Customer Relationship Management is a concept that gives a wider idea about how companies manage their relations with customers.
It includes capture ,storage & analysis of
customer information.
NEED FOR CRM
To meet the changing expectations of customer due to:
(a) social and demographic factors.
(b) economic situations.
(c) educational standards.
(d) competitors product
(e) experience.
To manage the dissatisfied customers.
CRM involves
Shifting the focus from product to customer
Considering the offer to what the customer require, not what the organization can make.
Integrating the customers.
IMPORTANCE OF CRM
PARETO’S LAW
80:20 RULE
20% of customer account for 80% of turn over
20% of customer account for 80% of profit
20% of customer account for 80% of all your problems
PROCESS
Whenever there is sales or service related interaction with customers,
all of these information are collected ,stored in appropriate place and
then analyzed properly to take decisions .
whenever there is a opportunity Sales team collects the relevant data regarding that perspective deal and draw their own conclusions about :
Perspective customer
Expected budget
Total spending
Product interested in
Key players in the deal & their key characteristics
Important dates etc.
REQUIREMENTS
Requirements for effective CRM
Service order management
Service contract management
Planned service management
Warranty management
Knowledge management
Electronic Customer Relationship Management
Latest paradigm in the world of CRM
NEED OF e-CRM
Due to the introduction of new technology
Due to globalization
(to satisfy the customers at global level)
Sometimes customer itself prefer to do online purchasing.
Basically ECRM is concerned with attracting & keeping economically valuable customers & eliminating less profitable ones.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRM AND e-CRM CRITERION CRM eCRM CUSTOMER CONTACTS TRADITIONAL MEANS-RETAIL STORE,TELEPHONE OR FAX THROUGH INTERNET,E-MAIL,WIRELESS,MOBILE AND PDA TECHNOLOGIES SYSTEM INTERFACE WORKS WITH BACKEND APPLICATION THROUGH ERP SYSTEM DESIGNED FOR FRONTEND AS WELL AS BACKEND APPLICATIONS THROUGH ERP, DATA WAREHOUSE, DATA-MART SYSTEM IT REQUIRES PC CLIENTS TO DOWNLOAD VARIOUS APPLETS AND APPLICATIONS. HERE, BROWSER IS THE CUSTOMERS PORTAL TO eCRM
CRITERION CRM eCRM CUSTOMIZATION AND PERSONALIZATION DIFFERENT PEOPLE REQUIRE DIFFERENT INFORMATION BUT PERSONALIZED VIEWS FOR DIFFERENT AUDIENCE ARE NOT POSSIBLE HERE. PERSONALIZED VIEWS BASED ON PURCHASE AND PREFERENCE ARE POSSIBLE SYSTEM FOCUS SYSTEM IS DESIGNED AROUND PRODUCT AND JOB FUNCTIONS. HERE,APPLICATIONS ARE DESIGNED AROUND ONE DEPARTMENT OR BUSINESS UNIT. SYSTEM IS DESIGNED AROUND THE CUSTOMERS NEED. ENTERPRISE WIDE PORTALS ARE DESIGNED AND NOT LIMITED TO A SINGLE DEPARTMENT. SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATIONS IMPLEMENTATION IS LONGER AND COSTLY SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION REQUIRE LESS TIME AND COST
Process of eCRM
BENEFITS OF e-CRM
Convenience
Improvement in overall quality of customer experience
Increased profitability
According to Anderson consulting a typical $1b
company can gain up to $130 million through ECRM.
Another study shows that 10% gain in repeat
customers can add about 10% in the company’s profit.
Increased customer loyalty
It include personalization concept of time
saving.
collaborative filtering personalization s/w
More effective marketing.
Improved customer service and support.
Through ECRM right tools helps sending right orders to right customers at right time.
Greater efficiency and cost reduction.
PITFALLS
Huge money is required to implement ECRM.
Highly knowledge requiring process.
Results are not according to expectations.
Sales and Marketing are reluctant to adopt new automated CRM system.
FAILURE OF e-CRM IN BUSINESS
REASONS
Quick implementation of e-CRM without proper study.
Initial scope too broad.
Complexity of system.
Lack of user-friendliness.
e-CRM fails if implementation takes more than 90 days.
EXAMPLES OF FAILURES
Cisco
Bain & Co.
Report of Forrester Research
Berkeley Enterprise Partners warns that 70% of projects don’t produce + ve returns
2 out of 5 respondents said –e CRM projects are “potential flops” according to Data Ware House Institute Survey.
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