For Customer Experience Professionals (Length: 12 pages)

February 7, 2008

Obstacles To Customer Experience Success, 2008

Survey Of 287 Large US Companies Highlights Key Obstacles

This is the first document in "The State Of Customer Experience In 2008" series.

by Bruce D. Temkin

with Olga Melnikova, Steven Geller


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

In a survey of 287 customer experience decision-makers from large US firms, 91% said that customer experience would be either very important or critical to their 2008 efforts — a significant jump over results in a similar survey last year. We also found that customer experience is equally important across larger and smaller firms. While customer experience is increasing in importance, less than half of the respondents have a senior executive in charge of customer experience across products and channels and a single set of customer feedback scores that are used across the company. The two major obstacles identified by these firms are the lack of a clear strategy and the lack of cooperation across organizations. Given the importance of customer experience in 2008, we recommend that firms infuse the voice of the customer, assign a customer experience executive leader, and chart a course toward Experience-Based Differentiation (EBD).

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NOTES & RESOURCES

itemCustomer Experience Becomes Critical In 2008

itemFirms Lack Customer Experience Discipline

itemStrategy And Cooperation Haunt Customer Experience Efforts

itemCustomer Experience Is Critical For All Sizes Of Firms

recommendations

itemMake 2008 The Year Of Customer Experience Discipline

Forrester surveyed 287 US firms with annual revenues of at least $500 million.

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Analyst: Bruce D. Temkin
Technology: Customer Experience, Customer Experience Management
Geography: North America