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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 />

Website: www.ciilogistics.com

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