Modelling eCRM Systems with the Unified Modelling Language

2011 ◽  
pp. 667-677
Author(s):  
Calin Gurau
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Equity ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Modelling Language

Electronic commerce requires the redefinition of the firm’s relationships with partners, suppliers, and customers. The goal of effective Customer Relationship Management (CRM) practice is to increase the firm’s customer equity, which is defined by the quality, quantity, and duration of customer relationships (Fjermestad & Romano, 2003). The proliferation of electronic devices in the business environment has determined the companies to implement electronic customer relationship management (eCRM) systems, which are using advanced technology to enhance customer relationship management practices.

The impact of customer knowledge and customer relationship management on service quality

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shu-Mei Tseng ◽  
Pin-Hong Wu
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Customer Knowledge ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – Enterprises realize that customers are their most important asset and recognize that a high level of customer satisfaction can only be achieved by enhancing service quality. Thus, how enterprises acquire customer knowledge by which to initiate and maintain customer relationships, as well as to enhance service quality has become an important issue. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a questionnaire and statistical analytical techniques to explore the impact of customer knowledge and customer relationship management (CRM) on service quality. Findings – The results indicated that customer knowledge has a positive influence on service quality and CRM is the partial intervening variable between customer knowledge and service quality. That is, customer knowledge enhances the CRM, while CRM, in turn, increases service quality and provides competitive advantages. Research limitations/implications – This research explored the impact of customer knowledge and CRM on service quality based on the company's perception and there was no validation on the customers' perception of the company. Therefore, it is suggested that future research should involve company staff, current customers, and latent customers to strengthen the triangulation. Practical implications – The results found that customer knowledge is indeed an important source of competitive advantage. Hence, enterprises should acquire valuable customer knowledge in order to enhance the relationship with customers, as well as enhance their service quality. Originality/value – There is still little related literature investigating the relationships amongst customer knowledge, CRM, and service quality. Hence, this study applies questionnaire methods as the main research tools in order to conduct an in-depth investigation into the influence of customer knowledge and CRM on service quality. Furthermore, this research is expected to provide enterprises with valuable suggestions for management practices.

scholarly journals An Exploration of the Effect of Customer Relationship Management on Organizational Performance in the Banking Sector

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Positive Effects

The main objective of this paper is to test the linkages among customer relationship management (CRM) practices and organizational performance in Palestinian banking sector. This research relies on an online survey which was designed for gathering the data from several employees who serve in banking sector. A total of 223 responses were considered valid for data analysis using SPSS and partial least square approach (PLS-SEM). Overall, the findings verified that customer orientation and CRM organization have significant positive effects on organizational performance. The outcomes also confirmed that CRM technology and knowledge management play important roles in affecting organizational performance. These findings reveal that the current business environment requires organizations to continuously monitor and manage customer relationships effectively for achieving their long range objectives and responding to emerging challenges.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Supported by SMS Gateway Technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Komang Redy Winatha
Keyword(s):  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Service Management ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Customer Data ◽  
Gateway Technology ◽  
Web Based System

Responding to the higher restaurant industry competition, the Mailaku Roemah Nongkrong restaurant was not too flexible in facing an environmental changes. It was still using manual technology while there was an advancing technological developments. It was still applying the internal resources for business development. One way to overcome this problem is by utilizing technology and the concept of customer relationship management (CRM). CRM is a marketing strategy to create and maintain customer relationships and reduce the possibility of customers moving to other competitors. This study presented the development and implementation of CRM in a web-based system that was supported by sms gateway technology. The research methodology that will be used in this study consists of some steps, such as library study, observation, interviews, and system development which was divided into analysis, design, coding, and testing. The result was a web-based system was able to manage customer data, product promotion, and customer service management to create good relationships with customers. This system can be as an alternative for restaurants and customers in establishing practical business communication.

From Local Information Systems to Global Customer Relationship Management

2014 ◽  
pp. 299-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulas Akkucuk
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Local Information ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
The World ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
Opening Up

Advances in computer and information technologies have been utilized by companies all over the world since the 1990s. Corresponding roughly to the same period, global trade has increased dramatically. The opening up of large markets like China and the Eastern Europe contributed to this trend. National companies turned global and had to manage operations in a number of different countries. Companies strived to maintain better customer relationships through CRM programs aimed at managing the flow of information, interacting with the customers, and in the end, formulating individualized offerings for them. Globalization has led to the development of the new notion of Global Customer Relationship Management as opposed to having independent local CRM programs operating in the subsidiaries. This chapter presents the issues facing the implementation of such Global CRM programs and provides the important conceptual frameworks proposed in the literature.

eCRM Marketing Intelligence in a Manufacturing Environment

2010 ◽  
pp. 1244-1250
Author(s):  
Aberdeen Leila Borders ◽  
Wesley J. Johnston ◽  
Brett W. Young ◽  
Johnathan Yehuda Morpurgo
Keyword(s):  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Service Information ◽  
Marketing Intelligence ◽  
Management Techniques ◽  
Voice Interaction

This article examines the issue of electronic customer relationship management (eCRM) in a manufacturing context. ECRM has been described as the fusion of a process, a strategy, and technology to blend sales, marketing, and service information to identify, attract, and build partnerships with customers (Bettis-Outland & Johnston, 2003; Jaworski & Jocz, 2002). Although some customers still pay a premium for face-to-face or voice-to-voice interaction in today’s hightech world, through external (e.g., advertising) and internal (e.g., word-of-mouth) influence, the diffusion of the use of eCRM to build and sustain customer loyalty as a firm’s strategy is on the rise. Manufacturers use the knowledge of their customers’ needs and preferences to manage profitable customer interactions. This increased use of eCRM as a new manifestation (technological consolidation) of firmly established customer relationship management techniques has been shown to improve customer relationships and enhance customization (Kennedy, 2006).

Customer Relationship Management and Knowledge Discovery in Database

2010 ◽  
pp. 902-907
Author(s):  
Jounghae Bang ◽  
Nikhilesh Dholakiam ◽  
Lutz Hamel ◽  
Seung-Kyoon Shin
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Discovery ◽  
Relationship Marketing ◽  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationships ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Knowledge Discovery In Databases ◽  
Data Warehouses ◽  
Customer Data ◽  
Purchase Patterns

Customer relationships are increasingly central to business success (Kotler, 1997; Reichheld & Sasser, 1990). Acquiring new customers is five to seven times costlier than retaining existing customers (Kotler, 1997). Simply by reducing customer defections by 5%, a company can improve profits by 25% to 85% (Reichheld & Sasser, 1990). Relationship marketing—getting to know customers intimately by understanding their preferences—has emerged as a key business strategy for customer retention (Dyche, 2002). Internet and related technologies offer amazing possibilities for creating and sustaining ideal customer relationships (Goodhue, Wixom, & Watson, 2002; Ives, 1990; Moorman, Zaltman, & Deshpande, 1992). Internet is not only an important and convenient new channel for promotion, transactions, and business process coordination; it is also a source of customer data (Shaw, Subramaniam, Tan, & Welge, 2001). Huge customer data warehouses are being created using advanced database technologies (Fayyad, Piatetsky- Shapiro, & Smyth, 1996). Customer data warehouses by themselves offer no competitive advantages: insightful customer knowledge must be extracted from such data (Kim, Kim, & Lee, 2002). Valuable marketing insights about customer characteristics and their purchase patterns, however, are often hidden and untapped (Shaw et al., 2001). Data mining and knowledge discovery in databases (KDD) facilitate extraction of valuable knowledge from rapidly growing volumes of data (Mackinnon, 1999; Fayyad et al., 1996). This article provides a brief review of customer relationship issues. The article focuses on: (1) customer relationship management (CRM) technologies, (2) KDD techniques, and (3) Key CRM-KDD linkages in terms of relationship marketing. The article concludes with the observations about the state-of-the-art and future directions.

Investigating the Impact of Customer Relationship Management Practices of E-Commerce on Online Customer's Web Site Satisfaction

2011 ◽  
pp. 1742-1759
Author(s):  
Su-Fang Lee ◽  
Wen-Jang ("Kenny") Jih ◽  
Shyh-Rong Fang
Keyword(s):  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Customer Information ◽  
The Web

This study addresses the effect of customer relationship management (CRM) practices on online customers’ satisfaction with their experience in interacting with the company Web sites. Recognizing the importance of maintaining a healthy relationship with customers, companies are actively seeking ways to enhance the customer value of their offerings through relationship marketing. Since effective managing of customer relationships essentially involves managing customer information flow, Internet technologies have become an important element of a firm’s CRM program. The company Web site is functioning as the focal point of contact for interacting with existing and prospective customers. An important concern is how the company Web site affects customers’ overall perception of the Web site. Using the concepts of Internet-mediated market orientation in marketing and user satisfaction in information systems, this study formulated and validated a theoretical model to analyze causal relationships between CRM practices, customers’ perception of a Web site’s online customer orientation and online customer Web site satisfaction. Based on the structural equation modeling analysis of the primary data collected in Taiwan, the study found that CRM practices positively impact online customers’ Web site satisfaction through their perception of the Web site’s customer orientation.

Investigating the Impact of Customer Relationship Management Practices of E-Commerce on Online Customer's Web Site Satisfaction

2011 ◽  
pp. 1778-1794
Author(s):  
Su-Fang Lee ◽  
Wen-Jang (Kenny) Jih ◽  
Shyh-Rong Fang
Keyword(s):  
Customer Relationship Management ◽  
User Satisfaction ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Customer Orientation ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Customer Information ◽  
The Web

This study addresses the effect of customer relationship management (CRM) practices on online customers’ satisfaction with their experience in interacting with the company Web sites. Recognizing the importance of maintaining a healthy relationship with customers, companies are actively seeking ways to enhance the customer value of their offerings through relationship marketing. Since effective managing of customer relationships essentially involves managing customer information flow, Internet technologies have become an important element of a firm’s CRM program. The company Web site is functioning as the focal point of contact for interacting with existing and prospective customers. An important concern is how the company Web site affects customers’ overall perception of the Web site. Using the concepts of Internet-mediated market orientation in marketing and user satisfaction in information systems, this study formulated and validated a theoretical model to analyze causal relationships between CRM practices, customers’ perception of a Web site’s online customer orientation and online customer Web site satisfaction. Based on the structural equation modeling analysis of the primary data collected in Taiwan, the study found that CRM practices positively impact online customers’ Web site satisfaction through their perception of the Web site’s customer orientation.

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