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Organizing for
Customer Data
Management
Dr. Debra Zahay
Professor and President, Zahay, Inc.

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Starting Question: What is the
relationship between Customer
Information Management and
Firm Performance?

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Customer Information
Management Breeds Success

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My Journey Studying Customer
Data Management
Information
Systems
Sales/Marketing
/Databases
IMC &
More Databases
????
Ph.D.

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Research Scope 1998-2013
• Over 400 companies
• Over ten years of research
• B2B and B2C
• Qualitative and Quantitative
• 20 academic papers
• Over 500 citations (Debra Zahay on Google
Scholar)

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Over 500 Article Citations

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Editor: Journal of Research in
Interactive Marketing

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Textbook Co-Author

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Titles have changed, basics are the
same
Buzzwords: Database Marketing, Direct Marketing
Payton, F. & Zahay, D. L.
(2003). Understanding Why
Marketing Doesn't Use the
Corporate Data Warehouse
for CRM Applications.
Journal of Database
Marketing, 10 (4), 315-326.
Zahay, D. L. & Griffin, A.
(2003). Information
Antecedents and
Consequences of
Personalization and
Customization in Business-
to-Business Service Markets.
Journal of Database
Marketing, 10 (3), 255-271-
326.

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We want to find best customers,
treat segments differently
Buzzwords: Customer Relationship Management/Marketing
Zahay, D., Peltier, J., &
Krishen, A. (2012). Building
the Foundation for
Customer Data Quality in
CRM Systems for Financial
Services Firms, Journal of
Database Marketing and
Customer Strategy
Management formerly
Journal of Database
Marketing, Vol. 19 (1), pp. 5-
16.

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Data Analytics is “Now”
Buzzwords: Marketing Data Analytics, Big Data
Peltier, J., Zahay, D.
& Krishen, A.
(2013). A
Hierarchical IMC
Data Integration
and Measurement
Framework. The
Journal of
Marketing
Analytics, formerly
Journal of Database
Marketing and
Customer Strategy
Management, Vol. 1,
1, 32-48.

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Research Issues Covered
• Customer Data Management Practices and
Measurement
• Data Management/Performance
Relationship
• Customer Data Quality
• Organizing for data quality
• Personalization and customization
• Transactional vs. relational data, differences,
contribution to performance

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Study No. Description
1 Quantitative survey with 209 insurance and software b2b
marketers of customer information management
practices and link to strategies and performance
2 Series of focus groups in a single health care payer
regarding implementation of a corporate data warehouse
for marketing purposes
3 Follow-on qualitative study with respondents to Study 1
and one other firm, uncovered organizational factors in
customer information management to test in Study 4
4 Quantitative pre-test of important organizational factors
in customer information management success in 43 firms
across all industries
5 Series of interviews with marketers in the new product
area, primarily, software and chemical, on customer
information management needs, follow on survey
6 Quantitative survey 166 executives in Financial Services,
both B2B and B2C, included organizational factors, data
quality and performance (Latest work)

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Companiesmustconsiderhavingthreecapabilitiesto
manage customerinformationwell:
1. A corporate strategy consistent
with data collected
2. A clear mission and vision for data
collection and use
3. Shared data and organizational
cooperation

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Companiesmustconsiderhavingthreecapabilitiesto
manage customerinformationwell:
1. A corporate strategy consistent
with data collected
2. A clear mission and vision for data
collection and use
3. Shared data and organizational
cooperation

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BasicResearchProcedure:
1. Create a theoretical framework
2. Develop hypotheses
3. Determine how to measure

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Managing CustomerInformation
Customer Information System
1. Get
3. Move
2. Store
4. Use
1. Acquisition, Specificity and Quality
3. Dissemination
2. Addressability
4. Shareability
Competitive Advantage
Managerial Focus

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StrategyTrumps All in Termsof Performance
.38**
.19**
.14* .25**
* p <.05, 2 tailed
** p < .01, 2-tailed
.30**
.20**
.17**
.17**
.17**
Strategic
Excellence
Personali-
zation
Customi-
zation
CIS
Customer
Performance
Business Unit
Performance
N=206

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CIS
Thirty-item Customer Information System
(CIS) Scale4. Shareability
3. Dissemination
2. Addressability
1a.Specificity 1b. Quality
Person
Specific
- Sales
Quality
Time
Specific
Person
Specific-
Marketing
Database
Capabilities
Knowledge of
Share of
Wallet
Shareability
Info
Within
Unit

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Is Data Quality Bigger than Big Data?
• 53% of companies in the recent TDWI (The Data
Warehousing Institute) study reported they have suffered
losses, problems, or costs due to poor data quality (Quaero,
December 2012)
• Moveo Integrated Branding, February 2013
• Customers report 23% undeliverable emails
• 11% Duplicate records
• 54% phone numbers “unconnectable”
• Poor quality data is the biggest barrier to effective email
marketing: Econsultancy Report, April 2013

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So if everyone knows data
quality is important, why isn’t
it being done?

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Companiesmustconsiderhavingthreecapabilitiesto
manage customerinformationwell:
1. A corporate strategy consistent
with data collected
2. A clear mission and vision for
data collection and use
3. Shared data and organizational
cooperation

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WhereDataQualityFitsintheOrganization
Organizational
Culture
Data
Quality
Cross-
Functional
Cooperation
Customer
Performance
Business
PerformanceData
Sharing
Marketing/IT
Integration

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1. Overall data quality?
2. Data quality of transactions,
touchpoints, interactions?
3. Overall quality of
contact/loyalty/satisfaction data?
How do you rate in Customer Data Quality?

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1. Customer Retention
2. Customer Satisfaction
3. Cross-selling
What is Customer Performance?

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1. Do you have an agreed vision for managing Customer
information?
2. Is there a common purpose?
2. Is the vision shared?
3 Do you use cross-functional teams?
Do you reward teams for good performance?
How should you organize for Customer
Information Management?

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Companiesmustconsiderhavingthreecapabilitiesto
manage customerinformationwell:
1. A corporate strategy consistent
with data collected
2. A clear mission and vision for data
collection and use
3. Shared data and organizational
cooperation

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1. Can you store it in one place?
2. Can you query it?
3. Can your employees get at it?
Three Questions Assess Customer Data
Sharing

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Starting Question: What is the
relationship between Customer
Information Management and
Firm Performance?
Research suggests that
Customer Information
Management is a multi-faceted
organizational operation and
that strategy, shareability and
quality data each play a key role.

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Contact information
• Dr. Debra Zahay-Blatz
• http://www.zahay.com
• Best email debrazb22@gmail.com
• Cell 630-300-8838
• THE BLOG: datadrivendigitalmarketing.blogspot.com
• The G+ Community Data-Driven Digital Marketing
• Watch for the Data Book!