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CUSTOMER

RELATIONSHIP
MANAGEMENT

SUNDARARAMAN S
31509631056
Definition –

 “A business strategy, the outcomes of which


optimize profitability, revenue and customer
satisfaction by organizing around customer
segments, fostering customer satisfying behaviors
and implementing customer-centric process.”
Why CRM ?
 Businesses succeed by getting, keeping and
growing customers
 Cost of acquiring a new customer is 5 times the
cost of retaining an existing customer
 20-80 rule – top 20% of the customers often
generate 80% of the profits
 Increase Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)
 The net present value of the stream of future profits
expected over the customers’ lifetime purchases
Key points on CRM
 CRM can be described as the development and
implementation of a strategy for handling interactions
with past, existing or future customers
 It covers all customer oriented activities from potential
market identification through to customer loyalty
retention
 It is technology enabled and involves data capture and
analysis, information generation and distribution
 CRM is all about acquiring and retaining customers,
improving loyalty, gaining customer insight and
implementing customer focused strategies
Functions of CRM
 Identify factors important to clients
 Promote a customer oriented philosophy
 Adopt customer based measures
 Develop end to end processes to serve customers
 Provide successful customer support
 Handle customer complaints
 Track all aspects of sales
 Create a holistic view of customers’ sales and
service information
Phases of CRM

Get new customers through


marketing communications

Provide best service –


make them know that they are valued
by your organization

Retain the customers by


reducing defection, giving
rewards
Components of a CRM system
 There are three fundamental components in CRM
 Operational – automation of basic business processes
 Analytical – analysis of customer data and behavior
using Business Intelligence
 Collaborative – communicating with clients
Operational CRM
 Provides automated support to front office business
processes (sales, marketing and service)
 Each interaction with a customer is added to a
customer’s history
 Operational CRM involves three general areas
 Sales Force Automation (SFA) – automates sales force
management tasks
 Customer Service and Support (CSS) – automates service
requests, complaints, product returns and enquiries
 Enterprise marketing Automation (EMA) – provides
information on the business environment like competitors,
industry trends etc
Analytical CRM
 It analyses the data with a view to identify means
to enhance a company’s relationship with the
clients
 The results of the analysis are used to design
directed marketing campaigns, for e.g.
 Cross selling and up-selling
 Providing timely and regular information
 It is a continuing and iterative process
Collaborative CRM
 It focuses on the interaction with customers and it
includes
 Providing efficient communications to customers
across a variety of communication channels
 Providing online services to reduce customer service
costs
 Providing access to customer identification while
interacting with the customers
Features and Functions
 Technology Enabled Selling (TES)
 Marketing resource management
 Segment and List management
 Call Center management
 Trade Promotion Management
 Marketing Analytics
CRM in Marketing
 CRM helps in promoting and developing one-to-
one marketing
 CRM helps in increasing the value of the customer
base
 CRM helps in facilitating the process of customer
development
One-to-One Marketing
 Identify your prospects and customers
 Differentiate your customers in terms of
 Their needs
 Their value to your company
 Interact with the customers to improve your
knowledge about their needs
 Customize products, services and messages to each
customer
Increasing Customer Base Value
 Reducing the rate of customer defection
 Increasing the longevity of customer relationship
 Enhancing the growth potential of each customer
by way of cross selling and up-selling
 Making low profit customers more profitable
 Focusing more on high value customers – birthday
reminders, gifts or invitations to special events etc
Customer Development Process
Uses of CRM
 Providing on-line access to information and technical
assistance around the clock
 Identify what customers value and devise appropriate
strategies for handling the same
 Identifying potential problems before they occur
 Providing mechanism for handling customer
complaints and problems
 Storing customer interests in order to target customers
selectively
 Providing mechanisms for managing and scheduling
repairs, ongoing support
Examples
 Dell – mass customization
 Rolls Royce - Personalization
CRM vendors
CRM Vendor Revenue in Market share
billion USD in %
SAP 2.05 22.5
Oracle 1.48 16.1
Salesforce.com 0.96 10.6

Microsoft 0.58 6.4


Amdocs 0.45 4.9

Source: Gartner, Inc (2009-06-15)


References
 Kotler, Kelly, Koshy, Jha. Marketing Management,
13th edition: A South Asian Perspective. Pearson
Education, 2009.
 Alexis leon. ERP Demystified, 2nd edition. Tata
McGraw Hill, 2009.
THANK YOU

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