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Techniques For Measuring IT's Effectiveness


Here are a dozen metrics that some companies are using to track technology's impact on business execution.



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Techniques For Measuring IT's Effectiveness
Failed customer interactions, and those at risk of failure, represent a key opportunity for companies to improve the processes that matter most. American Power Conversion takes note every time a customer interaction doesn't hit the mark--say, when a product doesn't ship on time. APC considers that information even more valuable than its CRM success rate. The company has created an alert system to notify the appropriate employees when a customer engagement is at risk of failing, giving APC a chance to take corrective action and minimize those failures. Mark Nadeau, director of CRM, explains that APC's culture is geared toward avoiding failure because its business is selling uninterruptible power supplies. Uninterruptible customer satisfaction--that's a business every company should be in.


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