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- Work with Customers to Identify and Edge Out Competitors
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Many organizations think they know who their competitors are, but their customers might have a very different perspective.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: Customer Feedback, Customer-focused Processes and Functions, Customer Relationship Management, Competitive Intelligence, Organization and Management Processes: 1.1.1.1 Analyze and evaluate competition, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 1.1.1 Assess the external environment, 1.1.2.2 Capture and assess customer needs, 1.1.2 Survey market and determine customer needs and wants, 12.2.4 Conduct competitive benchmarking, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.2 Benchmark performance, 5.1.1.2 Analyze feedback of customer needs, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy, 5.1.1 Develop customer service segmentation/prioritization (e.g., tiers) Industry: Consumer Products/Packaged Goods, Electronics, Financial Services/Banking, Medical Equipment, Printing & Publishing- Relevance: 65%
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- New Pig Corporation Breaks Barriers with B2B Branding
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Many business-to-business (B2B) organizations keep branding in the background, but at New Pig, branding takes center stage.
Type: Case Studies Topics: Branding, Sales and Marketing, Customer Loyalty, Customer-focused Processes and Functions, Customer Retention Processes: 3.2.1.4 Develop new branding, 3.2 Develop marketing strategy, 3.2.1 Define offering and customer value proposition, 3.4.3.2 Develop marketing messages, 3.4 Develop and manage marketing plans, 3.4.3 Develop and manage media, 5.1.1.2 Analyze feedback of customer needs, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy, 5.1.1 Develop customer service segmentation/prioritization (e.g., tiers) Industry: Machinery Equipment, Rubber & Plastics, Waste Management/Environmental- Relevance: 65%
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- How Best-Practice Organizations Use Customer Information
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Most organizations collect information about their customers, but few know which data to rely on and how to use it. Best-practice organizations handle customer information differently from the average organization.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: Customer Loyalty, Customer-focused Processes and Functions, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Segmentation Processes: 5.1.1.1 Analyze existing customers, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy, 5.1.1 Develop customer service segmentation/prioritization (e.g., tiers), 5.3.3.3 Analyze product and service satisfaction data and identify improvement opportunities, 5.3 Measure and evaluate customer service operations, 5.3.3 Measure customer satisfaction with products and services Industry: Financial Services/Banking, Retail/Catalog/Mail Order- Relevance: 62%
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- Use Frameworks to Link Employee and Customer Values to Work Processes
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Frameworks should link organizational work with employee and customer values.
Type: Articles and White Papers Topics: Business Process Management (BPM), Business Excellence, Process, Customer-focused Processes and Functions, Change Management, Organization and Management, Process Design, Organization Structures Processes: 1.2.5 Create organizational design (structure, governance, reporting, etc.), 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.2 Develop business strategy, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.4.2 Design the change, 12.4 Manage change, 12.4.3 Implement change, 5.1.1.1 Analyze existing customers, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy, 5.1.1 Develop customer service segmentation/prioritization (e.g., tiers) Industry: Energy and Utility, Petroleum/Oil/Gas, Printing & Publishing, Professional Services/Business Services, Transportation/Freight Carriers- Relevance: 60%
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- Thriving in the Era of the Empowered: Josh Bernoff at APQC's 2010 KM Conference
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In this full video recording from APQC's 2010 knowledge management conference, Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research discusses the increasing power of Web-savvy consumers, the ability of these individuals to ...
Type: Presentations Topics: Customer Complaint Handling, Customer-focused Processes and Functions, KM Strategy, Knowledge and Information Management, Knowledge Management (KM) Processes: 12.3.3.1 Identify strategic opportunities to apply KM approach(es), 12.3 Develop enterprise-wide knowledge management (KM) capability, 12.3.3 Identify and plan KM projects, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy, 5.0 Manage Customer Service Industry: Consumer Products/Packaged Goods- Relevance: 41%
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- Thriving in the Era of the Empowered (slides)
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This presentation, given by Josh Bernoff of Forrester Research at APQC's 2010 knowledge management (KM) conference, discusses the increasing power of Web-saavy consumers and how organizations need to adapt their ...
Type: Presentations Topics: KM Strategy, Knowledge and Information Management, Knowledge Management (KM), KM Implementation Processes: 12.3.1 Develop KM strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.3 Develop enterprise-wide knowledge management (KM) capability, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy, 5.0 Manage Customer Service Industry: Research Organization- Relevance: 40%
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- Measure Objective, Fact-based Activities
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Chris Gardner, director of performance improvement at APQC, discusses why customer opinion is so important and why managers cannot measure and manage according to it.
Type: Presentations Topics: Customer Feedback, Customer-focused Processes and Functions, Customer Value Analysis, Performance Measurement, Business Excellence, Measurement, Process Management, Process Processes: 1.1.2 Survey market and determine customer needs and wants, 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.1.1 Create enterprise measurement systems model, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy, 5.0 Manage Customer Service- Relevance: 39%
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- Measuring Quality Based on Customer Requirements
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Chris Gardner, director of performance improvement at APQC, describes how quality can be measured and how customer requirements should be incorporated into management decisions.
Type: Presentations Topics: Customer Feedback, Customer-focused Processes and Functions, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Value Analysis, Quality Measurement, Business Excellence, Measurement Processes: 1.1.2 Survey market and determine customer needs and wants, 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 5.1.1 Develop customer service segmentation/prioritization (e.g., tiers), 5.0 Manage Customer Service, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy- Relevance: 39%
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- Customer Requirements Define Quality
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Chris Gardner, director of performance improvement at APQC, explains why organizations should base measures of quality on what customers value.
Type: Presentations Topics: Customer Feedback, Customer-focused Processes and Functions, Customer Satisfaction, Customer Value Analysis, Service Quality, Measurement, Business Excellence, Quality Measurement Processes: 1.1.2 Survey market and determine customer needs and wants, 1.0 Develop Vision and Strategy, 1.1 Define the business concept and long-term vision, 12.1 Create and manage organizational performance strategy, 12.0 Manage Knowledge, Improvement, and Change, 12.1.1 Create enterprise measurement systems model, 5.1.1 Develop customer service segmentation/prioritization (e.g., tiers), 5.0 Manage Customer Service, 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy- Relevance: 39%
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- Integrating IT with Customer Segmentation
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APQC's perspective on best practices in Integrating IT with Customer Segmentation, featuring case examples from Fair Isaac and Harrah's Entertainment.
Type: Best Practices and Business Drivers Topics: Customer Segmentation, Customer-focused Processes and Functions Processes: 5.1 Develop customer care/customer service strategy, 5.0 Manage Customer Service- Relevance: 37%
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