Total Quality Management - CII Institute of Logistics
Total Quality Management - CII Institute of Logistics
Total Quality Management - CII Institute of Logistics
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<strong>Total</strong> <strong>Quality</strong> <strong>Management</strong><br />
much more focused on “selling” the customer a product that may or may not meet the<br />
customer’s needs. <strong>Quality</strong> is directly related to market share and to pr<strong>of</strong>itability. Quite a<br />
few studies have shown that people are willing to pay more for products that they<br />
perceive as having high quality. Thus, without high quality, good marketing <strong>of</strong> products<br />
and services would appear to be impossible, since salespeople would have little to sell<br />
that would meet the needs <strong>of</strong> their customer. However, without good marketing, where<br />
salespeople listen and respond to the needs <strong>of</strong> customers, even the best-designed<br />
products will remain unsold.<br />
CRM at Amazon.com<br />
Amazon’s CRM s<strong>of</strong>tware helps in multiple ways to gain market share and maintain<br />
competitive advantage over their rivals. The list <strong>of</strong> the characteristics that make up their<br />
vision <strong>of</strong> customer service points to numerous features that are hard to duplicate in<br />
conventional websites or store chains. For instance, Amazon:<br />
has deep selection that is unconstrained by shelf space.<br />
turns their inventory 19 times in a year.<br />
personalizes the store for every customer.<br />
trades real estate for technology<br />
displays customer reviews critical <strong>of</strong> their products.<br />
allows customers can make a purchase with a few seconds and one click.<br />
puts used products next to new ones so customers can choose.<br />
shares their prime real estate, their product detail pages, with third parties,<br />
and, if they can <strong>of</strong>fer better value, they let them<br />
adopts leading-edge technology for the company’s website<br />
has served customer needs by being one <strong>of</strong> the early pioneers to develop<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware for “collaborative filtering” <strong>of</strong> customer data<br />
Advantages <strong>of</strong> CRM Approach to Amazon<br />
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Segmenting markets based on demographic and behavioral characteristics,<br />
Tracking sales trends and advertising effectiveness by customer and<br />
market segment,<br />
<strong>CII</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Logistics</strong> 20<br />
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