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Thevaluedecadeisuponus,statedJackWelch,CEOofGeneralElectricin1992whendescribingoneofthekey
trendsofthe1990s.Itisgenerallyacceptedtodaythatforacompanytogrowandachieveitsfullprofitpotentialit
mustmaximizecustomervalue.Eventhoughwearewellintothevaluedecade,therestillremainsmuchconfusion
asto:
Whatismeantbycustomervalue?
Howdoyoumeasurecustomervalue?
Howdoyoumanagecustomervalue?
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Thevaluedecadeisuponus,statedJackWelch,CEOofGeneralElectricin1992whendescribingoneofthekey
trendsofthe1990s.
Itisgenerallyacceptedtodaythatforacompanytogrowandachieveitsfullprofitpotentialitmustmaximizecustomer
value.Eventhoughwearewellintothevaluedecade,therestillremainsmuchconfusionasto:
1.Whatismeantbycustomervalue?
2.Howdoyoumeasurecustomervalue?
3.Howdoyoumanagecustomervalue?
Tothefirstquestion,Whatiscustomervalue?Wehavedevelopedadefinition(seebox)whichunderliesitsworkwith
clients.UnderstandingwhatcustomervalueiswillbediscussedfurtheronPg.2ofthisnewsletter.
Instrumentalinmanagingcustomervalue,isthequestionofHowtomeasurecustomervalue?Asthesayinggoes,
Youcantmanagewhatyoudontmeasure.InthefeaturearticleonPg.23ofthisnewsletter,wehaveoutlinedthekey
elementsofvaluefromthecustomersperspective,togetherwithausefulapproachtoassistyouinbeginningto
measurethevaluedeliveredtocustomersrelativetocompetition.
FinallyastoHowyoumanagecustomervalue?thisisdependentuponwhatyouaretryingtoachieve.Itisimportantto
understandhowacompanygrowsandthedifferentrolesthatvalueplaysinthis.Forexample,therolevariesdepending
onwhether:youaretryingtoacquirenewcustomersenhancetheprofitabilityofexistingcustomersor,extendthe
durationofcustomerrelationships.(Seechartonpreviouspage.)
CUSTOMERVALUEIS
Insettingouttomanagecustomervalue,youmaygrapplefirstwiththeconceptofhowcustomersperceivevalue.The
definitionontheprecedingpageisanallencompassingstartingpointbuttoclarifyhowcustomersperceivevalue,the
diagramsummarizesthefourfoundationsofperceivedvalue:ProductQuality,ServiceQuality,BrandImageand
PersonalCost.
Companiesthataresuccessfulatdeterminingcustomervaluearegoodatproperlyweightingthefourvaluefoundations
andthendeterminingthespecificationsthatwillcreatethebenefitsthecustomerisseeking.Developingspecifications
thatlinktotheappropriatebenefitsinvolvesansweringthe
followingquestionsforeachofthefourfoundations:
1.Whatarethebenefits/consequencesthatthecustomerisseeking?
2.Whichattributeswillcreatethosebenefits/consequences?
3.Whatspecificationswillensurewedeliveronthoseattributes?
Infuturenewsletterswewillprovidefurtherinsightsintohowtoanswerthesequestions.
MEASURINGCUSTOMERVALUE
Understandingwhatismeantbycustomervalueisonlythefirststep.Thefollowingisasystematicapproachto
measuringcustomervaluereferredtoasthePerceivedValueMeasurementModel.Itisbaseduponsoundresearchand
canbeanextremelypowerfulmanagementtool.Itisafourstep
process:
Identifyingkeyvaluedrivers
2)Weightingthesekeyvaluedrivers
3)Benchmarkingyourselfagainstcompetitorsand,
4)Analyzingtheresultsandtakingaction.
Thefollowingexampleillustratesasimplifiedapproachformeasuringperceivedcustomervalue.Inrealworldsituations,
perceivedvalueshouldbemeasuredbothatthebenefits/consequencesandatattributelevels.However,inthis
example,wewilllimitmeasurementtotheattributelevel.
EXAMPLE
Company:MegaCorp
Industry:Hotels
CoreMarket:BusinessCustomers
Situation:ExecutivesofMegaCorparetryingtoimprovethecompetitivenessofoneoftheirhotelsversusanearby
competitor(HotelX)
Step1.Identifytheattributeswhichdrivevalueforbusinesscustomersandinfluencetheirbuyingdecisions.
ThecompanyundertookCustomerValueDetermination(CVD)researchwhichidentifiedthevaluedriversofthis
customersegment.Thetablebelowliststhesevaluedriversasattributesderivedfromthisresearchandthedegreeto
whichtheyinfluencethebuyingdecision.
Step2.Determinehowcustomersrateyouvs.competitorsonthesevaluedrivers.
CustomersatisfactionresearchandcompetitivebenchmarkingshowhowbusinesscustomersrateMegaCorpagainst
thecompetitiononthekeyvaluedrivers(seeStep2oftable).
Step3.Determineyourtotalperceivedvalue(PV)*relativetocompetitors.
Perceivedvalueiscalculatedforbothhotelsbydeterminingtheweightedaverageoftheimportanceweightingand
performancescore(ie.,Step1xStep2=PVmeasurement).(SeeStep3ofthetable.)
Step4.Analyzetheresultsandtakeaction.
InthiscasetheresultsindicatethatHotelXisdeliveringthemostvaluetothebusinesscustomermarketsegment(880
vs.800).Thisisthecaseeventhoughithasthehighestprice.Betterservice,morecomfortableroomsandbetter
amenitiesaregivingitavalueedge.BecauseHotelXisdeliveringmorevalueitwillgainmarketsharewhileMegaCorp
willlosemarketshare.
Tooffsetthelowervalueratingoftheirhotel,theMegaCorphotelexecutivesmustnowidentifyhowtheyaregoingtogo
aboutimprovingthepositionoftheirhotelrelativetoitscompetitor.Iftheydonotwishtolowerpriceevenfurtherthen
theymustdooneofthefollowing:
Improveitsperformanceratingontheotherattributes
Trytoaltertheattributesusedbythecustomertodeterminevalue(e.g.,introducealoyalty
program)or,
Targetsegmentsofthemarketwhicharemorepricesensitive.
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