manual work and historic lead qualification logic had created inconsistent data,

  • and some reporting was still handled in spreadsheets manually.

They wanted a clear answer to a straightforward but critical question: Which parts of their HubSpot setup and lead process were truly supporting scale, and which were creating friction or risk as the sales motion grew?

This led them to request a full audit of their HubSpot environment to understand how their setup compared to industry standards and how the people using the system were impacted by those underlying structures.

What we built in HubSpot worked until growth started to stress it. We needed to pressure-test our setup, remove blind spots, and ensure leads were being handled consistently as volume increased. The goal was simple: keep execution tight as we scale.

Alo-Jarmo Küppas
Head of Operations at Evocon

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The solutions we provided

We began with a comprehensive audit across the HubSpot setup. We assessed their service and partnership care setup, marketing and sales setup, reporting and data validity. The goal was not just to inspect configuration, but to validate processes, identify structural gaps and assess whether reporting could be trusted and how it could be developed. The audit revealed that while the HubSpot portal was in a very good shape, the lead process relied on outdated patterns and ways of working. Manual status updates, inconsistent lead ownership and missing automation created delays in leads moving through  the sales funnel and incomplete lead qualification data. Their HubSpot reporting was in a good state, and on top of any smaller updates, the next larger ones might need a license upgrade.

At the audit run-through, we were all on the same page about the results. They were happy with the depth of the audit and our reporting recommendations. After this, Evocon took some time to digest the findings, and plan their next steps. With this shared understanding, we agreed with the Evocon team to modernise the lead process in line with HubSpot’s current best practices.

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What we implemented

After the audit, we embarked on a new project. During this project, we didn’t only implement a new technical setup – we also adjusted their ways of working and underlying processes:

  • Sales Workspace to give every rep a clear daily focus and activity overview
  • Lead Object & dedicated Lead Pipelines (Inbound and Outbound), replacing legacy lifecycle & lead status-based handling.
  • Lead scoring, providing visibility into warmth and helping prioritise inbound.
  • A clear qualification and disqualification process, reducing manual work and closing gaps.
  • Stricter and clearer rules and terminology for what constitutes a Lead, a MQL and SQL across inbound and outbound.
  • Updated documentation to get rid of process gaps and ensure consistency of usage for new employees as well.
  • Ownership rules and improved visibility for SDRs and AEs during handovers.
Evocon’s technical maturity made the collaboration seamless. They understood their processes exceptionally well, made decisions fast and worked in true RevOps fashion. This efficiency allowed us to implement changes at speed and with full alignment. As part of the project, we also proposed optional ongoing support to ensure the system could evolve as insights emerged. They initially chose a short engagement, then extended into a long-term partnership as the value became clear.

"We didn’t just clean up HubSpot. We evolved our setup to remove legacy friction and rebuilt the lead process around a clearly defined ICP, explicit ownership, and shared visibility across Marketing and Sales. Just as importantly, we now have data we can trust, giving us confidence that decisions, prioritisation, and execution are grounded in a system that supports scale rather than breaking under it.”

Alina Akk, Head of Revenue at Evocon.

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The results we got

A scalable, modern lead engine: Evocon’s lead flow now fully reflects how SaaS organisations operate today. Reps can clearly see what to work on, inbound leads surface with visibility into their quality, and processes that previously allowed several gaps to appear have been replaced with structured, predictable logic.

Better efficiency and faster reaction times: SDRs can easily track every case they are working on. When it’s time to qualify, disqualify or hand over to AEs, the next step is obvious. Neither inbound nor outbound leads get stuck or forgotten anymore.

Higher data quality and fewer blind spots: The new setup reduces manual work, enforces consistency and surfaces gaps instantly. Legacy issues like incomplete fields, missing ownership, and abandoned leads are now far easier to detect and correct.

Continuous improvement through ongoing support: As the setup went live, we established a support channel to help the team troubleshoot questions in real time. This allowed us to catch scenarios that only appear during day-to-day use. We continuously refine lead scoring, work through their audit backlog and evolve the process as the business grows.

Stronger collaboration and faster execution: Because the Evocon team knew their processes so well and involved the right people from the start, decisions were made quickly. This helped us stick to the schedule and deliver a setup that fits their reality rather than a theoretical template.

Evocon’s setup was already in a good place, especially for one done in-house, without a dedicated HubSpot specialist, but even the best setups can accumulate hidden friction. Our role wasn’t to rebuild, it was to reveal where the gaps and discrepancies between their ways of working and setup were.”

Hanna Voutilainen
Senior HubSpot Consultant at Valve. 

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What we learned along the way

Each project comes with its fair share of learnings.

Working with Evocon reminded us how powerful the combination of technical maturity and external perspective can be.

They already had strong processes, and a deep understanding of how their team operated day to day. Because of that, the audit didn’t slow them down; it accelerated everything. With the right stakeholders in the room, decisions were made immediately, and improvements went live without friction.

We also saw once again that even well-built HubSpot portals accumulate legacy logic over time. Teams evolve, people change roles and manual shortcuts quietly become part of the system. A fresh, structured review uncovers these blind spots and creates alignment for the next stage of scale. Most importantly, we were reminded that the transformation doesn’t end when the project ends. Processes only truly take shape once people start using them. The questions, edge cases and refinements that appear after go-live are exactly why ongoing support is so valuable.

It turns a one-time implementation into a living system that evolves with the business.

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