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As.univ.drd.MihaelaCorneliaPrejmerean
Lect.univ.dr.AlinaMihaelaDima
AcademyofEconomicStudies,Bucharest
Abstract:
After17yearsofeconomicalandmarketdevelopment,Romaniancompaniesfaceanewchallenge:
thetoughcompetitionfromtheEuropeanUnionandthebattleforthecustomers.TheRomanianenterpriseswillhavetolearnnotonlyhowtoattractcustomers,butalsohowtokeepthem.Marketingprogramsincludenowaspectsregardingcustomerorientation,relationshipmanagement,loyaltyandquality.Inthispaper,wewillfollowthemainaspects,characteristics,dimensionsandprocessesofCustomerRelationshipManagement,andwewillanalyzethechallengesthatthelocalcompanieswillhavetoface.ExamplesfromthefinancialservicesectorwillroundtheactualsituationoftheimplementationoftheCRMrulesandprinciplesinRomania.
Keywords:
marketinginformationsystem;
customerrelationshipmanagement;
businessasset,customeracquisition;
customerretention.
1.Introduction
Inthelastdecade,themajorityofthecompanieswerepreoccupiedwithproduction,recession,mergers,newtechnologiesandbusinessregulation.Romania’saccessionintheEuropeanUnionwillbringmanyadvantagesforfurtherdevelopment,togetherwithmembershipinaCommonMarketwithcommonpoliciesonproductregulation,andfreedomofmovementforallthefourfactorsofproduction(goods,services,capitalandlabor).ThismeansthatRomaniancompanieswillcompetewithothercompaniesfromtheEUdirectlyintheirhomemarket.Europeancompaniesaremoreflexibleandmobileandwillputahighpressureonthelocalcompaniesinordertoproducebetterproducts,launchbetteroffersandservicesandorientatemoretowardstheircustomers.Highrevenueequalsimportantcustomerisaclassicrulewhenthecompanyorganisesitscustomerpolicy.“Animportantcustomerbringsagrossamountofmoneyforourenterprise”hasbecomeareflexformanycompaniesabroadandperhapsinRomania,too.Butisthisalwaystrue,ordoweneedmoreinformationthanasimplefigurereportedattheendoftheyear?
2.Marketinginformationsystem
Awinningcompanyismoreproductiveinacquiringandretainingcustomers,toexpanditsclientele(Kotler,2003).Thiscompanyimprovesthevalueofthecustomersbyreducingtherateofdefection,increasingthelongevityofcustomerManagement&
marketingrelationship,makinglow-profitcustomersmoreprofitableorterminatingthemetc.Gatheringinformationontheactualorpotentialmarketplacenotonlyallowstheorganisationtomonitortrendsandissuesconcerningitscurrentcustomers,butalsohelpsitidentifyandprofilepotentialcustomersandnewmarkets,tokeeptrackofitscompetition,theirstrategies,tacticsandfutureplans(BrassingtonandPettitt,2003).Inordertocollectandorganizeahighquantityofdiverseinformation,theenterprisesstartedtobuildmarketinginformationsystems.Thereare,mainly,asetofproceduresandmethodsbywhichpertinent,timelyandaccurateinformationiscontinuallygathered,sorted,analysed,evaluated,storedanddistributedfortheuseofmarketingdecisionmakers(ZikmundandD´
Amico,1993).Themarketinginformationsystemincludesdatafromexternalandinternalsources(salesrecords,customerrecords,marketingcommunications,andsalesforceinformation).Thefocusonthecustomerandtheintegrationofthemarketingfunctionhelpsthecompanytocreatecustomerdatabaseswithcomprehensiveinformationaboutindividualcustomersorprospects.
3.Customerrelationshipmanagement
CustomerRelationshipManagementhasbeenaroundforthelast30years,butitbecameveryimportantwhencompanieschangedtheirattitudetowardsmarketingfunction.Nowadays,thecross-functionalapproachtomarketingrequiresanorganizationalcultureandclimatethatencouragescollaborationandcooperationbetweendepartments.Peoplewithinthebusinessmustunderstandtheirroleinservingcustomers,internalorexternalone.CRMbuildsontheprinciplesofrelationshipmarketingandrecognizesthatcustomersareabusinessassetandnotsimplyacommercialaudience,impliesthestructuringofthecompanyfromfunctionstoprocesses,informationareusedproactivelyratherthanreactivelyanddevelopsthene-to-onemarketingapproaches(Payne,2006).
WhendefiningCRM,wemustfirstexplainthedifferencebetweencustomeracquisitionandcustomerretention.Thetwoconceptshavedifferentdrivers.Attractingcustomershasbecomeverydifficultthesedays,whenpeoplearehardertoplease.Theyaresmarter,priceconsciousandsensitive,moredemanding,lessforgiving,andtheyareapproachedbymanymorecompetitorswithequallygoodorbetteroffers(Kotler,2003).Companiesfocusmoreonsalesanalysis,customersegmentation,adv