Chapter 3

Building Customer Satisfaction, Value, and Retention

PowerPoint by Karen E. James Louisiana State University - Shreveport
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Objectives
Understand how companies deliver customer value and satisfaction.
Identify the factors that make a high performance business.

Understand how companies attract and retain customers.

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Objectives
Realize how companies can improve both customer and company profitability.
Understand how companies can deliver total quality.

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Customer Value
Customers seek to maximize value by
estimating which offer (product/firm) delivers the most value (CPV) forming an expectation of value and acting upon it (purchase) evaluating their usage experience against the expectations

Satisfaction results when expectations are equaled or surpassed

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Customer Perceived Value

Perception of delivered value is a function of:
Total customer costs Total customer value

Firms at a disadvantage must:

Reduce perceptions of costs or enhance perceptions of value
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Customer Satisfaction
Satisfaction is defined as . . .
a persons feelings of pleasure or disappointment resulting from comparing a products perceived performance (or outcome) in relation to his or her expectations.

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Customer Satisfaction
To maximize satisfaction . . .
Dont exaggerate the product / services capabilities in advertising or other communications
Dissatisfaction

will result FTC may become involved

Dont set expectations too low

Market
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High Performance Businesses

Keys to Success
Stakeholders Processes Resources Organization
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Identify several stakeholder groups for your University

How might the needs of these groups conflict with each other?
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High Performance Businesses

Keys to Success
Stakeholders Processes Resources Organization
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New product development

Customer attraction and retention Order fulfillment Reengineering work flows Building cross functional teams
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High Performance Businesses

Keys to Success
Stakeholders Processes Resources Organization
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Resources include labor, materials, machines, energy, and information

Outsourcing vs. ownership: Own and nurture core competencies
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High Performance Businesses

Keys to Success
Stakeholders Processes Resources Organization
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Organization refers to the organizations policies, structures, and corporate culture

Corporate culture: shared experiences, stories, beliefs, and norms within an organization
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Core Business Practices

Market Sensing
Customer Acquisition

Customer Relationship Management

Fulfillment Management New Offering Realization
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Customer Retention
Reducing customer churn (defection) is highly desirable
Define and measure retention rate Identify causes of attrition Estimate profit lost from customer defection (customer lifetime value) Estimate cost to reduce defection; take appropriate action
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Drivers of Customer Equity

Brand Equity
Relationship Equity

Value Equity

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Strong Customer Bonds

Keys to Success
Adding Financial Benefits Adding Social Benefits Adding Structural Ties
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Frequency programs
Club memberships

Strong Customer Bonds

Keys to Success
Adding Financial Benefits
Adding Social Benefits Adding Structural Ties
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Personalize customer relationships

Strong Customer Bonds

Keys to Success
Adding Financial Benefits
Adding Social Benefits Adding Structural Tie
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Create long-term contracts

Charge less for ongoing purchases

Link product to long-term service

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20 80 30 Rule

20 20% of your customers 80 Generate 80% of your profit 30 Half of your profit is lost
serving the bottom 30% of your customer base
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