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Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Scott Hopper Monica Brooks Jessica Jetton

Case Studies: United Parcel Service (UPS) Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Financial Group

Agenda
CRM Background & Industry Information CRM In Action: Case Studies
United Parcel Service (UPS) Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Financial Group

Lessons Learned

Presentation Focus
Present overview information on Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and its impact on the way people conduct business Discuss real-life CRM implementations
Discuss Successes Discuss Areas of Opportunity for Improvement

Discuss industry leading CRM best practices

What Is CRM?
CRM, or Customer Relationship Management is a company wide business strategy designed to reduce costs and increase profitability by solidifying customer loyalty. At its core, CRM is a simple, intuitively appealing concept: attract new customers, know them well, give them outstanding service, and anticipate their wants and needs.

Source: Goodhue, Dale L., Wixom, Barbara H., and Watson, Hugh., Realizing Business Benefits Through CRM: Hitting the Right Target in the Right Way MIS Quarterly Executive Vol. 1, 2, 2002, pp.79-94. www.destinationcrm.com/articles/, What is CRM?, viewed October 12 th, 2004.

History
Mass Marketing
All customers treated as if they had same needs and preferences

Target Marketing
Focused on market segments

Relationship Marketing
Each customers individual needs are targeted by building relationships

Source: Goodhue, Dale L., Wixom, Barbara H., and Watson, Hugh., Realizing Business Benefits Through CRM: Hitting the Right Target in the Right Way MIS Quarterly Executive Vol. 1, 2, 2002, pp.79-94.

What Does CRM Do?


Sales
Up-sell and cross sell products more effectively Help sales staff close deals faster

Marketing
Simplify marketing and sales processes Discover new customers

Customer Service
Provide better customer service Make call centers more efficient

Why Use CRM?

Customers

Enterprises
Satisfaction Revenues Loyalty Costs Volume

Goals
Make it easy for customers to do business Focus on the end customer Redesign front office and examine information flows between the front and back office Foster customer loyalty by becoming proactive with customers Build in measurable checks and balances to continuously improve

Source: Chen, Injazz J., and Popovich, Karen, Understanding customer relationship management (CRM) People, process and technology Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 9, 5, 2003; ABI/INFORM Global, pages 672-688.

Who Uses CRM?


One survey of more than 1,500 companies by The Data Warehousing Institute (TDWI) in 2000 found that 91 percent either have or plan to deploy a CRM solution in the near future.

78 percent of companies said they were using


some form of CRM Bain & Company survey of 708 corporate executives 2002

Source: Goodhue, Dale L., Wixom, Barbara H., and Watson, Hugh., Realizing Business Benefits Through CRM: Hitting the Right Target in the Right Way MIS Quarterly Executive Vol. 1, 2, 2002, pp.79-94. www2.cio.com/metrics/2003/metric544.html, The Right Tool, viewed November 1st, 2004.

Who uses CRM?


Cingular Wireless
Improved sales productivity by providing a comprehensive view of the customer, improving lead generation, and providing a full-functional wireless solution to sales force.

Honeywell
Improved customer service by increasing aftermarket spare parts revenue by 100%, improving service request closure rate from 45% to 83%, and improved customer satisfaction by 38%.

DHL
By providing a transparent view of the customer, Siebel will help DHL to achieve an estimated 1% increase in revenue by the end of 2005 Ulrik Topp Global Sales Development Director DHL
Source:

www.siebel.com, customer case studies, viewed 11/9/04

CRM Budget Change for 2003

Companies surveyed by Aberdeen Group in January 2003

Stay the Same 31%

Increase 53%

Decrease 16%
Source: Aberdeen Group, CRM Spending and Satisfaction Report, February 2003, pages 1 -18.

Increase Decrease Stay the Same

CRM Market

AMR Research estimates that the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) market will grow to $10.8B in 2004, a $1B leap from 2003.

Source:

Preslan, Laura, Investment Priorities for CRM in 2004, AMR Research, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004.

CRM Market

$18,000 $17,000 $16,000 $15,000 $14,000 $13,000 $12,000 $11,000 $10,000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

US$ million

Source: Aberdeen Group, Worldwide CRM Spending, Market Analysis Service, June 2003, pages 1-57.

CRM Spending by Region

$10,000 $9,000 $8,000 $7,000 $6,000 $5,000 $4,000 $3,000 $2,000 $1,000 $0 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: Aberdeen Group, Worldwide CRM Spending, Market Analysis Service, June 2003, pages 1-57.

US$ million

North America Europe Latin America Asia/Pacific Rim Middle East/Africa

US CRM Spending by Industry

$2,500 $2,000

Manufacturing Financial Services Retail and Distribution Business Services Government and Education
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

US$ million

$1,500 $1,000 $500 $0

Source: Aberdeen Group, Worldwide CRM Spending, Market Analysis Service, June 2003, pages 1-57.

Reasons for CRMs Increased Popularity


Easier to retain customers than attract new customers CRM has become more affordable and the technology is more advanced The definition of CRM is being expanded to include initiatives like loyalty programs

Source: www2.cio.com/metrics/2003/metric544.html, The Right Tool, viewed November 1st, 2004.

CRM Software Leaders

Top CRM Software Suppliers in 2002 Siebel 21.6% SAP 12.4% Oracle 5.7% PeopleSoft 4.9% Peregrine Systems 3.0% Others 52.4%

Source: Aberdeen Group, Worldwide CRM Spending, Market Analysis Service, June 2003, pages 1-57.

Siebel
Market Cap - $4.86B Revenue - $1.31B NASDAQ: SEBL - $9.56 (11-13-04) 5000 employees Founded: 1993 2.8 million employees at more than 4,000 organizations use Siebel products Siebel Systems is the worlds leading provider of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions and a leading provider of applications for business intelligence and standards-based integration.
Source:

www.siebel.com, viewed 11/9/04

SAP
Market Cap - $56.32B Revenue - $9.28B NYSE: SAP - $45.23 (11-13-04) 30,942 employees Founded: 1972 mySAP Customer Relationship Management is the only CRM solution that connects your employees, partners, processes, and technology in a closed-loop customer interaction cycle.

Source:

www.sap.com, viewed 11/9/04

Oracle
Market Cap 68.67B Revenue 10.30B NASDAQ: ORCL 13.39 (11-13-04) 41,658 employees Founded: 1977 Oracle's integrated CRM applications give you information-driven sales, service, and marketing because they're built on an open, standards-based architecture that streamlines business processes, improves data quality, and allows all your key divisions to draw from the same source of data.
Source:

www.oracle.com, viewed 11/9/04

Benefits Summary
CRM creates value through three key levers: Acquire increase number of profitable customers Develop increase profit from existing customers Retain extend duration of customer relationship

Existing Customers #1 Priority


Cheaper to retain customers than to add new customers Retain customers mean sales volumes increase per customer Up-sell and cross-sell

It costs about five times more to gain a customer than to keep one. And it is estimated to cost 10 times more to get customers back if they are dissatisfied.

Source: Massnick, Forler, Customer Service Can Kill You... Management Review, Mar 1997; 86, 3; ABI/INFORM Global pages 33-35.

Difficult to Acquire New Customers


Annual Credit Card Acquisition Mail Volume (in Billions)

Percent Response to Credit Card Direct Mail Offers


4.0%

3.0%
2.8%

2.0%

2.2%

1.6%

1.0%

1.4%

1.4%

1.3%

1.2% 1.0% 0.6%

0.0% 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Source: BAI Global, Inc., Mail Monitor, $Q02, Synovate.

Keys to Success
Top Management Commitment Project Teams with representatives from all departments Project Champion Company data must be shared enterprise-wide Vision and communication

Reasons for Failure


Not understanding the needs of the end user Considered an IT project rather than a business strategy Accessibility - Not training users to effectively use the solution Inability to integrate different data sources in to a single system Understanding expectations

Success and Failure Rate of CRM Projects


Some 80% of the responding marketing, customer-service and sales execs at 96 companies characterize their organizations CRM efforts as very successful or somewhat successful. Fifty-five percent of all customer relationship management (CRM) programs fail, according to Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc.

Source: Yu, Larry, Successful Customer-Relationship Management MIT Sloan Management Review, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp18-19.

Melymuka, Kathleen, You Can Avoid CRMs Pitfalls Computerworld, Feb 11, 2002; 36, 7; ABI/INFORM, page 30.

CRM In Action: Case Studies

United Parcel Service (UPS)

UPS
Worlds Largest Package Delivery Company Leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services Founded in 1907 in Washington $33.5 billion in revenue in 2003 357,000 employees worldwide

Source: http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/about/history/index.html, viewed 10/28/04

UPS Products and Services


SonicAir Next Day Air 2nd Day Air 3 Day Select Ground Worldwide Express Worldwide Expedited Standard to Canada

Source: http://ups.com/content/us/en/resources/select/index.html , viewed 10/28/04

UPS IT Environment
Kenneth W Lacy- Senior Vice President and CIO $1 billion a year on technology infrastructure 4,700 technology employees 14 mainframes, 6100 servers, 120000 PCs 115 million hits and 9.1 million tracking requests per business day

Source: http://ups.com/content/us/en/about/facts/technology.html, viewed 10/28

UPS Technology Awards


Winters Corp. 2003 Top Ten Grand Prize Winner Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work in IT, 2003 CIO 20/20 Vision Award, 2002 CIO 100 Enterprise Integration Award, 2002 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders, 2002

Source: http://.ups.com/pressroom/us/awards/ecommerce

UPS Financial Performance

Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UPS, viewed 11/3/04/

UPS TEAMS - Seibel Implementation


Next generation in UPS sales force automation Total enterprise account management system Provides integrated tools to help the sales force do the job more effectively and efficiently Supports opportunity and account management with increased capabilities for planning and documenting sales calls

Source: UPS, Overview of UPS TEAMS, 2004

Why UPS Changed from Link to Teams


UPS deployed Link in 1999- technology has improved dramatically since then TEAMS can be used across the entire UPS sales enterprise Future phases of TEAMS will have increased flexibility to enable UPS to integrate the core UPS sales force with the sales forces from other business units in order to establish one coordinated sales effort TEAMS has the flexibility to support enhancements such as wireless capability

Source: UPS, Overview of UPS TEAMS, 2004

UPS Sales Enterprise

UPS Sales Enterprise

Domestic and International

Core UPS

Additional Business Units

Other Sales Business Units

Other Sales Business Units

E-Commerce

Supply Chain Solutions

UPS Capital

UPS TEAMS
Interacted with Michael Carey, Project Manager CRM Technology, October 14,2004 Time and Budget

Challenges
Advantages Lessons Learned

Time and Budget


Project was on time and on budget- not at liberty to share the specific budget Beta Test in Central Pennsylvania, Sweden and Austria, May 2004 Project Roll Out: June 15th September 17th, 2004 for US, Sweden and Austria employees Future releases will cover additional countries and the rest of the UPS sales force (i.e. ECommerce, Supply Chain Solutions, UPS Professional Services, etc.)

Challenges
Aligning the arrival of new Laptops, new Sales Applications, new Operating System, new wireless cards, and new training documents Seibel Application Training
Coordinating the trainers Gathering the right training resources (e.g. ability to speak multiple languages, etc.) Scheduling employees for training classes

Advantages of UPS TEAMS


Home Page Calendar Opportunities Queries Data Synchronization Team Selling

Advantages of UPS TEAMS


Home Page
Quick look at daily calendar, Slim leads and opportunities Helps prioritize the sales persons time and keep the focus on accounts that need attention

Source: UPS, Overview of UPS TEAMS, 2004

Advantages of UPS TEAMS


Calendar
Automatically integrated with activities Immediately populates events such as adding and/or updating activities, eliminating dual entry

Source: UPS, Overview of UPS TEAMS, 2004

Advantages to UPS TEAMS


Opportunities
Provides flexibility to create a single product opportunity or a multi-product (portfolio) opportunity Provides the ability to link an opportunity to more than one marketing initiative

Source: UPS, Overview of UPS TEAMS, 2004

Advantages of UPS TEAMS


Queries
Query Assistant allows for filtering data quickly and easily Provides capabilities for pre-defined queries and personalized queries

Source: UPS, Overview of UPS TEAMS, 2004

Advantages of UPS TEAMS


Data Synchronization
Occurs automatically and instantaneously each time the sales person accesses the system and is connected to the LAN No need to remember to exchange data daily in order to send changes from the sales persons laptop and receive up-to-date information from the UPS mainframe

Source: UPS, Overview of UPS TEAMS, 2004

Advantages of UPS TEAMS


Team Selling
Provides information for all of the sales people associated with a particular opportunity or account Enables a cohesive, unified sales effort and contributes to sales success

Source: UPS, Overview of UPS TEAMS, 2004

Areas of Improvement
Duplicate data entry still required on some screens (i.e. Time & date of activities, etc.) Non-optimal Account Name retrieval
Account search capability is exact match

Insufficient back-end integration


Appropriate databases not synched

UPS TEAMS Successful?


Best Project Management Practices
Business Solutions Drive Technology Selection Secure Top Management ACTIVE Support Involve Knowledgeable Users Buy-in Outside Expertise to Transfer Learning Implement Incrementally Dont Judge Success Solely Based on Time to Budget Customer-Oriented Focus

YES

NO

X X

X
X X

X
X

Source:

Lacity,M, Management of IT- Enabled Business Projects, 2004

Standish Group CHAOS Report IT Projects Classification Type I: Success: on time, on budget, promised functionality Type II: Challenged: over-budget, over-time and or missing functionality Type III: Failed: Severely impaired projects; cancelled projects

Source: Lacity,M, Management of IT Enabled Business Projects, 2004

Standish Group CHAOS Report IT Projects Classification

UPS TEAMS Project: Type I- Success On time On Budget Promised Functionality

CRM In Action: Case Studies

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Financial Group

RBC Financial Group


Largest Canadian financial institution 12 million clients worldwide 700 products 60,000 employees C$270 billion in assets 1.6 billion spent on IT in 2003 CIO: Marty Lippert

Source: www.rbc.com/aboutus/fastfacts.html

5 Major Business Lines


RBC Banking personal and commercial banking RBC Insurance insurance RBC Investments wealth management RBC Capital Markets corporate and investment banking RBC Global Services transaction processing

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

RBC Banking
Capital Markets 17% Global S ervices 6%

Investment 15%

Insurance 8%

Banking Insurance Inve stme nt Capital Marke ts Global Se rvice s

Banking 54%

54% of Net income 1300 branches 4800 ABMs 1.4 million online customers 300 offices in 30 countries Greatest opportunity for improvement

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

Change in the Industry


Pre-1990s 6 largest Banks enjoyed friendly competition Internet banking Lowering of domestic protections Oligopoly ended increased competition How to stay competitive? 1997 study to determine image perceptions

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

1997 Study Major Finding


CUSTOMER INTIMACY -MOST important FACTOR to the customer. Definition - trust, reassurance, a feeling that the bank knows
them, understands their needs, recognizes who they are and value their business

This finding identified a whole new era for RBC - A shift to differentiation based on customer needs

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

1997 Study Results


HIGH
Mutual benefits Reciprocity Trust Reassurance Comfort Understanding

Importance to Client

Convenient Hours ATM access 1-800 Number Internet Banking Short Lines

LOW

Financial Institutions Proficiency at Delivering

HIGH

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

Focus on Customer: CRM


CRM Vision: Bring together in one place a view of all contacts, transactions, accounts, and interactions with each customer. CRM system would provide the following info to personal bankers (PBs):
-Address, age, account balances -Contacts customer has had with company -Level of service customer qualified for based on current and future profitability -What products customer was targeted and approved for -How customer responded to direct marketing

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

Reorganization Around CRM


VP of Marketing and Info ManagementRichard McLaughlin
-Responsible for CRM infrastructure, info

management, alliance banking, internet banking, and privacy

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

Customer Segments
3 Primary Customer Segments & 9 Total Segments
A. Key markets: 1. Youth 2. Nexus 3. Small business 4. Farming and lifestyle agriculture B. Growth markets: 5. Building 6. Business 7. Agriculture C. Prime markets: 8. Accumulating 9. Preserving

Lockie, Anne, RBC Banking: The Customer Experience, powerpoint slides at rbc.com

Product & Segment Management


Product
Structured to sell a specific product to everyone Multiple people selling to same customer
PRODUCTS C B D A E

Segment
Structured to satisfy all needs with all products - Employees concerned with meeting needs not selling a specific product
SEGMENT

CUSTOMER
CUSTOMERS
Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

Timeline: CRM Capabilities


1997 1998 1999 2000
CRM software and practices continue to be modified based on internal & external customer feedback

McLaughlin hired as VP of Marketing and Info Management

1997 study creates a platform for CRM

Software selection to facilitate CRM

Info changes focus to profitable/ potentially profitable customers

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

CRM: The Results


Satisfying customer needs
Important to stay competitive and keep current customers

Creating efficiencies
Not only invest in satisfying customer needs but also save money while doing it

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

Satisfying Customer Needs


Focus on customer needs: ensures right products at right time More efficient use of customer data
-Customized marketing -Levels of service -Product design and pricing

Increased profitability

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

RBC Financial Group Net Income


Net Income by Year
(in millions)

$2,898 $2,208 $1,772 $1,725 $2,435

1998

1999

2000

2002

2003

Source: www.rbc.com/investorrelations/ar_03.html

Creating Efficiencies
Better Customer Identification
Before CRM: A, B, or C customers Vague and not beneficial

After CRM: Customers can both be profitable and have the potential to be profitable

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

More Efficiencies
Centrally Generated Sales Leads
Before CRM: Every branch had a different way of generating sales leads Low quality, not consistent After CRM: Generated centrally Accessible to everyone Reminder to call and offer products

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

Future Plans for CRM


Preference and Choice: Use info about customers preferences to design packages of services at certain points in their life

Source: Brem, Lisa, and Narayanan V.G., Customer Profitability and Customer Relationship Management at RBC Financial Group, Harvar d Business School Case #9-102-043. March 25, 2002.

Life Stages and Segments


KEY
Getting Started Saving for Retirement Saving to buy a home Buying a home

GROWTH
Building

PRIME
Accumulating Retirement Preserving

Graduation

Transfer of Wealth/Succession Planning Planning

Source: Sutherland, Anne, How RBC is taking its CRM strategy to the next level to accelerate profitable revenue growth, presented t o American Bankers Association. 2004.

Summary of Lessons Learned

Identify the key stakeholders who touch the application directly and/or indirectly at the very beginning of the project Gain buy-in from these key stakeholders that that their input and support is critical to the overall success of the project More robust Beta Test

Always keep client front and centerthrough process and implementation Manage change with communication and vision Integrate CRM into business strategy Continually reevaluate, test, learn, and improve strategies

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