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Consolidating Touchpoints for Saab

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Consolidating Touchpoints for Saab
Management Information Systems

Patricia
June 21, 2013

Abstract
When Saab invested in the Seibel Automotive customer relationship management system, I believe they increased their knowledge of the customer base significantly. They have shown that by using this information that they can pull ahead of the competition by knowing their customer base. This helps in various aspects of a business. They tried to use a different approach and failed. Each business is different and they have to find out through trial and error what works best for them to gain a competitive advantage.

Question #1 Explain how implementing a CRM system enabled Saab to gain a competitive …show more content…

• Production scheduling for each manufacturing facility in the supply chain (minute by minute). • Demand planning and forecasting, coordinating the demand forecast of all customers and sharing the forecast with all suppliers. • Sourcing planning, including current inventory and forecast demand, in collaboration with all suppliers. • Inbound operations, including transportation from suppliers and receiving inventory. • Production operations, including the consumption of materials and flow of finished goods. • Outbound operations, including all fulfillment activities and transportation to customers.

Question #4
Create a model of Saab’s potential supply chain. Below is a model of the supply chain. It is connected by arrows going in both directions showing that each thing is relied upon the next and back to the beginning.

Saab | Saab Cars USA | U.S. Dealerships | Customers |

Different Kinds of auto-related Manufacturers |
(Was not able to add the arrows, but the arrows go from side to side in both directions and down to the different kinds of manufacturers.)

Question #5 How is Saab’s CRM implementation going to influence its SCM practices? CRM (customer relationship management) is a strategy used to learn more about customers ' needs and behaviors in order to develop stronger relationships with them. Good customer relationships are at the heart of business success. There are many technological components to CRM,

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