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Summary of Reports

 Achiever Software

 Astea International

 ClarityBlue

 Epicor

 Onyx Software

 Oracle

 QGate Software

 Sage CRM Solutions

 Strategix

 Witness Systems

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Management Briefings



 Market Overview & Analysis | Part 2 | Part 3

 Expert Opinion: Andrew Broome of Impact Plus

 View from the Top | Part 2

 Round Table | Part 2 | Part 3

 Strategy Issues: Stewart Mills of Parity | Part 2

 Service Management: Steve Downton of Downton Consulting | Part 2

 Customer Data Privacy: Bridget Treacy and Prini Patel of law firm Barlow Lyde & Gilbert | Part 2

 Business Case: Nick Salter of Information Answers | Part 2

 Implementation Issues: Jeremy Cox of The Wisdom Network | Part 2

Our latest survey gets to the heart of why companies are still making efforts to get the best out of their CRM and call centre management systems. Pat Sweet reports.

Light at the end of CRM tunnel - Part 2 | Part 1 | Part 3

In contrast, attracting new customers (3.50), improving customer lifetime value (3.48) and increasing the number of products held per customer (2.82) come much further down the list. This suggests that when times are hard, companies concentrate on getting back to the basics of fine-tuning what they already do, rather than seeking new and possibly risky opportunities.

The sting in the tail, however, is how few organisations are achieving even these relatively straightforward aims. Just 4% of our sample reckon their CRM applications have been ‘very successful’ at delivering the expected benefits, rating their efforts as a 5 on a 1-5 scale.

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