
CRM systems are widely used in the public sector as a foundation to establish a more customer-centric organisation and deliver increased customer satisfaction.
Originally developed for the commercial sector, CRM systems were designed to assist sales, product development and marketing departments to improve the quality and quantity of customer contacts and identify sales opportunities in order to sell more products.
In contrast with the commercial sector, public sector organisations are not concerned with selling more profitable products and services, but delivering and improving upon the quality and efficiency of the services that they provide and developing a more valued relationship with the public they serve.
Whilst CRM systems allow organisations to consolidate back office systems to drive system efficiency gains, they are inadequate in easily identifying areas for improvement, high lighting unneeded policies and wastage and improving customer service. To realise their true potential a CRM system needs to be aligned with a specialist multi channel customer feedback system.
CRM systems enable organisations to talk to a customer. Charter Continuum allows organisations to listen to a customer. Together they provide a powerful tool for putting the customer at the heart of an organisation.