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What are the measurements to be taken to find out the most profitable customers?

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Question added by Heba Modhish , Marketing Manager , To You Uniform
Date Posted: 2014/02/24
bashir al zaaim
by bashir al zaaim , مندوب مبيعات , الشركة العربية للتبريد و التخزين المحدودة

Other type of goods that the customer sold in quality, price and interest  Site Products  Segment customers

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Customer profitability measurement is challenging to implement; it draws into question our understanding of who our customers are and how we make profit.

 

Not all customers are equally profitable. Different customers have different needs, and hence different costs to serve. The overall profitability of a business is a function of the profitability of individual customers and customer groups.

 

  1. Reduce the costs to serve- This can be done by focusing lean techniques and other process-improvement methodologies onto the value-chain activities that serve the customer group or segment. In addition, products and services may be redesigned to drive out costs.

     

  2. Increase the price to increase the total revenue obtained.

     

  3. Improve the product mix offered to the customer or segment- Tightening the mix to eliminate unprofitable products can improve the profitability of a customer group or segment.

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