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1. Sep 2010
Automotive Customer Engagement:
Putting the Digital Consumer in the Driver’s Seat
Steven P. Silver, Vineet Bhagat, Bharat Nagarajan
Abstract
In the post-recessionary U.S. automotive landscape defined by a “new
normal” of over 6 million fewer annual sales and a slew of new eco-friendly
alternatives, every sale matters. An emerging complication for OEMs,
captive finance firms and dealers is meeting the expectations of the “Digital
Consumer”.
The Digital Consumer is armed with many more brand and product choices,
infinite pieces of data, social recommendations or words of caution-all
of which is delivered via various devices, interfaces and “experiences.”
While varied industries have adapted their customer engagement strategies
to address the reality of engaging the Digital Consumer, the automotive
customer journey remains a path of multiple years, players and disjointed
interactions, all creating obstacles to vehicle sales and service loyalty.
This Infosys viewpoint — the first in a series — aims at identifying and
proposing customer-centric strategies for reducing “interaction friction”
during Digital Consumer interactions. By striving to better orchestrate and
socially-enable the automotive customer experience, automotive enterprises
will increase Digital Consumer delight and advocacy while realizing greater
economic returns from their marketing, sales and service interactions.
2. 2 | Infosys – View Point
Impact of “Great Recession” and the Digital Consumer on the U.S. Auto Industry
The post-recessionary U.S. automotive sector has witnessed a loss of nearly 6 million annual sales in the space of three years.
This has resulted in unprecedented and unsettling changes in the automotive world.
Historic brands have disappeared or changed ownership. Dealer showrooms by the thousands have shut their doors. New
clean energy start-ups like Tesla, Fisker and Coda Automotive— along with existing players like Nissan, GM, and Toyota —
are finally creating viable new green products.
These tremors in the U.S. automotive industry have been mirrored by the emergence of the Digital Consumer. The
unrelenting rise of the Internet is transforming consumers from passive information gatherers to engaged, interactive and
self-directed participants with brands, brand enthusiasts and detractors. Digital Consumers are tapping into increased,
personalized, online “social” conversations and making more informed purchase decisions.
Consumers armed with digital devices, applications and data demand unfettered access to critical, customizable and sharable
information– e.g., there are an estimated 142 million Facebook users in the U.S. alone. This means consumers are pushed
towards (or away from) automotive transactions by real-time recommendations from social network “friends”. This influence
can be felt all the way to the point at a dealer’s lot or even while awaiting the final paperwork to be printed in the dealer’s F &
I office.
It is evident that the “push model” of products, communications and interactions through traditional media and distribution
channels targeted at the consumer no longer resonates.
The Move from “Self-Centered” to ‘’Customer-centric ‘’Engagement
Across industries, brands have tried to adopt measures to cope with the rapid changes in consumer behavior and enabling
technologies. The brands that have been successful have built better relationships with consumers through investment in
customer–centric practices and corporate cultures. For example:
1. Starbucks focuses its marketing efforts on giving texture to the brand with fun, engaging formats. With Starbucks
Mobile App, customers can transform their iPhone into their Starbucks card and can check their balance, enjoy
rewards and two hours of free Wi-Fi per day etc.
2. Zappos treats every opportunity and every customer touch-point to make the customer think “Wow, that was the best
service I’ve ever had.” Small but important practices like featuring a toll-free 800 number on top of every web page
allow customers to engage better and get a great customer experience.
3. Harley Davidson uses customer interactions to gain valuable feedback to strengthen their brand, their products
and loyalty of their customers. They survey them, talk to them, ride with them and, most importantly, create many
memorable experiences for them. The hallmark of the success of these brands is their ability to segment customers,
accommodate varied customer behaviors and preferences and align their brand promises throughout their customer
interactions. For the U.S. automotive sector, the lessons of “customer-centric” engagement in the era of the Digital
Consumer are highly instructive and the path to customer-centricity starts along the Automotive Customer Lifecycle.
Putting the Digital Consumer in the Driver’s Seat
Infosys Automotive Customer Lifecycle
For decades, the automotive purchase funnel has been the exclusive “icon” of choice for describing the perceptual and
behavioral changes consumers experience in shopping for a car. This funnel fails to address the complexity of the series of
prospect and owner interactions that occur before and after a vehicle purchase.
An appropriate metaphor to represent the “gauntlet” of customer interactions experienced before, during, and after
purchasing or leasing a vehicle is the Automotive Customer Lifecycle. It depicts critical interactions, experiences and touch-
points that can strongly influence consumer decisions, interaction conversions and even brand or service loyalty.
The Automotive Customer Lifecycle – Moments of Truth
The critical interactions that a consumer has across the lifecycle with various players who act as extensions of the OEM,
captive or dealer are called “Moments of Truth”. While consumer expectations have changed and the interaction channels
3. Infosys – View Point | 3
have exploded and become sophisticated over time, the most important interactions that make up the major interaction
phases remain the same. the OEM, captive or dealer are called “Moments of Truth”. While consumer expectations have
changed and the interaction channels have exploded and become sophisticated over time, the most important interactions
that make up the major interaction phases remain the same.
Role of Interaction Friction in the Automotive Customer Lifecycle
Automotive consumers have crossed the boundaries of interaction with traditional players and are now interacting on an
increased frequency with players in their own network of friends, family, advisors etc. The platforms supporting interactions
have grown with the evolution of interactive channels, devices, communications, applications and environments. For OEMs,
dealers and captives, there is tremendous logistical complexity in seamlessly delivering these interactions, often leading to
unfulfilling individual consumer interactions. These fail to take into account prior interactions, business relationships or
relevant data and these are termed as “interaction friction.”
“Interaction Friction” is defined as any aspect of the automotive customer experience where the quality and nature of
customer interactions (and the stakeholder collaboration to support these interactions) decreases the probability of a
consumer demonstrating preference or advocacy. This friction also prevents the consumer from advancing through the
Automotive Customer Lifecycle towards transaction.
Friction is created by the inability of the automotive consumer to:
• Experience an automotive brand on their own terms
• Seek or receive the most relevant information in the most relevant format at the most opportune time
• Receive timely, appropriate and “informed” responses to inquiries based on any prior interactions
• Engage in positive vehicle sale, financing, service or support interactions that meet their goals and expectations
regardless of the player (OEM, captive or dealer) or interaction channel
• Allow valued family, friends or colleagues to participate in their automotive experiences
Advertising
Inquiry
Dealer Visit
Purcha
Ownership
Customer Owner Transition
Decision
Defection
Repurchase
Pre-Purchase Ownership (3-5years) Ownership Transition
The Customer Journey
1
2
3 5
4 6 R
Ownership Transition
Lease/Loan
Termination
New Vehicle Shopping
Vehicle Inspection
New Vehicle Purchase
Defection
OEM
DEALER
3rd PARTY
CONSUMER
AUTOMOTIVE CUSTOMER LIFECYCLE
1
2
3 5
4 6 R
Billing & Payment
Info & Account Inquiries
Account Closure/Payoff
Accessories Purchase
Complaints
Loyalty Programs
OEM
DEALER
3rd PARTY
CONSUMER
1
2
3 5
4 6 R
Dealer Visit
Test Drive
Negotiation & Purchase
Financing
Insurance
OEM
DEALER
3rd PARTY
CONSUMER
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Request Info/Brochure
Review Dealer Inventory
Request Quote
Test Drive Appointment
Financing & Insurance
Credit Pre-Approval
OEM
DEALER
3rd PARTY
CONSUMER
more
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2
3 5
4 6 R
Referrals/Social
Commentary
Branded Vehicle
Showcase
Autoshows & Events
Online Research
OEM
DEALER
3rd PARTY
CONSUMER
more
Figure 1: Infosys Automotive Customer LifecycleFigure 1: Infosys Automotive Customer LifecycleFigure 1: Infosys Automotive Customer LifecycleFigure 1: Infosys Automotive Customer LifecycleFigure 1: Infosys Automotive Customer Lifecycle
4. 4 | Infosys – View Point
Interaction friction – as illustrated in Figure 2 — causes consumers to disengage from automotive brands and dealers. This
translates into lost brand preference, advocacy and associated revenues for OEMs.
While some OEMs have adopted and deployed a host of individual digital engagement capabilities the “individual features
arms race” is expensive and does not allow the OEMs to stay ahead of the capabilities curve. Hence, proactively eliminating
friction from the automotive customer experience is imperative and has a significant influence on the quality, perception
and commercial success of the customer journey. As much of friction is a byproduct of a lack of coordination and experience
design, an area which still remains relatively unexplored is the focus on customer experience orchestration.
Eliminating Interaction Friction: Orchestrating the Automotive Customer Experience
“Orchestration” is defined as the act of planning or arranging a complex undertaking to achieve a desired or maximum effect.
It is also the method by which new business processes and composite applications are built from existing services.
Orchestration assumes that there is no “accidental interaction,” rather all interactions are planned and part of a larger
master plan. Orchestration dives deep into the unique attributes of different prospect and owner types. It understands
customer values, behaviours, goals, frustrations and sensitivity to interaction friction, and then designs a cross-channel,
cross-application and crosslifecycle set of experiences. This helps maximize customer delight, lifecycle conversions and
transactional opportunities amongst members of various customer segments.
Developing and deploying an orchestration strategy is about creating value by more effectively connecting people,
processes, applications, data, infrastructure, business operations, and organizational policies. This facilitates easier progress
for consumers along the automotive journey, not just at individual interaction points. In effect, the sum of orchestrated
interactions is greater than all of the individual parts.
Figure 2: Interaction FrictionFigure 2: Interaction FrictionFigure 2: Interaction FrictionFigure 2: Interaction FrictionFigure 2: Interaction Friction
5. Infosys – View Point | 5
Orchestrating the Automotive Customer Experience: What should OEMs and
Captives Do?
Today, OEMs and their captive finance lenders are using proven tools, applications and processes to hand-hold and
orchestrate efforts around supporting consumer and owner inquiries, resolving issues and handling goodwill requests.
Captives spend a great deal of effort in supporting billing, account management and vehicle grounding tasks. These efforts
touch only a small piece of the overall customer lifecycle. They are reactive in nature and often disconnected - leaving “hand-
holding” gaps in various upstream and downstream interactions. These efforts fail to take into account the emerging Digital
Consumer behaviours and preferences.
In order to prioritize and address interaction friction in a holistic way, OEMs should focus on:
1. Engaging in a robust, structured and regular voice of customer program to understand the breadth, depth and
business impact of customer interaction friction.
2. Collecting customer behavioural data and service usage behavior to access economic value and interaction behaviors /
preferences around various interaction points.
3. Identifying and segmenting prospects and owners by their interaction preferences, behaviours, response rates within
and across channels/devices, etc. and sensitivity to interaction friction.
4. Mapping the customer journey of each customer segment across channels, touch-points and lifecycle phases
producing the highest and lowest conversions and associated financial returns.
5. Understanding the root causes, implications and then identifying and prioritizing potential solutions for segments that
feature the greatest interaction friction, the lowest degree of co-ordination and the lowest conversion rates.
6. Developing a strategic “orchestration” plan for each segment to steer customers through “successful” paths and
channels.
Value all along the Journey
In an industry where product differentiation is expensive and often temporary, the role of the automotive customer
experience innovation has reached priority status. The confluence of economic turmoil, consumer behavior changes and
rapid innovations in media and technology landscape has created even greater urgency for automotive enterprises to get their
customer engagement strategies in order.
It is imperative that automotive enterprises take a proactive, design-oriented approach in ensuring that all customer
interactions are purposeful, co-ordinated and customer-centric using principles of “digital experience design.” Infosys believes
that proactive investment towards meaningful orchestration across the myriad of customer interactions and “moments of
truth” will deliver unique value to consumers by removing the predominant source of interaction friction. Most importantly,
this will further result in delivering enhanced economic value to demanding stakeholders.
References
1. “How Facebook can move the metal” - http://www.autonews.com
2. “Orchestration” - Source: http://www.eiisolutions.net/resource-center/glossary
3. “Developing a mobile commerce strategy” - http://www.mobilecommercedaily.com
4. “Social Media integration and influence” - http://www.mediapost.com
5. “Mobile Apps and influence” - https://home.autonews.com
6. “Digital Marketing and Communication” - https://home.autonews.com
7. “Trends in US Auto Digital Market” - http://adage.com
6. Research & Analysis Team:
1. Steven P. Silver
2. Vineet Bhagat
3. Bharat Nagarajan
4. Ritesh Arora
About the Authors
Steven P. Silver : Steven is a Senior Principal in the Infosys Consulting Global Manufacturing / Automotive Practice. He has
19 years of professional and senior leadership experience over complex digitally-enabled brand, marketing, sales and service
innovation programs with emphasis in retail automotive and various information technology sectors. Steven’s industry
experience also spans the financial services, pharmaceutical and managed health care industries. His consulting expertise
specializes in designing and deploying multi-channel digital experience strategies across marketing, sales and service
channels, including web portals (B2C, B2B, B2E), contact centers and mobile channels and CRM plans, campaigns, enablers,
digital, direct and social marketing initiatives on a global scale. Steven was the first director of Nissan’s North American and
global digital marketing and CRM programs, has consulted with a number of global automakers and also previously held
senior marketing, digital brand and e-Business leadership roles at The TCW Group, Cisco, Siemens, Andrx Pharmaceuticals
and Prudential HealthCare.
Vineet Bhagat : Vineet is a Principal in the Infosys Consulting Core Process Excellence Practice. He has over 7 years
of experience in the areas of strategy planning and management consulting. Vineet’s industry experience spans the
telecommunications, power, media and entertainment, consumer durables, retail, pharmaceutical and health care industries.
He has assisted clients with strategy development & deployment, new business venture evaluation, strategic planning,
processes refinement, collaboration enablement, business process re-engineering / improvements and in designing / deploying
corporate performance management frameworks (using Balanced Scorecard fundamentals).
Bharat Nagarajan : Bharat is a Senior Associate in Infosys Consulting India-Manufacturing Practice. He has 9 years of
professional experience in both Consulting and Industry across Aerospace/Defense, Automotive, Hi Tech and Discrete
Manufacturing sectors. His experiences count in Retail Sales, Channel Management, Planning & Procurement, Logistics &
Customer Relations Operations. In the automotive area he has in addition to the area of digital commerce, worked on Entry
Strategy + Sourcing & Engineering plans for automotive majors in the Indian market.