For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 18 pages)

August 9, 2007

PC Manufacturers' Cross-Channel Experience, 2007

An Industry Look At Forrester's Best And Worst Of Cross-Channel Design

This is the ninth document in the "Best And Worst Of Experience Design, 2007" series.

by Bruce D. Temkin

with Adele Sage, Moira Dorsey, Andrew McInnes


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

As part of an analysis of 16 firms, Forrester evaluated the customer experiences delivered by four large PC manufacturers — Apple, Dell, Gateway, and Hewlett-Packard. Overall, the PC manufacturers earned average scores compared with other industries. The firms delivered poor experiences on their Web sites and in emails and IVR systems. But while each of the PC manufacturers suffered from a different set of problems, our analysis also uncovered a number of good practices, such as Dell's contextual help and Hewlett-Packard's clear transitions from channel to channel.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemExamining Multichannel PC Manufacturer Experiences

itemOverall Results For PC Manufacturers: A Mixed Bag

itemWhat Issues Plagued The PC Manufacturers?

itemSome Best Practices Emerge

recommendations

itemImprove Multichannel Experiences With A Companywide Effort

Forrester evaluated multichannel experiences at 16 firms — four large credit card issuers, consumer electronics retailers, PC manufacturers, and wireless carriers.

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Analyst: Bruce D. Temkin
Technology: Channel Design Strategies, Customer Experience, Design & Usability Processes, Web Site Design
Industry: Computer Hardware Industry, Consumer Electronics, High-Tech, Manufacturing
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America