Summary

I hope that you conclude from the above examples and mini case study that one of the most important aspects of a CRM program is to prepare and keep customer relationship management data clean, and to ensure a proper data quality strategy as your CRM initiative moves forward. Here are the key steps for building a data quality strategy:

  • Purchase toolsets and integrate them into the enterprise applications where customer data is utilized.

  • Review and check management data for quality on a regular basis.

  • Understand the company's customer-facing employee information needs.

  • Provide a unified view of customers by setting up a master enterprise data architecture.

  • Get a data quality program started to maintain a high-quality data standard.

  • Set up a ...

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