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The European E-Business Report 2004As in the other sectors, companies use different networks and platforms to purchase online, such assuppliers' websites, B2B marketplaces, extranets or EDI based ordering systems. In the ICT servicessector, almost every company (96%) that makes online purchases has bought from a supplier’swebsite. This is a very simple and common way to buy virtual or material goods. One in fourcompanies that buy online use their supplier's extranet. This method is used by larger companiesmore than by SMEs. About one quarter of the companies purchasing online makes use of B2Bmarketplaces on the Internet.Supply chain integration: The ICT services sector is ahead of other sectors in integrating electronicpurchasing processes. One in two companies of the sector commonly use online technologies toexchange documents with suppliers, a basic form of integrating processes in the supply chain. Buteven with its leading position, integration of IT systems with that of suppliers and Supply ChainManagement is still an emerging technology, which less than 10% of enterprises have put intopractice.Customer facing processesElectronic marketing: More than 66% of ICT services companies have implemented a website on theInternet, which is almost twice the rate of the all sector average. ICT services companies haveintegrated the web into their marketing and commercial policies in a more sophisticated way than mostother sectors. This applies to small companies as well. The functions of websites can go beyond themere provision of information on products and services, and on the company itself. IT consulting firms,for instance, often make considerable amounts of research information available on their sites in theform of reports, extensive studies, white papers or newsletters. In this way they transform theirwebsites into knowledge portals, whereby the main functionalities and types of interactions withcustomers are different for the various sub-sectors.Exhibit 2.8-6: Electronic marketing and sales in the ICT services sectorHave awebsiteon theInternetUse a contentmanagementsystem tomaintainwebsiteMakeonline salesAllow onlinepayment ofproductsordered… of those:Online salessystem withsecuretransactionscapabilitySector total (EU-5) N=502 N=502 N=502 N=102 N=102% of employment 88 38 24 54 69% of enterprises 69 24 15 65 610-9 employees 67 23 15 --* --*10-49 employees 89 35 20 --* --*50-249 employees 95 39 20 --* --*250+ employees 95 46 30 --* --*All (9) Sectors (EU-5) N=4516 N=4516 N=4516 N=598 N=598% of employment 66 22 16 43 59% of enterprises 35 9 9 38 46Base (100%): all enterprises / enterprises making online sales. EU-5 (DE, ES, FR, IT, UK). Weighting: Figures for size-bands in% of enterprises. Figures for totals are weighted by employment ("enterprises comprising … % of employees"). * Percentagesnot displayed because base of cases observed is too small. Reporting period: March/November 2003.Source: e-Business W@tch (2004)157
The European E-Business Report 2004Online selling: Selling products and services online is considerably affecting the ICT services industryin areas such as delivery channels, pricing strategies, and customer services. This is particularly truein mobile phone and Internet access markets where competition is fierce and where rapid commercialresponse to changes in the marketplace has become a key asset to staying in the market. Usuallyonline sales channels combine a large variety of additional customer (self)-services, promotion andonline billing services. But even in the ICT services sector, online sales are not as widespread asonline procurement. Only 15% of firms offer online sales facilities to their clients (while 75% ofcompanies in the sector buy online themselves). In the telecommunications sector, operators sellpractically all of their services online such as mobile phone or fixed network broadband subscriptions.On the business market, they usually offer products and services through their own website or viaextranets, depending on the size of potential customers.2.8.3 Case studiesThis chapter features abstracts and key lessons learned from case studies which are presented inmore detail in the 2 nd Sector Impact Study from August 2004.VODAFONE GREECEBackgroundActivitiesResultsVodafone Greece, formerly named Panafon, is a 65.4% subsidiary of the worldwideleader of mobile phone services, the Vodafone Group. The telecom service operatorserves 3.4 million customers representing 36% of the total Hellenic mobile telephonymarket.After the liberalisation of the Greek wireline telecommunications market, VodafoneGreece has experienced increased competition both from domestic and foreigntelecommunications providers. To succeed in this intensively competitive environment,the company strived to minimise customer churn rates, target new customersand deliver consistently exceptional service and satisfaction. To this end, thecompany implemented a CRM solution to enable it to better understand itscustomers’preference and deliver improved service.Vodafone decided to implement a CRM system by Siebel (Siebel eCommunications),a CRM solution that is tailored to the specific needs of telecommunicationscompanies. Siebel helped Vodafone Greece to configure the system and integrate itwith numerous back office applications, for instance with Genesys ComputerTelephony Integration (CTI) software to support inbound and outbound call routing.More than 300 call centres, sales, marketing, and operations professionals inVodafone Greece use now Siebel eCommunications. By synchronising and coordinatingall customer interactions across multiple channels, including the telephone,email, face to face, postal mail, and fax, the solution has helped employees toimprove customer service, increase productivity and maximise revenues.• The use of CRM has helped the telecom operator to reduce annual customerchurn by 6.7%.• The out-of-box functionalities of the CRM solution have contributed to reduce thedeployment time by 20% as compared with the original planning.• The company’s call centre receives more than 40,000 inquiries every day –equivalent to more than 14 million calls each year. The workflow automationcapabilities of the CRM solution have enabled the company to manage each andevery one of these calls efficiently and professionally.158
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