Customer Relationship Management
Customer Relationship Management

Implementing CRM

Architecture Of CRM

Purposes Of Customer Relationship Management

Improving Customer Relationships

Technical Functionality

Privacy And Ethical Concerns

CRM In Business

See Also

External Links

Technical Functionality

A CRM solution is characterised by the following functionality:

  • scalability - the ability to be used on a large scale, and to be reliably expanded to whatever scale is necessary.
  • multiple communication channels - the ability to interface with users via many different devices (phone, WAP, internet, etc)
  • workflow - the ability to trigger a process in the backoffice system, e. g. Email Response, etc.
  • assignment - the ability to assign requests (Service Requests, Sales Opportunities) to a person or group.
  • database - the centralised storage (in a data warehouse) of all information relevant to customer interaction
  • customer privacy considerations, e.g. data encryption and the destruction of records to ensure that they are not stolen or abused.


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