Title :
Customer Evaluation Model Based on Topsis Method in B-to-B Market
Author :
Weng, Shengbin ; Wang, Guangming
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput. Inf. & Eng., Zhejiang Gongshang Univ., Hangzhou
Abstract :
In the B-to-B sector, the number of customers is relatively small, but a single customer relationship maintenance costs are very high. So discovering the actual value of every customer has great significance to enhance the firmpsilas customer relationship management and reduce the customer maintenance costs. Some traditional evaluation models such as customer life-time value (CLV) models can determine the economic value of customers well, but cannot reflect the customerpsilas actual value. A new customer-evaluation model based on the Topsis method was developed in this paper. Every customerpsilas real value can be determined from the comprehensive perspective based on a composite index system by using this model.
Keywords :
customer relationship management; economic indicators; B-to-B market; B-to-B sector; Topsis method; composite index system; customer actual value; customer economic value; customer evaluation model; customer life-time value models; customer relationship maintenance cost; firm customer relationship management; Business communication; Communication system control; Costs; Customer relationship management; Customer satisfaction; Economic indicators; Educational institutions; Engineering management; Manufacturing industries; Profitability; B-to-B market; cumstomer relationship management; customer value;
Conference_Titel :
Computing, Communication, Control, and Management, 2008. CCCM '08. ISECS International Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3290-5
DOI :
10.1109/CCCM.2008.138