This document discusses marketing automation and customer experiences best practices in consumer industries. It provides an overview of Business & Decision, a global consulting and systems integrator firm with expertise in areas like CRM, BI and EPM. It outlines Business & Decision's approach to customer experience management, leveraging technologies like social CRM, mobile CRM and data management to improve the customer experience across channels. It also discusses how to balance customer experience with marketing productivity and the need to realign legacy processes and technologies with new realities like social media, mobility, real-time data and customer-centric experiences.