This chapter has introduced the key concepts about B2B customer relationships, which are the very object on which IT systems such as CRM
systems are applied. Bearing these concepts in mind will help the reader
better grasp the possibilities and limitations of CRM systems as emerging from the case of Loccioni in chapters 6–9. This chapter has also discussed how business relationships can be analyzed, for instance via the
ARA model, and managed. However, while taking the IMP perspective
on relationships certainly enabled us to penetrate their complex and
dynamic nature, it also highlighted the implicit difficulties in managing
unilaterally a relationship which involves two independent (or, better,
interdependent) parties. Further, this chapter has stressed that, especially from an industrial network perspective, it is important to handle
not only single relationships, but also the connections among them.
A simplified form of customer network analysis is defining a company’s
customer portfolio, composed of customer relationships with different
values and roles for the selling company. Finally, we addressed the issue
of KAM, which will be salient in the Loccioni case, as KAMs are the primary expected users of CRM software. Our purpose with this theoretical
review on KAM was to show how complex and challenging this task is
if one assumes an interactive perspective on B2B marketing.
This chapter has introduced the key concepts about B2B customer relationships, which are the very object on which IT systems such as CRMsystems are applied. Bearing these concepts in mind will help the readerbetter grasp the possibilities and limitations of CRM systems as emerging from the case of Loccioni in chapters 6–9. This chapter has also discussed how business relationships can be analyzed, for instance via theARA model, and managed. However, while taking the IMP perspectiveon relationships certainly enabled us to penetrate their complex anddynamic nature, it also highlighted the implicit difficulties in managingunilaterally a relationship which involves two independent (or, better,interdependent) parties. Further, this chapter has stressed that, especially from an industrial network perspective, it is important to handlenot only single relationships, but also the connections among them.A simplified form of customer network analysis is defining a company’scustomer portfolio, composed of customer relationships with differentvalues and roles for the selling company. Finally, we addressed the issueof KAM, which will be salient in the Loccioni case, as KAMs are the primary expected users of CRM software. Our purpose with this theoreticalreview on KAM was to show how complex and challenging this task isif one assumes an interactive perspective on B2B marketing.
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