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Demand Capture Decision Rule

A Demand Capture Decision Rule is a standing instruction that determines how each capture conversion is handled the moment it arrives: route it to a queue, apply a score, suppress it from follow-up, or recycle it into nurture.

Unlike routing logic alone, the rule set covers every branch—including scoring thresholds and recycling paths—per asset. Documented rules turn handling into configuration that can be audited, instead of habits that live in individual inboxes.

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A practical example

A rule for gated-report leads states: score above 70 routes to sales, 40 to 70 enters a nurture track, below 40 is suppressed for 90 days, and rejected leads recycle into a webinar invitation sequence.

What to evaluate before investing

  • Ask vendors whether decision rules are configurable per capture asset, not only globally.
  • Confirm every rule execution is logged with timestamp, rule name, and outcome for audit.
  • Check that recycling branches can move leads between programs without manual export or re-import.

Limitations and tradeoffs

Rule sets grow stale as offers and territories change; without scheduled reviews, documented rules quietly stop matching actual handling.

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