compile data from a range of different communication channels, including a company's website, telephone, email, live chat, marketing materials, and more recently, social media. Customer Benefits : • Customized products and services • Improved customer service efficiency and effectiveness • Enhanced sales force efficiency and effectiveness • Improved pricing •Connect customers and all channels on a single platform. Components of CRM 1. Sales force automation 2. Human resource management 3. Lead management 4. Customer services 5. Anlytics 6. Workflow automation Importance of CRM •Better service to customers •Increase and improvement in long term relationship •Building and maintaining corporate image •Increase in coustmer equity •Reduction in customer defection rate Purpose of CRM •The focus is on creating value for the customer and the company over the long term •When customer value customer service that they receive from the suppliers,they are less likely to look to alternative suppliers for their need. Example of CRM Munchery is a small business that provides a delicious alternative to standard food delivery. High-quality meals created by talented chefs are delivered directly to a customer’s home, office, or any other location.By supplying customers with food that was ready to eat, whenever and wherever a customer was in the mood, Munchery soon discovered that managing their growing number of repeat customers while also catering to new ones was becoming overwhelming. A CRM solution that involved an integrated proprietary app used by their drivers made it possible for last minute order changes to be implemented at a moment’s notice, resulting in happier customers and better returns.