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International Conference on Establishment Surveys III Montreal, Canada June, 2007 Company-Centric Communication Approaches for Business Survey Response Management Robert Marske Laurie Torene Michael Hartz Presented by Shirin Ahmed. Why we’re here today:.
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International Conference on Establishment Surveys III Montreal, Canada June, 2007 Company-Centric Communication Approaches for Business Survey Response Management Robert Marske Laurie Torene Michael Hartz Presented by Shirin Ahmed
Why we’re here today: • Effective communication with large companies is critical • to complete, accurate, and timely survey response. • Recent Census Bureau developments in • Company communication: • Background • Customer Relationship Management model • Relationship management evolves into company-centric • Remaining challenges • Next steps
Program-Specific View: What’s the complete picture when everyone has only one piece ???
- Select a company - Research the company - Convene team meeting - Contact the company - Maintain relationship Original CRM Model
What we found: • - Companies are generally satisfied with their ongoing survey contacts • - They would like us to share the information they report to us (organizational) • - They want advance notice of changes and new surveys • - They like on-line services • - They like reporting calendar information
How we responded: • - Institutionalized CRM Activities by Creating Customer Relationship and Outreach Branch • - Continue to Direct AM Program • - Assign CRM’s As Needed • - Improve Information Resources • - Improve Tools for Knowledge-Sharing • - Focus on Value-added for Data Providers • - Establish Policies -- Visit documentation policy • - Contact of Last Resort
Census - Company Model . . . With CROB CROB (Resources & Support)
Remaining challenges: • - Security • - Becoming company-centric in an unchanged organizational structure • - Meeting business expectations
Next Steps : • - Increase opportunities for comprehensive, cross-survey information sharing. • - Continue critical Account Manager relationships beyond the Economic Census period. • - CROB will continue to be a laboratory for processes and tools , and to be a bully pulpit for customer- and company-centric interactions.
??Questions?? For more information: rmarske@census.gov