Converting Customer Value: From Retention to Profit

Ever commercial company exists to make a profit, preferably large enough to enable growth. Faced with fierce competition and shorter product life cycles, most of today′s companies are riding the bandwagon of ′getting closer to customers′. Few grasp, however, just how critical this is to their survival. In fact, as t his book demonstrates, the long–term worth of a company is perhaps most accurately described as the sum of future profits from customers, discounted to a present value.
No customers, no business. it really is that simple.
Now, with that in mind, imagine a company that could discover and nurture its most profitable customers, identify those ripe for improvement, accurately allocate service overheads, see actual cash flows for each customer relationship, motivate its employees and communicate market feedback for continuous improvement throughout the organization. That company would surely know exactly where it was going and how to get there.
That company can be your company. By implementing the advice, tools and frameworks contained in this book, you can immediately begin Converting Customer value to design and deliver higher, more resilient levels of corporate profit.

Spis treści:
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
1. The Customer Profit Conundrum.
2. Segmentation.
3. Customer Focus.
4. Processes and Systems.
5. Employee Involvement.
6. Training and Development.
7. Measurement.
8. Continuous Improvement.
9. Communication.
10. Culture.
Case Study 1: Alfred McAlpine Business Services Limited.
Case Study 2: Centrica.
Case Study 3: Eversheds.
Case Study 4: National Blood Service.
Case Study 5: Shell.
Bibliography.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Professor John A Murphy, Alfred McAlpine Professor of Customer Management, Manchester Business School, Head of Development, Faculty of Humanities, combines the roles of academic and international consul tant specialising in service quality management and customer retention. he has held a series of senior management positions both in Ireland and the UK.
At Manchester Business School he has established a unique cohort of PhD scholarship students in conjunction with leading UK companies. This is the largest doctoral research group in this specialist are in Europe. He is a regular contributor to programmes at the Executive Development Centre. He also chairs and co–directs the Customer Management Leadership Group.
Professor Murphy holds five professional fellowships and is a member of the International Academy for Quality, whose members are chosen from the most active protagonists of quality in the world.
He is the author of four books, the most recent of which, The Lifebelt: the Definitive Guide to Managing Customer retention, was published in 2001.
Dr. Jamie Burton is a lecturer in Marketing at Manchester Business School and Director of Research for the Customer Management Leadership Group. he won the Yorkshire Water doctoral research scholarship, which allowed him to study for his PhD. He has published research in the areas of customer behaviour, satisfaction and loyalty. Dr Burton is also a regular contributor to the BBC GMR breakfast show business news.
Robin Gleaves and Jan Kitshoff met whilst at Manchester Business School and founded their consultancy in order to develop and implement their thinking in the field of customer profitability. They were involved in a issue and this is where the relationship withy Hon and Jamie began.

Okładka tylna:
Ever commercial company exists to make a profit, preferably large enough to enable growth. Faced with fierce competition and shorter product life cycles, most of today′s companies are riding the bandwagon of ′getting closer to customers′. Few grasp, however, just how critical this is to their survival. In fact, as t his book demonstrates, the long–term wort h of a company is perhaps most accurately described as the sum of future profits from customers, discounted to a present value.
No customers, no business. it really is that simple.
Now, with that in mind, imagine a company that could discover and nurture its most profitable customers, identify those ripe for improvement, accurately allocate service overheads, see actual cash flows for each customer relationship, motivate its employees and communicate market feedback for continuous improvement throughout the organization. That company would surely know exactly where it was going and how to get there.
That company can be your company. By implementing the advice, tools and frameworks contained in this book, you can immediately begin Converting Customer value to design and deliver higher, more resilient levels of corporate profit.