CRM: A Business Imperative for Companies during the Global Economic Downturn
Companies that invest wisely in information technology will reap the rewards
Implementing CRM will enable you to:
Increase revenue-generating activities
Achieve significant cost-savings and on-going productivity improvements
Deliver exceptional and personalised service
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CRM: A Business Imperative for Companies during the Global Economic Downturn
1. CRM: A Business Imperative for Companies during the Global Economic Downturn Mr. NavikNumsiang Managing Director Sundae Solutions Co., Ltd. navik@sundae.co.th www.sundae.co.th
2. Situation Companies facing the toughest economic conditions in several generations Businesses have seen a rapid deterioration in their operational cashflows Instinctive reaction to cut all strategic projects and wait until things improve However, this could prove more detrimental in the long-term Companies that invest wisely in information technology will reap the rewards Implementing CRM will enable you to: Increase revenue-generating activities Achieve significant cost-savings and on-going productivity improvements Deliver exceptional and personalised service
3. Why CRM? CRM is a business strategy designed to optimise profitability, revenue and customer satisfaction Gartner Management Tools & Trends 2009 by Bain & Co.
4. Why CRM? Helps protect revenue streams from your current customers Provides you with a 360 degree view of customer interaction across sales, marketing, service and finance functions CRM is a business strategy designed to optimise profitability, revenue and customer satisfaction Gartner
10. InvoicesDrill-down to underlying opportunity Drill-down to underlying communication Drill-down to underlying case Drill-down to underlying Invoice* 5
11. Why CRM? Helps protect revenue streams from your current customers Provides you with a 360 degree view of customer interaction across sales, marketing, service and finance functions Enables you to unearth latent revenue opportunities Equips your sales team to deliver highly focussed business development programmes Replaces sporadic interaction with true customer lifecycle management CRM is a business strategy designed to optimise profitability, revenue and customer satisfaction Gartner
12. CRM and Your Customer Base CRM enables you to grow revenue with existing customers by: Understanding true cross- and up-sell opportunities maximising profitability of every customer relationship Delivering highly targeted marketing messages to specific customers or customer segments dramatically reducing cost per lead Reducing amount of time and cost it takes to resolve service issues without compromising exceptional service experience keeping your customers loyal Empowering customer-facing staff while retaining control over headline resource, performance and budget management
13. CRM and New Business Development CRM enables you to capture and develop new business at a lower cost by:- Achieving operational efficiency within sales and marketing functions Sales team are focussed on opportunities most likely to close Delivering highly targeted marketing messages to specific prospects or market segments to dramatically reduce cost-per-lead Introducing marketing accountability to ensure you are achieving right level of return form your marketing spend Stripping manual administration – less paperwork, errors, repetition and cost Empowering customer-facing staff while retaining control over headline resource, performance and budget management
14. Why Now? “We are at an extraordinary period of history. It is a time of crisis and unprecedented uncertainty, even fear; but it is also a time of opportunity for change and profound transformation.” Klaus Schwab, Chairman, World Economic Forum 2009
15. Why Now? Your customers and potential customers facing identical cost pressures Their purchasing behaviour has changed; Spending less but looking for more value for money Far more discerning about potential purchases and suppliers You will need to work harder and smarter to increase revenues Biggest mistake would be to ‘sit back’ and do nothing “We are at an extraordinary period of history. It is a time of crisis and unprecedented uncertainty, even fear; but it is also a time of opportunity for change and profound transformation.” Klaus Schwab, Chairman, World Economic Forum 2009
17. Actual Cost of Doing Nothing Example 1: A sales executive spends 6 weeks closing a 500,000 Baht opportunity with a new customer rather than spending 2 weeks closing a similar opportunity with an existing customer Example 2: A sales executive with a base salary of 300,000 Baht per year spends 10 hours per week on sales administration Example 3: A sales executive focuses exclusively on a large but poorly-qualified opportunity worth 5,000,000 Baht rather than pursuing three 600,000 Baht deals with a far higher likelihood of closing Example 5: At a company, 25% of customer support requests; equating to 2 FTEs earning 150,000 Baht each per year, could be handled on a self-service basis over the web Example 6: At a company where an average deal is worth 35,000 Baht and the sales team closes one-in-five leads, lower than anticipated demand generated by traditional marketing activities translates into a 30% net decrease in inbound sales enquiries from 80 per month to only 56 per month Example 4: At a company with 1,000 customers on 10,000 Baht per year service contracts, a 30% increase in call queuing time translates into a 15% increase in non-renewal of service contracts the following year 2.02m Baht in lost revenues over the year 75,000 Baht direct salary cost per yr 1,800,000 Baht opportunity cost 1,500,000 Baht in lost revenues 300,000 direct salary cost 1,000,000 Baht opportunity cost
29. DashboardsThe “Calendar” tab provides sales staff with a unified view of upcoming activities and tasks which can be viewed by day, week, month and due-date Dashboards provide sales representatives and managers with a single view of key sales information and performance data The “Quick Look” tab provides sales staff with summary information on communications history, active opportunities and open cases Sales representatives and sales managers can generate sales performance reports in a few simple steps The “Opportunities” tab presents sales representatives and sales managers with a unified view of all current opportunities by value and stage Multiple contacts can be captured, accessed and managed for each company or sales opportunity The “Invoice”* tab provides sales staff with an overview of the transaction history of their customers along with drill-down to the underlying invoice Sales lists can be defined according to multiple criteria, and can be maintained as static or dynamic groups for on-going sales activities
32. How CRM Benefits Sales Maximises cross- and up-sell opportunities Improves team collaboration on opportunities Improves prospect targeting
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34. Leads can be rated, reassigned, edited or converted to an opportunity, and call-backs can be scheduled with ease
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36. How CRM Benefits Sales Maximises cross- and up-sell opportunities Improves team collaboration on opportunities Improves prospect targeting Increases revenue yield per opportunity and account Provides real-time visibility on sales KPIs Improves win rates Shortens sales cycles Reduces sales training costs Decreases time spent on administrative tasks
50. How CRM Benefits Marketing Enables marketing programmes to be planned more efficiently and effectively Improves campaign response rates Enables accurate measurement of marketing campaign RoI Ensures customers and prospects receives the right marketing message at the right time
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52. Marketing lists can be defined using simple or complex queries, and can be based on transaction history if necessary
53. Specific response types automatically generate new lists for follow on activities33 Segmentation Management
70. How CRM Benefits Customer Service Provides web self-service Increases productivity of agents
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72. Workflow automation ensures that service issues meet service level obligations and are progressed to satisfactory resolution on a timely and efficient basisEnhanced Customer Visibility with Extensive Workflow
73. How CRM Benefits Customer Service Provides web self-service Increases productivity of agents Ensures issues never “get lost between the cracks”
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75. Full drill-down is provided to the underlying case details across multiple tabsTraffic Light Monitoring of Cases
76. How CRM Benefits Customer Service Provides web self-service Increases productivity of agents Ensures issues never “get lost between the cracks” Enables agents to capture further sales leads from customer interactions
77. How CRM Benefits Customer Service Provides web self-service Increases productivity of agents Ensures issues never “get lost between the cracks” Enables agents to capture further sales leads from customer interactions Improves response times to customer service requests Increases customer retention Reduces customer support costs Reduces the average time to resolve an issue
78. Avis Customer Care Customer Resolution Time Has Reduced by 2.82 Days and Within SLA Productivity Gains of 6% with 7% Less FTE Reduction of 4% to Incoming Call Abandon Rate Average Cost of Adjustment Reduced by 16% More Satisfying Customer Experience
82. How CRM Benefits Customer Service Provides web self-service Increases productivity of agents Ensures issues never “get lost between the cracks” Enables agents to capture further sales leads from customer interactions Improves response times to customer service requests Increases customer retention Reduces customer support costs Reduces the average time to resolve an issue Decreases the number of customer cases that are re-opened Decreases the number of customer service escalations
83. Summary You will have… A single view of their customers Reduced inefficiency Improved cross-sell and up-sell opportunities Better marketing insights Improved visibility of operations Higher customer retention
85. Thanks You Mr. NavikNumsiang Managing Director Sundae Solutions Co., Ltd. navik@sundae.co.th www.sundae.co.th Most of presentation material from Sage CRM Solutions
Editor's Notes
Navigating through turbulent times is never easy, but today’s economic conditions are more challenging than most companies have ever faced. These turbulent times present new opportunities for companies that invest wisely in information technologies. Sage CRM is working with small and medium sized businesses like yours today to help protect and growth revenues during the economic downturn through the use of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. CRM enables companies to deliver exceptional and personalised service consistently to their customers during these challenging times, increase their customer revenue share through highly focussed business development programmes extend the reach and effectiveness of new business programmes achieve significant cost savings and on-going productivity improvements
In these turbulent times, companies need to examine how they can safeguard revenues and profitability and particularly within their own customer base. Otherwise they are just delaying the inevitable; more painful cost reductions and the very real possibility of sliding into an irrevocable decline. SMBs need practical solutions that will help them to drive productivity and increase effectiveness across their operations. Implementing CRM can drive operational improvements needed to survive and accelerate your company out of the downturn.
In these turbulent times, companies need to examine how they can safeguard revenues and profitability and particularly within their own customer base. Otherwise they are just delaying the inevitable; more painful cost reductions and the very real possibility of sliding into an irrevocable decline. SMBs need practical solutions that will help them to drive productivity and increase effectiveness across their operations. Implementing CRM can drive operational improvements needed to survive and accelerate your company out of the downturn.
In these turbulent times, companies need to examine how they can safeguard revenues and profitability and particularly within their own customer base. Otherwise they are just delaying the inevitable; more painful cost reductions and the very real possibility of sliding into an irrevocable decline. SMBs need practical solutions that will help them to drive productivity and increase effectiveness across their operations. Implementing CRM can drive operational improvements needed to survive and accelerate your company out of the downturn.
In a downturn, CRM should not be viewed as a discretionary initiative; it is now an operational and financial imperative for all SMBs. The biggest mistake a company can make at the moment, therefore, is to continue with a ‘business as usual’ mindset notwithstanding exceptional trading circumstances, and hope to ride out the storm through good fortune alone. The ‘cost of doing nothing’ is significant as demonstrated in the table above.
Hidden inefficiencies and costs will become more pronounced as the downturn progresses. This combination of factors is likely to impact materially on overall company viability as each month passes; with the potential for terminal consequences in the case of SMB organisations. Implementing CRM within your organisation can address these issues immediately and prepare you for the economic recovery.
Sage CRM Solutions empower organisations to sell more effectively and efficiently during a downturn. Sales executives have a single point of access for calendars, accounts, reports, pipelines, contacts and call lists; which ensure that they are producing more revenue per sales hour. Easy-to-use analytical tools enable your sales team to identify latent sales opportunities which exist within your customer database, and then create cross-sell and up-sell propositions accordingly. Automated workflow eliminates unnecessary paperwork and ensures that sales teams follow company-specific opportunity milestones. This means that opportunities will be progressed as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Dashboards and reports provide at-a-glance information to sales executives and managers on performance at any point in time. Integration with back-office applications provides sales staff with access to both financial and non-financial customer data, for a complete 360 degree view of their customers. Mobile and offline solutions provide sales teams with access to the information and services that they need to do their jobs effectively; regardless of their location, device or connection, and ensuring that they are as productive in the field as they are in the office.
Sage CRM Solutions empower organisations to sell more effectively and efficiently during a downturn. Sales executives have a single point of access for calendars, accounts, reports, pipelines, contacts and call lists; which ensure that they are producing more revenue per sales hour. Easy-to-use analytical tools enable your sales team to identify latent sales opportunities which exist within your customer database, and then create cross-sell and up-sell propositions accordingly. Automated workflow eliminates unnecessary paperwork and ensures that sales teams follow company-specific opportunity milestones. This means that opportunities will be progressed as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Dashboards and reports provide at-a-glance information to sales executives and managers on performance at any point in time. Integration with back-office applications provides sales staff with access to both financial and non-financial customer data, for a complete 360 degree view of their customers. Mobile and offline solutions provide sales teams with access to the information and services that they need to do their jobs effectively; regardless of their location, device or connection, and ensuring that they are as productive in the field as they are in the office.
Sage CRM Solutions empower organisations to sell more effectively and efficiently during a downturn. Sales executives have a single point of access for calendars, accounts, reports, pipelines, contacts and call lists; which ensure that they are producing more revenue per sales hour. Easy-to-use analytical tools enable your sales team to identify latent sales opportunities which exist within your customer database, and then create cross-sell and up-sell propositions accordingly. Automated workflow eliminates unnecessary paperwork and ensures that sales teams follow company-specific opportunity milestones. This means that opportunities will be progressed as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Dashboards and reports provide at-a-glance information to sales executives and managers on performance at any point in time. Integration with back-office applications provides sales staff with access to both financial and non-financial customer data, for a complete 360 degree view of their customers. Mobile and offline solutions provide sales teams with access to the information and services that they need to do their jobs effectively; regardless of their location, device or connection, and ensuring that they are as productive in the field as they are in the office.
Sage CRM Solutions empower organisations to sell more effectively and efficiently during a downturn. Sales executives have a single point of access for calendars, accounts, reports, pipelines, contacts and call lists; which ensure that they are producing more revenue per sales hour. Easy-to-use analytical tools enable your sales team to identify latent sales opportunities which exist within your customer database, and then create cross-sell and up-sell propositions accordingly. Automated workflow eliminates unnecessary paperwork and ensures that sales teams follow company-specific opportunity milestones. This means that opportunities will be progressed as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Dashboards and reports provide at-a-glance information to sales executives and managers on performance at any point in time. Integration with back-office applications provides sales staff with access to both financial and non-financial customer data, for a complete 360 degree view of their customers. Mobile and offline solutions provide sales teams with access to the information and services that they need to do their jobs effectively; regardless of their location, device or connection, and ensuring that they are as productive in the field as they are in the office.
Sage CRM Solutions empower organisations to sell more effectively and efficiently during a downturn. Sales executives have a single point of access for calendars, accounts, reports, pipelines, contacts and call lists; which ensure that they are producing more revenue per sales hour. Easy-to-use analytical tools enable your sales team to identify latent sales opportunities which exist within your customer database, and then create cross-sell and up-sell propositions accordingly. Automated workflow eliminates unnecessary paperwork and ensures that sales teams follow company-specific opportunity milestones. This means that opportunities will be progressed as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Dashboards and reports provide at-a-glance information to sales executives and managers on performance at any point in time. Integration with back-office applications provides sales staff with access to both financial and non-financial customer data, for a complete 360 degree view of their customers. Mobile and offline solutions provide sales teams with access to the information and services that they need to do their jobs effectively; regardless of their location, device or connection, and ensuring that they are as productive in the field as they are in the office.
In the downturn, buyers are demanding even greater value-for-money and are exercising great discretion in the products and services that they purchase. Sage CRM Solutions allow you to develop a deep understanding of your customers’ needs; enabling you to create a bespoke proposition that can be communicated to them through their preferred marketing channels. Sage CRM Solutions provide effective controls for monitoring marketing budget and enable you to calculate direct revenue yields per campaign. In a downturn, only those companies whose marketing messaging and activity is targeted, compelling and timely will survive. Sage CRM Solutions will improve lead quality and ensure higher conversion rates by sales. The marketing team can leverage customer insights to develop retention programmes, as well as cross-sell and up-sell lifecycle management. Marketing analytics and reporting ensure absolute accountability at all stages in the cycle which means that the return-on-programme investment can be calculated with ease and marketing budget is optimised at all times.
In the downturn, buyers are demanding even greater value-for-money and are exercising great discretion in the products and services that they purchase. Sage CRM Solutions allow you to develop a deep understanding of your customers’ needs; enabling you to create a bespoke proposition that can be communicated to them through their preferred marketing channels. Sage CRM Solutions provide effective controls for monitoring marketing budget and enable you to calculate direct revenue yields per campaign. In a downturn, only those companies whose marketing messaging and activity is targeted, compelling and timely will survive. Sage CRM Solutions will improve lead quality and ensure higher conversion rates by sales. The marketing team can leverage customer insights to develop retention programmes, as well as cross-sell and up-sell lifecycle management. Marketing analytics and reporting ensure absolute accountability at all stages in the cycle which means that the return-on-programme investment can be calculated with ease and marketing budget is optimised at all times.
In the downturn, buyers are demanding even greater value-for-money and are exercising great discretion in the products and services that they purchase. Sage CRM Solutions allow you to develop a deep understanding of your customers’ needs; enabling you to create a bespoke proposition that can be communicated to them through their preferred marketing channels. Sage CRM Solutions provide effective controls for monitoring marketing budget and enable you to calculate direct revenue yields per campaign. In a downturn, only those companies whose marketing messaging and activity is targeted, compelling and timely will survive. Sage CRM Solutions will improve lead quality and ensure higher conversion rates by sales. The marketing team can leverage customer insights to develop retention programmes, as well as cross-sell and up-sell lifecycle management. Marketing analytics and reporting ensure absolute accountability at all stages in the cycle which means that the return-on-programme investment can be calculated with ease and marketing budget is optimised at all times.
Sage CRM Solutions will enable your company to roll-out web-based customer self-service quickly and cost effectively. From here, users can service their own information needs, track data and update the system without the requirement for customer service assistance and at the time and place of their choice. Additionally, you can maximise the synchronisation between your service agents and your customers, ensuring that cases are progressed in a timely manner and in accordance with service level agreements (SLA). Knowledge management capabilities make it easier to capture remedies related to specific issues which may recur over time; making sure that agents are not duplicating effort. Reports and dashboards provide detailed analysis on metrics such as call volume, case resolution times, communications, follow-up statistics and escalation so management can quantify the benefit of the agents to the business and to their customers.
Sage CRM Solutions will enable your company to roll-out web-based customer self-service quickly and cost effectively. From here, users can service their own information needs, track data and update the system without the requirement for customer service assistance and at the time and place of their choice. Additionally, you can maximise the synchronisation between your service agents and your customers, ensuring that cases are progressed in a timely manner and in accordance with service level agreements (SLA). Knowledge management capabilities make it easier to capture remedies related to specific issues which may recur over time; making sure that agents are not duplicating effort. Reports and dashboards provide detailed analysis on metrics such as call volume, case resolution times, communications, follow-up statistics and escalation so management can quantify the benefit of the agents to the business and to their customers.
Sage CRM Solutions will enable your company to roll-out web-based customer self-service quickly and cost effectively. From here, users can service their own information needs, track data and update the system without the requirement for customer service assistance and at the time and place of their choice. Additionally, you can maximise the synchronisation between your service agents and your customers, ensuring that cases are progressed in a timely manner and in accordance with service level agreements (SLA). Knowledge management capabilities make it easier to capture remedies related to specific issues which may recur over time; making sure that agents are not duplicating effort. Reports and dashboards provide detailed analysis on metrics such as call volume, case resolution times, communications, follow-up statistics and escalation so management can quantify the benefit of the agents to the business and to their customers.
Sage CRM Solutions will enable your company to roll-out web-based customer self-service quickly and cost effectively. From here, users can service their own information needs, track data and update the system without the requirement for customer service assistance and at the time and place of their choice. Additionally, you can maximise the synchronisation between your service agents and your customers, ensuring that cases are progressed in a timely manner and in accordance with service level agreements (SLA). Knowledge management capabilities make it easier to capture remedies related to specific issues which may recur over time; making sure that agents are not duplicating effort. Reports and dashboards provide detailed analysis on metrics such as call volume, case resolution times, communications, follow-up statistics and escalation so management can quantify the benefit of the agents to the business and to their customers.
Sage CRM Solutions will enable your company to roll-out web-based customer self-service quickly and cost effectively. From here, users can service their own information needs, track data and update the system without the requirement for customer service assistance and at the time and place of their choice. Additionally, you can maximise the synchronisation between your service agents and your customers, ensuring that cases are progressed in a timely manner and in accordance with service level agreements (SLA). Knowledge management capabilities make it easier to capture remedies related to specific issues which may recur over time; making sure that agents are not duplicating effort. Reports and dashboards provide detailed analysis on metrics such as call volume, case resolution times, communications, follow-up statistics and escalation so management can quantify the benefit of the agents to the business and to their customers.
Sage CRM Solutions will enable your company to roll-out web-based customer self-service quickly and cost effectively. From here, users can service their own information needs, track data and update the system without the requirement for customer service assistance and at the time and place of their choice. Additionally, you can maximise the synchronisation between your service agents and your customers, ensuring that cases are progressed in a timely manner and in accordance with service level agreements (SLA). Knowledge management capabilities make it easier to capture remedies related to specific issues which may recur over time; making sure that agents are not duplicating effort. Reports and dashboards provide detailed analysis on metrics such as call volume, case resolution times, communications, follow-up statistics and escalation so management can quantify the benefit of the agents to the business and to their customers.