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Minimizing Rework in a CRM Greenfield Implementation

Typically, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) package solution replaces an existing CRM system. Apart from the traditional Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) activities of requirements, design, development, testing...

Redefining Customer Experience – Your Next Generation Community Bank

Customer satisfaction and loyalty are intrinsically linked to the long-term growth of the banking industry. When banks cut costs to navigate the downturn, they must ensure that the customer experience does not suffer. They need to focus...

Implementing Federated Data Domains

Federated data domains like products, offers and interactions can be linked on a single platform to provide increased business value through the Master Data Management (MDM) solution adopted by an organization. A federated component to store data...

Winning in the Turns: Your Mobile SFA Advantage

Enterprises face the challenge of getting their field force to adopt enterprise Sales Force Automation (SFA) systems. Mobile SFA creates a new platform for your frontline field force to overcome challenges as well as manage your customer and pipeline...

Business Case-driven CRM Implementations: A Recipe for Success

The failure of CRM implementation is often attributed to faults in the business case, especially when the business case is not realized. Infosys' CRM expert shares lessons from CRM implementations. He believes that success or failure depends on the extent...

Winning in the Age of Convergence: Product Framework for CSPs

The convergence phenomenon is changing the way Communication Service Providers (CSPs) operate. Falling PSTN revenues and triple/quadruple play are forcing companies to formulate convergence-led strategies for future growth. The moot point...

When Opportunity Knocks: The Inbound Route to Revenue Growth

The key result area for inbound channels is customer satisfaction through the resolution of customer issues. However, there is more value in the inbound route than many organizations realize...

Microsites that Click: Reaching the Target, Ramping Up Online Response

Microsites - campaign-specific 'websites within websites' - provide a critical tool for online marketers seeking a focused approach to reach their target customers and generate healthy response and sales. Implementing microsites, however, involves challenges of...

Taking the CRM Call: Should you roll out Enterprise CRM?

Implementing a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution can be challenging for companies with multiple Business Units (BUs). Catering to different customers or market segments with different go-to-market strategies, selling processes and products...

Unified View of Customer and Performance Reports in Contact Centers

Contact center agents accessing customer data scattered across multiple applications are challenged to access useful and timely information for better customer interaction. Coupled with the growing complexity of contact center operations, the need of...

Upgrading Package Applications: What's your Strategy?

Organizations have traditionally viewed the enterprise application upgrade initiatives as transactional events of minor strategic importance. They often do not have an upgrade strategy. Even if there is one, it is hardly aligned with business, financial, IT...

Realizing the Business Value of Enterprise Application Integration

Well-planned, well-executed Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) initiatives have the potential to deliver considerable business benefits to an organization. Why, then, do most EAI implementations meet with limited success?...

Global Shared Support Service: A Viable Model?

As most large organizations have migrated to customized packaged products such as SAP, Oracle, Siebel and i2, the experience gained in supporting them can be leveraged by the shared service concept. Shared service, when applied to the production support...

Program Management Office: The Core Engine to Drive a Successful Global Program

Mergers and acquisitions, adoption of a global value chain, and expansion to new markets are competitive business growth strategies deployed by most businesses for going global. Program Management Office (PMO) is critical to the success of any global program...