Strategic CRM - Mainitain Long Term

Relationship with Customers

Determining and development of CRM strategies involves following steps:
1. Amplify Commitment- Strategic CRM involves almost all the departments of an
organization e.g. finance, sales, manufacturing, distribution, marketing etc. Hence it is
essential to get support and use their important feedback while determining strategies.
For this each and every department should be kept informed about all the developments
and implementation of processes carried out or performed. Everyone should also be
emphasized about the positive approaches and end results of the strategies.
2. Building valuable project team- After organizational commitment is secured the next
important stage in developing CRM strategies is building a determined and valuable
project team. Each and every member of this team should be experiences and dedicated
professional as these members will be the key decision makers in the whole process.
They will be responsible to communicate all the related details and benefits of the CRM
strategies to all the members of the organization. These members should be from
following work groups to ensure all the aspects of strategies are addressed efficiently;
a. Management- Management professionals are responsible to provide motivation,
leadership and management at every strategic development step especially when a
change in business process or organizational structure is expected.
b. Technical- Automation of CRM strategies are important and must involve
experienced technical hands. Also technical professional provide their useful
contribution in building and managing software application and determining their
compatibility with existing software features.
c. Sales and Marketing- These are final users of CRM system once the strategies
are determined and implemented. The applied strategies are supposed to be
successful once these users fell comfortable and satisfied by using all the CRM
features. Being the end users these people are also responsible to provide useful
feedbacks on efficiency and effectiveness while the strategies are in development
phase.
d. Financial- The CRM strategies must also be gone through or evaluated under
financial aspects. The financial professionals of the team can provide crucial
analysis on assessment of enhanced productivity, evaluation of operational and
production cost and final estimated cost of the project. They also help in assessing
the investment cost per module or segment so that the product is delivered inside
the budget.
e. External Experts- Many times some external consultants and other CRM
vendors are substantially helpful in strategy development. These are people who
are generally hired or outsourced for second fruitful opinion or if the organization
is lacking with sufficient CRM experts. These professionals have vast experience
in the same field and helps analyzing organization’s actual business needs, work
 with other professional to review and approve complex business structure and
even helps in formulating the team members according to the expertise they
posses.
3. Requirement Analysis- CRM strategies should always focus and concentrate on the
actual business requirements. This process involves a series surveys and questionnaires
with top level sales, marketing and financial managers to gather the actual expectations
regarding the strategies to be implemented and what results these strategies will throw in
the final stage. This is a very crucial factor in the development of an effective CRM
system because if the results are not matching the actual requirement or if they diverge
from focus points, then that means it’s not achieving the desired goals.
Marketing and Sales
Looks and charm may get you one date. Character, consistency, caring and support
will get you going steady. The same holds true for your client. Your organisation
may woo her to buy once at a high profit with promises of service, loyalty,
discounts, friendliness, but if you can't back up your offering, you'll not have a long-
term relationship with her. To do this you'll need to change your perception of the
way you deal with a client.
Here are three ideas you may like to consider:

Think long-term

It costs most organisations money to sign up a new client. Depending who you talk
to it can cost a company 9x more to acquire a new client than to service and grow
an existing one. To get any real benefit and profits from your client you need to
have her on board for the long haul.

Work out the lifetime value of your client

This concept should totally change your perspective. Let's take an example of a
pizza takeaway restaurant: Imagine that a person buys an average of one pizza a
week at R30 and he does this religiously for 40 years. You're looking at a massive
R62 400 over that person's lifetime. Isn't it true that you'd treat a R62 400 client a
whole lot better than a R30 customer. You'd want him to spend that money in your
pizza takeaway and not in your competitor's restaurant, wouldn't you?

Think client not customer

According to the Webster's Dictionary, a customer is someone who purchases a

commodity or service. A client is someone who is under the protection of another.
Winning organisations become trusted advisers who have the client's best interests
at heart. Those who do not look after their clients now, will not survive and thrive
into the future. If you think that this is a trite statement, consider the following: of
the Top 500 companies listed 100 years ago in America, only 14 are still in
existence. Ignore the client at your own peril.

"What's in it for me?" you may ask. Well, if you become more client-focused, you
become more valuable to the company. And if you become valuable, who knows
where it could lead - more money, promotion and status?

Employ some of the following strategies over the next 30 days. There'll be three
winners: your client, your organisation and you. If you go the extra mile and
implement some of the ideas I put forward, you'll see profitable results for your
organisation and for you. Remember, successful people do what unsuccessful
people aren't prepared to do.
Client Relationship Strategy #1

Speak to all your existing clients (particularly, the happy ones) and ask them to
recommend three other decision-makers in non-competing companies that your
organisation can do business with. This is sure to lead to sales. Challenge yourself
to follow up with those companies. I guarantee if you bring in those sales, the sky's
the limit in your organisation for you.

Client Relationship Strategy #2

Get to know your clients better: birthdays, hobbies, sports interests and the like.
Get as much information about them as possible and then use it.

Client Relationship Strategy #3

Get back your lost clients. Go through your dormant client base and send them
letters asking them why you haven't heard from them in a while. Apologise to them
for not getting back to them sooner. You can give them a discount to entice them
back. These clients are not dealing with your organisation because it is taking them
for granted and not making them feel real special. That's the bottom line.

About the Author

The Business Generator, Jacques de Villiers is a professional speaker, consultant

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CRM: From evolution to revolution
Starting this issue we will run a series of articles on e-business. The first of the series talks
about Customer Relationship Management, (CRM) and why it is important in today's
business environment.
It is 10.30 in the morning. Kate, a young woman living in Boston, is waiting for her
appointment with her doctor. She has been feeling unwell. The beaming doctor, after a
check-up confirms her pregnancy. Jubilant, she rushes home to break the news to her
husband.
10.45, the same day, Robert meets Jake, Kate's husband, at his office. He shows to a
bewildered Jake, his company's brochures for baby cradles. Jake protests that he neither
has a child, nor was expecting one. Just then the phone rings and Kate announces the
expected arrival. Needless to say that Robert walks out with a plum order.
Smith is a busy business manager. On his trip to London, he finds time to buy the birthday
gift for his fiancée living in Paris, from the supermarket chain. He likes the gold watch, but
would like a different strap and his name etched on it. Moreover, he would like the gift to be
delivered to his fiancée's home. On reaching back to his home in New York, he calls the
local number of the supermarket chain, ready to give the details of his purchase, and
enquire if the gift was delivered. When the phone is picked, the operator, without asking for
any introduction, greets him "
Good Morning, Mr. Smith. Your gift was delivered yesterday. Thanks for doing business with
us". Mr. Smith is bewildered but, of course very happy, wondering how on earth did the
operator 'recognize' him.
If you are surprised, don't be. Welcome to the world of Customer Relationship Management,
the management mantra of the new millennium.
CRM-What is it all about?
Broadly speaking, Customer Relationship Management or CRM is a web enabled marketing,
sales and service application integrated across all customer contact points.
It is a tool that seamlessly integrates into the enterprise information system. The Internet
has revolutionized
the way business is done and has virtually taken the enterprise information system within
the reach of the
customer. It can be accessed through the call centers, through the Internet and increasingly
through mobile devices. See Figure 1.
Market size and key players
The worldwide CRM market consists of two broad segments: The CRM products and the CRM
services. Both the segments have shown astronomical growth during the past couple of
years and as per the projections of the leading market research companies, CRM products
and services will grow, over the next five years with a Compound Annual Growth Rate
(CAGR) of 49 per cent and 29 per cent respectively, well above the overall expected CAGR
of the IT industry of 11 per cent.
AMR Research, Inc, predicts the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market will
reach $16.8 billion by the year 2003, CAGR of 49 per cent over the next five years.
The firm also predicts that the European CRM market will grow to $4.3 billion in 2003 from
$500 million in 1998, with a compound annual growth rate of 53 per cent, exceeding the 44
percent CAGR expected in North America over the same period.
Total Customer Relationship Management Revenue, 1998 - 2003 (Forecast)
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 5 Year
CAGR
$2.3 B $3.7 B $5.4 B $7.9 B $11.5 B $16.8 B 49%
Source: AMR Research, 1999
The Aberdeen group forecast that the CRM product market (Independent Software Vendors)
to grow to close to US$ 13 billion by 2003.
The top vendors, based on 1998 total company revenue, were Siebel, Vantive, and Clarify.
ERP vendors are beginning to have a tremendous impact on the CRM market, with Oracle
and Baan capturing two of the top five
positions in overall CRM revenue. The marketplace has become even more fragmented with
Peoplesoft's acquisition of Vantive and success of a number of other players.
IDC forecasts that the total worldwide market for CRM services will grow from US$ 34.42
billion in 1999 to US$ 125.2 billion by 2004.
US and Worldwide CRM Services Revenue,
1999 and 2004 ($M)
Country 1999 2004
United States 18,845 63,854
World Wide 34,420 125,205
Source: IDC, 2000
The CRM services consist of six major segments:
1. Consulting services (IDC projects growth from US$2.2 billion to US$ 7.1 billion by 2004
at CAGR of 26per cent, compared to CAGR of 12per cent of IT & Business Consultancy)
2. Implementation services: This makes the second largest segment of the CRM services
and will grow from 19per cent in 1999 of the market to 25per cent of the market in 2004
(as per IDC's forecast).
3. CRM Outsourcing services: IDC forecasts that this market will grow from US$ 23 billion to
US$ 75.1 billion by 2004.
4. Training services: The CRM training market is forecasted to grow from US$ 2.2 billion in
1999 to US$ 9.1 billion by 2004 at a CAGR of 33per cent.
Bulk of the revenues would continue to come from USA while Latin America is likely to be
the fastest growing
market.
The evolution of CRM
It is not suddenly that the business managers have realized that the customer is supreme or
the need to render personalized service. However, it was not possible to address the
preferences of a massive group of widely dispersed individuals. Neither the tools nor the
technology was available. The smart business managers did the next best thing, which was
to conduct a market research and classify the market into broad segments with different
preferences. The product managers would (and still do) then position their products catering
broadly to these segments.
The information systems have evolved tremendously over the last three decades and so
have the communication systems, as shown in Figure 2. While ERP, the management
mantra of nineties offered the means to optimize resource planning at the enterprise level
encompassing every area of the enterprise on a real time basis, there was still no means to
connect to the customer. The customer had just too many locations.
The commercial penetration of Internet into the homes changed everything. It provided the
means to take the integrated enterprise information system to the customer's living room.
He could buy, sell or bank sitting there, while uniquely identifying himself.
This has led to the evolution of CRM, which uses the Net to integrate the customer contact
points directly with the enterprise. It provides the means to interact with every customer
individually (thereby interacting with million or even billions of customers). The interactions
over a period of time create history that is available to the field sales/support personnel at
the touch of a button.
Doing business in the CRM era
CRM has revolutionized the way the business is transacted. Customization and
personalization has been radically redefined. There was a time when companies could do
business by making a range of products, and the customers could choose from the available
product range. Now the customer demands 'Merawala ………'. And the companies have to
gear themselves to deliver the 'Mera wala' products to the customers.
CRM is the great enabler that makes it possible to achieve this level of customization in a
cost effective manner. Right from a highly focused marketing to the transaction and after
sales support, CRM provides a cost effective, easily accessible and cost effective interface.
By enabling the direct customer interaction, CRM has changed every sphere of activity. The
products must have modular designs that can be easily customized. Even the warehouses
are changing from being just storehouses to those having the facility for 'Assemble to
Order'. The customization increases the product variety multifold and it may not be
economical to store such huge variety. The intelligent warehouses, as they are popularly
known as, stock the knocked down modules and assemble them on the receipt of order. The
interaction cycle using CRM is shown in Figure 3.
If fuel efficiency was the selling proposition for automobiles in the seventies, sportiness in
the eighties and safety in the nineties, customization is the selling proposition of the new
millennium. The e-sales concept is increasingly becoming significant in volumes for most
American and European manufacturers. The interactive e-Store front of the manufacturer
permits the customer to configure his own automobile the kind of upholstery, music system,
accessories, etc.
The customer preferences which were captured
through the earlier interaction automatically create work orders and the customized product
is delivered.
Even though the product is highly customized, there is hardly any additional cost involved.
More companies
are focusing their growth strategies around direct sales through the Net.
Most affected industries
Travel and transportation industry has been almost revolutionized by CRM. For them CRM
makes the difference between being in business or out of it. Financial services, insurance,
investment banking, education and utilities are the other large scale adopters of CRM in the
services sector.
The concept of retailing has been redefined with CRM. Product industries are using it for
marketing as well as after sales support. Increasing number of product manufacturers are
able to retail directly, thanks to CRM.
Why should you adopt CRM?
CEOs are realizing those who are not able to come up with effective CRM strategies risk
being edged out of business. Customer is the king and the business strategies must be built
for ensuring customer loyalty. It costs six times more to create a new customer than retain
an old one.
Increased sales revenues.
• Sales reps spend more time on productive calls and less on chasing information and
dry calls.
• Ability to penetrate and support wider geographical area.
• Sales transactions 24 hours, 7 days a week.
Increased responsiveness
Ability to respond to changing customer preferences in real time. Reduced left over stocks,
reduced business risk and zero budget planning.
Increased win rates
• Ability to concentrate resources on likely customers.
• Availability of customer preference data.
Increased margins
• Improved value-sell and reduced price-sell.
• Opportunity for cross-sell and up sell.
Reduced cost
• Improved customer satisfaction ratings
• Personalized customer service.
• 24X7 service and support.
• Customized products.
• Improved information availability.
Decreased costs
• Decreased low value work for sales reps.
• No duplication of effort due to shared schema
• Focused campaigns reduce wastage of resources.
• Reduced communication costs.
Current trends in CRM
As CRM matures, distinct trends are emerging.
Hosted solution: Enterprises are increasingly showing an interest in the buying a hosted
solution from the ASPs.
This trend is likely to increase as the enterprises would prefer to concentrate on their core
businesses and let the ASPs provide updated solutions.
Integrated solution: There is an increasing trend to integrate the CRM activities with the
supply chain, manufacturing and B2B market places. This trend is likely to increase.
Evolution of marketing and branding services: Internet marketing and branding is a
different paradigm with different set of rules. Specialized services, with the convergence of
marketing and CRM professionals are fast emerging.
Data warehouses: Even as enterprise rush to warehouse their own data captured at
interaction points, data has become a commodity. It can be bought, sold, shared and
leased. There are companies whose only business in data transactions.
CRM in India
Software is to India what oil was to Gulf. It is therefore
no surprise that the Indian companies are jumping into
the CRM bandwagon to seize a chunk of the global
market, both products as well as services.
With is vast talent pool; India is fast becoming an
important development base of major CRM companies.
This trend is likely to increase in the future. Call
centers, catering primarily to the American and
European markets are coming up in and around the
metros. With the easing of infrastructure constraints,
India is likely to emerge as a significant player in this
segment.
Adoption of CRM by Indian companies is at an infancy stage. The CRM enabled companies
include Modi Xerox, Tata Telecom, TVS Electronics, HP India, Tata Infotech, Carrier
Refrigeration, Tata Teleservices, Satyam Infoway, Planet M, and Epicenter Technologies
among many others.
India even has a CRM Foundation in New Delhi, founded with the purpose of assessing and
improving CRM practices. Founding members include Tata Telecom, Escotel, Modi Xerox,
Global Groupware, AC Nielsen, Carrier Aircon, and Motorola India, among others.
Critical success factors
A CRM solution is not a stand-alone solution that could be implemented in isolation to the
enterprise information system. It marks a shift of the focus from product centric planning to
customer centric planning. A prudent CRM strategy is essential for a successful adoption of
CRM. Some of the critical success factors that must be evaluated are:
1. Identify the mission, objectives and goals: Technology has radically changed the business
environment. A detailed business strategy analysis lays the foundation for engineering an
information system for the enterprise that will fulfill the current and the future needs of the
organization.
2. Identify and prioritize what functions need to be automated: A CRM automation audit
shall help create a roadmap to complete automation. There may be processes that are
inefficient and automating them without re-engineering is not a desirable solution.
3. Gain Top Management support and unequivocal commitment: No CRM strategy can ever
succeed unless the top management is totally committed to its success.
4. Employ technology smartly: Technological obsolescence is a real threat. A long term
vision and prudent planning is a must. As a thumb rule, look for open architectures,
scalability, and integration into existing systems, reliability, and support etc. Evaluate
options and take an informed decision. Keep in mind that it may be too expensive to
reverse this decision.
5. Involve users early: Involve the likely users early in the process. They know their needs
best and can best help define the new system, for they are best aware of the old one. It is
important to make then participate in the process and 'own' the solution.
6. Prototype the solution: Deploy the solution on a smaller scale and test all the functions,
instead of jumping to the 'big leap'.
7. Training: The paramount importance of training cannot be over emphasized. This is one
of the single most prevalent reasons for failures/incomplete success. A smart manager
would realize that training costs more than the combined hardware/software cost over the
solution lifecycle.
8. Allocate responsibility: It is important to ensure maximum uptime and reliability of the
system so that the users may not loose faith. Make one department/person responsible for
the CRM system.
9. Cross department management team: Form a committee with people from sales,
marketing and service departments apart from the information systems department to
monitor the CRM project.
10. Keep the employees motivated: Technology usually breeds fear and insecurity. It is
desirable to 'sell' to system internally before implementing it to avoid non co-
operation/resistance.
Enterprise managers are more obsessed with the product. However, experience shows that
even the best product fails to meet the desired end goals if the implementation is improper
or the training inadequate. Rushing to implementing a CRM system without a prudent
evaluation and audit usually results in a failure. The choice of an experienced and able
consultancy organization is usually very critical.
The Road Ahead
Technology has been a major driving factor for CRM and is bringing radical changes. The
developments in several technological areas are likely to have a major impact on CRM.
Some of the areas are listed below:
Biometric sensing: passwords continue to be the least user friendly and the most un-secure
link in the CRM chain.
However, advancement in biometrics will soon make it possible to make a foolproof
recognition through voice, live fingerprint or image. The system would automatically identify
(and not just verify) the user. Peoplesoft has already announced that it is working on voice
recognition.
M-commerce: There has been an enormous advancement in this area. Rapid developments
in the mobile computing and data access devices are likely to be a major growth area for
CRM. The global marketplace is all set to shrink to a palm top.
Digital signatures and secured identification technologies.
Integration with B2B marketplaces: Many argue that online marketplaces will drive sales in
the coming decades and branding will no longer be important. Even if such a postulation is
far-fetched, there can be little doubt that enterprises will integrate the CRM solutions with
B2B market places. NM
Chetan Agarwal, team leader, Quark Systems, Chandigarh. He can be reached on
cagarwal@quark.stpm.soft.net
Disclaimer: The contents of this article are the author's own and expressed in his personal
capacity, without any association whatsoever, expressed or implied, with his employer.
The Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system was first introduced into the Service
Centre in January 2004, with further scoping and development completed later in the year for
WCA and incoming Study Abroad and Exchange students.

In addition to the standard customer-focused attributes of a client-management system, the

CRM was developed to be a central database of all enquirers and applicants to the
University and the College for the recruitment of prospective students. One of the main
features is the interface with the University’s Student Management System, which
underpins course information for publication on the UOW website. Intelligence derived
from this interface also facilitates conversion strategies for applicants and enquirers for
UOW and WCA.

Other facets of the CRM include: relationship management with other key stakeholders
such as schools, agents, sponsoring bodies and credit transfer organisations; web
management of course information; on-line enquiries and booking of events; and a library
of quality-assured procedures and guidelines.

The next phase of development will incorporate both the management of outgoing
Exchange students and formal linkages with partner institutions.

Effect of CRM in Maruti Udyog

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Procter & Gamble Selects i2 Customer

Relationship Management Solutions to
Optimize Its Order Management
Business Wire, May 14, 2001
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DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2001
i2 Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:ITWO), the leading provider of supply chain and marketplace
solutions, today announced that Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), has purchased components of
the industry-leading i2 Customer Relationship Management Solutions(TM), including software
designed to automate and integrate P&G's global order management process to improve
customer service and order management efficiencies.
i2 CRM is structured to help P&G leverage its existing infrastructure as it leads the industry in
its ability to provide e-commerce capabilities for itself and its customers. Specifically, the order
management capabilities of i2 CRM are designed to enable companies such as P&G to fulfill
their vision of an automated, touchless, quality order processing system that connects to multiple
private and public marketplaces, and provides multiple levels of automation to match all
customers' capabilities.
"The versatility of i2's solution provides us the ability to add value to our trading relationship
with all of our customers and provides them a variety of flexible options in which to transact
business with P&G. Using the solution, we plan to provide improved customer service while
keeping our costs down by leveraging our existing infrastructure," said Steve David, Chief
Information Officer, P&G.
"i2 is extremely happy to partner with P&G in our mission to drive value through second
generation e-business solutions. The i2 CRM Solutions, utilizing the order management
capabilities, should allow P&G to improve service to its customers while reducing order
management costs and minimizing disruption to their existing infrastructure. P&G is clearly
leading the way in the development of future order management capabilities in the Consumer
Goods industry," said Steve Robinson, executive vice president, i2 CRM.
About The Procter & Gamble Company
Procter & Gamble markets approximately 300 brands to nearly five billion consumers in over
140 countries. These brands include Tide(R), Ariel(R), Crest(R), Pantene Pro-V(R), Always(R),
Whisper(R), Pringles(R), Pampers(R), Olay(R), Iams(R) and Vicks(R). Based in Cincinnati,
Ohio, USA, P&G has on-the-ground operations in over 70 countries. For more information on
P&G and its products, please visit its worldwide website at http://www.pg.com.
About i2
i2 is creating real value for its global e-business customers through its i2 TradeMatrix
Solutions(TM), content, and marketplace platform. i2 TradeMatrix allows businesses to create
both private and public marketplaces, while improving the efficiencies of all participants. i2
provides a wide variety of collaborative e-business services for both the early stages and next
generation of e-business adoption, with each service supported by decision optimization,
transaction management and content management solutions. Founded in 1988, i2's mission is to
deliver $75 billion in value to its customers by 2005. i2 is headquartered in Dallas, has more than
5,900 employees and maintains offices worldwide. Visit i2's Web site at http://www.i2.com.
i2 is a registered trademark of i2 Technologies, Inc. i2 TradeMatrix, i2 TradeMatrix Solutions, i2
Customer Relationship Management Solutions and the i2 logo design are trademarks of i2
Technologies, Inc.
i2 Cautionary Language
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties,
including the customer's ability to implement i2 solutions successfully or to achieve benefits
attributable to i2 products. For a discussion of factors which could impact i2's financial results
and cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements, please
refer to i2's recent filings with the SEC, particularly the Form 10-K filed March 29, 2001 and
Form 10-Q filed May 4, 2001. i2 assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking
information contained in this news release.
COPYRIGHT 2001 Business Wire

COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group

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Airtel : Adapting CRM’s Road to Happy Clients

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Airtel, a telephony superbrand, is well on its way to mastering the art of managing
customers. The journey has been evolutionary and CRM now gives them the power
to study the lives of its customers and offer them personalized services. CRM’s
more than a test for Airtel, India’s largest mobile service provider—it’s a lifeline.
Airtel’s CRM is roping in more business in a game that’s getting hard, everyday, just
to stay in. CRM, mere jargon
for most until recently, is now bandied in junior management conversation and has
become crucial for many businesses … click here to refer more on Airtel’s CRM
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