47. Outcome • Reporting
– Identifying most valuable
customers
• Analyzing
– Ranking customers from best to
worst
– Profiling, determining attributes of
each customer segment
• Predicting
– Applying profiles to potential
business opportunities
– Selecting customers with highest
probability of profitability &
retention
– http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Ent
erprise-Applications/10-Cool-
CRM-Developments/
Evolution of CRM
9.3
Figure 9.3
The Evolution of CRM
Abilities
49. low?
What products will the
customer buy?
Where did we sell the
most products?
Why did we not sell as
many units as last year?
Who are the best
prospect for a sales call?
What are total sales by
product?
Who are our customers? What is the best way to
reach customers?
How many customers did
we serve?
Why was customer
revenue so high?
What is the lifetime
value of a customer?
What are our inventory
levels?
Why are inventory levels
so low?
What transactions might
54. – Goal is analysis and improvement at every step
– With all the Sales Force automation software that is available,
a useful
website is http://www.softwareadvice.com/crm/sales-force-
automation-
comparison/ that provides a comparison of the applications and
what they
can do.
• Sales Management CRM Systems
– Automates steps in the sales process and displays
prospect/customer
history and records and prompts next steps for each sales call
– Improves efficiency and effectiveness of performance,
increases
management visibility of sales efforts, measures performance
cycle times
• Opportunity Management CRM
– Determines potential customers and competitors and defines
the
appropriate level of selling effort including budgets and
schedules
Sales CRM
9.3
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60. Find new customers similar
to your best customers
CRM matches the profiles of your best customers to
select prospects out of a mass mailing list.
Find out what the
organization does best
CRM can find the top performing segments and what
your most popular offering is to them.
Beat competitors to the
punch
Determine sales trends offering best customers deals
ahead of the competition.
Reactivate inactive
customers
Periodically select lapsed customer and send
targeted promotions to bring them back.
Let customers know they
matter
CRM lists best customers and makes suggestions for
personalized rewards.
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67. Amount of new revenue Percentage compliance
with service-level
agreement
Number of new customers
acquired by marketing
campaign
Amount of recurring
revenue
Percentage of service
renewals
Customer retention rate
Number of proposals
given
Customer satisfaction
level
Number of new leads by
product
An important source of CRM metrics comes from external
communities
such as social media. CRM analytics collect and determine
quantity and
quality of Facebook message, Tweets, blog comments among
others.
Learning
Outcome
77. 5. What benefits might Harley-Davidson gain from using
analytical CRM?
6. Explain ERM, and describe how Harley-Davidson might use
it to increase efficiency in its business.
WRITING A CRITICAL REVIEW
What is a critical review?
A critical review is much more than a simple summary; it is an
analysis and evaluation of a book, article,
or other medium. Writing a good critical review requires that
you understand the material, and that you
know how to analyze and evaluate that material using
appropriate criteria.
Steps to writing an effective critical review:
Reading
Skim the whole text to determine the overall thesis, structure
and methodology. This will help you better
understand how the different elements fit together once you
begin reading carefully.
Read critically. It is not enough to simply understand what the
author is saying; it is essential to
challenge it. Examine how the article is structured, the types of
reasons or evidence used to support the
conclusions, and whether the author is reliant on underlying
assumptions or theoretical frameworks. Take
copious notes that reflect what the text means AND what you
think about it.
78. Analyzing
Examine all elements. All aspects of the text—the structure,
the methods, the reasons and evidence, the
conclusions, and, especially, the logical connections between all
of these—should be considered.
The types of questions asked will vary depending on the
discipline in which you are writing, but the
following samples will provide a good starting point:
Structure What type of text is it? (For example: Is it a primary
source or secondary
source? Is it original research or a comment on original
research?)
What are the different sections and how do they fit together?
Are any of the sections particularly effective (or ineffective)?
Methodology Is the research quantitative or qualitative?
Does the methodology have any weaknesses?
How does the design of the study address the hypothesis?
Reasons/Evidence What sources does the author use (interviews,
peer-reviewed journals,
government reports, journal entries, newspaper accounts, etc.)?
What types of reasoning are employed (inductive, deductive,
abductive)?
What type of evidence is provided (empirical, statistical,
logical, etc.)?
Are there any gaps in the evidence (or reasoning)?
Conclusions Does the data adequately support the conclusion
drawn by the researcher(s)?
Are other interpretations plausible?
Are the conclusions dependent on a particular theoretical
80. evaluation of it. If you are asked to write about more than one
work, or to draw connections between an
article or book and the course material, then your review should
address these concerns.
Choose a structure that will best allow you to support your
thesis within the required page constraints.
The first example below works well with shorter assignments,
but the risk is that too much time will be
spent developing the overview, and too little time on the
evaluation. The second example works better for
longer reviews because it provides the relevant description with
the analysis and evaluation, allowing the
reader to follow the argument easily.
Two common structures used for critical reviews:
Example 1 Example 2
Introduction
Overview of the text
Evaluation of the text
� Point 1
� Point 2
� Point 3
� Point 4 …(continue as necessary)
Conclusion
Introduction (with thesis)
Point 1: Explanation and evaluation
81. Point 2: Explanation and evaluation
Point 3: Explanation and evaluation
(continue elaborating as many points as
necessary)
Conclusion
Important: Avoid presenting your points in a laundry-list style.
Synthesize the information as much as
possible.
“Laundry-List” Style of Presentation Synthesized Argument.
The article cites several different studies in support
of the argument that playing violent video games can
have a positive impact on student achievement.
These studies refer to educational games and other
types of computer use. The argument is not logically
well constructed. Educational games are not the same
as violent video games. The article also ignores data
indicating that people with the highest GPA are those
that reported low computer use. Also, different types
of computer use could include things like researching
or word-processing, and these activities are very
different from playing violent video games.
The evidence cited in the article does not support the
overall conclusion that playing violent games improves
GPA. One study only examines educational games in
relation to GPA, so it is questionable whether the same
findings will hold true for other types of games. Another
study does not distinguish between different types of
computer use, making it difficult to assess whether it is
82. game playing or activities such as research and writing
that contributed to improvements in GPA. Further, the
author disregards relevant data that indicates that students
with the highest GPAs are those who report low
computer use, which means that a direct correlation
between game playing and GPA cannot be supported.