What a network actually requires from a CRM
Cornerstone's requirements emerged as the session progressed. They are recorded here as the explicit asks they made — each one also applies to SBG.
01
Hierarchical admin layer above tenants
Each firm is its own tenant with its own database. Above that sits a network admin who can push down automations, templates, trigger warnings, documents, and settings. Firms cannot override network-level rules unless explicitly permitted.
JammJar architecture supports — additional work for network layer
02
Feature flags at field level
Granular control over what every firm (and every user within a firm) can see, edit, and build. Lead stages, automation rules, template creation — all gateable by the network admin.
Shipped — feature flags already run to field level
03
Network-level MI and reporting
Aggregate dashboards across all firms. Pipeline performance by firm. Adviser-level performance flagged vs baseline. Referral quality by source. Compliance flags by type. Vulnerability exposure. Support-team intervention data.
Build — JammJar to produce standard network insights pack
04
Nightly data extracts per firm, gated by network
Nightly CSV / SFTP / S3 extracts available to firms who should have them — but network admin decides which firms get raw data and which get aggregated reporting only. Removes the "only find out when you try to leave" anxiety.
Already built for MAB and other customers
05
Mandate-able compliance controls
Cornerstone's sense-check team should be able to mandate "file-check must run before apply is pressed", network-wide. Network admins set the rule; firms inherit it. Date-ordering of audit checks configurable.
Build — partially available, network-level mandate to be finalised
06
Fee management tied to products, advisers, dates, lenders
Fee splits by AR, product type, indemnified vs non-indemnified, commission terms. Must align to the network's commercial model, not the firm's. Cornerstone currently handle this outside Acre — a primary reason their operations are strained.
Shipped — fee model already fully structured in JammJar
07
Referral routing with multi-tenant cross-over
Cross-network referrals — mortgage adviser fact-find passed to in-house protection team in a different tenant, with referral tracking and conversion reporting. Sending adviser writes notes; receiving adviser inherits the full fact-find.
Build — architecture exists, cross-tenant flow to be finalised
08
Training and hypercare data visibility
Cornerstone's relationship managers need visibility of new-user adoption curves — "is this adviser completing their tasks, running calls, submitting applications?" — so their team can intervene during the first 90 days. Login-as-user for coaching is also required.
Shipped — impersonation, adoption dashboards already in platform