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CRM at the Speed of Light, Third Edition: Essential Customer Strategies for the 21st Century

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ISBN-10: 0072231734

ISBN-13: 9780072231731

Edition: 3rd 2004 (Revised)

Authors: Paul Greenberg

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Andersen Consulting estimates that customer-centred activities will be the primary concern of more than 60 per cent of all businesses in the near future. Paul Greenberg addresses all aspects of customer relationship management in this practical guide.
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List price: $29.99
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne
Publication date: 7/26/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Paul Greenberg is an author and essayist. In 2002 he wrote a novel Leaving Katya - which is about the destruction of a Russian American marriage and became a Barnes and Noble Great New Writers selection. Starting in 2005 he has been writing for The N.Y. Times Magazine Book Reviews and Opinion sections. His specialty is writing on fish, agriculture, and the future of our oceans. His article on Chilean Sea Bass received the International Association of Culinary Professionals Bert Greene Award for excellence in food writing. He has also been a guest commentator on public radio programs such as All things Considered and the Leonard Lopate Show. He wrote Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild…    

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Overview
Is CRM Ashley Judd?
Defining CRM: Salute to the General
CRM Definition: The View from Above Still Needs Binoculars
In the Beginning: CRM's Place in the Business Universe
Transformation of the Business Ecosystem
"Every Day Is Mardi Gras and Every Fan's a King."
Learning from the Best: CRM from Its Leaders
Okay, Folks, What Did We Learn?
Whole-Brained CRM: The Real Metaphor
The META Group Definition circa 2000
Whole-Brained CRM
CRM: The Total Package
Data-Driven CRM vs. Process-Driven CRM
Data-Driven CRM
Process: An Overview
Process-Driven CRM
In Conclusion
The Modules
Sales Force Automation: Power to the (Sales) People
Contact Management vs. SFA
Contact Management: The Good, the Bad--and the Not-at-All Ugly
SFA: Sales Bourgeois vs. Sales Proletarians
Focus: Proposal Management Meets Sales Process
Vendors to Watch
Rage Against the Machine?
Enterprise Marketing Management: Finally Getting the Message?
The Core Beliefs
Enterprise Marketing Management (EMM)
CCRM = PRM: Not Just a Name Change
The Basics Are Really Basic
How to Succeed in Business by Really Trying Hard
ROI Means King in French and Bottom Line in English
The End (of the Chapter)
Call Center, CIC, Potato, Po-tah-to: Customer Service Can Be Good--Whatever You Call It
From Call Center to Customer Interaction Center
The Agent Can Be Your Friend
Qui Bono? Benefits and Stories
Field Service: Not Just Your Maytag Repairman Anymore
Field Service: Welcome to the 21st Century
Form Follows Function
Strategic Considerations
Strategic Value
What Could They Possibly Be Thinking?
Waiting for You
Analytics: I Never Saw a Purple Cow, but if I Did, It Would Be a Demographic
What Are Analytics?
The Markets
Going Deep: Verticalizing CRM
Industry-Specific, if You Please
CRM at Different Theaters: The Show's the Thing
The Vendors and the Verticals
Moving On
"Of the People, by the People, for the People": CRM in the Public Sector
CRM in the Public Eye: More than Just a Good Initiative
Public Sector: CRM Stands for Constituent Relationship Management
CRM and the SMB: Small Is Beautiful
SMB Is More than an Acronym
SMB vs. Enterprise: What Are the Differences?
The Modules
Web Architecture for Enterprise Applications: Why Learn THAT?
Widescreen Architecture
Evaluating Architecture
Data Mining, Datawarehouse, Data (Just Not Star Trek's)
Data: It's Good for You
A Little Bit of Vendor
Supply Chain + Demand Chain = A Big Enterprise Value Chain, Gang
The Realization Is High, the Interest Deep
Supply Chain Management: Looking Out the Front of the Back
The Sweetest Thing: Value Chain Integration
The ASP Model: Sexy, but Utilitarian
A Host by Any Other Name Would Work Just as Sweet
The Net Natives
The Hosted Solutions: Old School, New Approach
What ASPs Are and Aren't: Other Flavors
Pay Attention: Getting the Most from "Them"
The Kernel
CRM Strategy: First in Plan, First in Implementation, First in the Heart of the Customer
Prelude to a CRM Symphony
The Overture and the Movements
The Movements Begin: CRM as Program, Not Project
Business Process Management (BPM)
Benchmarks and Metrics
Culture Change
Alignment with the Customer Ecosystem
Vendor Selection
Implementation Strategy
Ongoing Learning Management
Business Processes Are Gender Neutral, Aren't They?
BPM Gains Credence
Culture Change, not Diaper Change: Managing a Dramatic Transformation
Why So Important?
How Do You Do It?
Dancing to the Music: Implementing CRM
When You Buy the Application, You Buy the Vendor
Communications and Learning Management Does Not Equal Knowledge Dump
Communications Planning
Learning Management Systems
ROI and Metrics: Numbers Never Felt So Good
ROI and Metrics--A Beautiful Combination
The ROI
Finale
The Ranks
Playing with the Big Boys: The Sandbox Survivors
Criteria
Companies
The Best of the Rest
Companies
Solutions Providers
The ASP Is More Than Cleopatra's Death Warrant
Why the Choices?
Back to the Future
Peering at the Future Through Glasses: Bye-Bye CRM, Sort Of
The Pundits
CRM: Finally, Part of the Business Fabric
What About Now?
Customer Lifetime Value Primer
Afterword
Index