Customer Communications Management

Customer Communications Management is a system of tools that deal with interactions between customers. CCM software began by using transactional documents, such as bank statements, but has gone on to be able to handle all direct mail and email interaction with customers. The software system can include pieces such as document automation, document archiving, payment processing, and print processing. The goal of all CCM systems is to improve the quality of interactions with customers.

The most recent improvement to Customer Communications Management has been the addition of personalization to the software. Personalization refers to the ability of the program to automatically create a document to target the particular interests of their customer with each mailing. For example, the Google ads on the right-hand side of your search are an example of personalization. In CCM, however, one can do so with a broader or narrower brush depending on the data that is used to create the personalized marketing. A good CCM system also integrates with an enterprise content management system to allow for the sharing of document templates across the company.

Iknow has deep expertise in all aspects of Customer Communications Management projects, from the creation of document templates, to loading data for personalization, to integrating into previous systems, to the deployment and customization of the software. Iknow also bring expertise in data profiling, document management systems, and enterprise content management to ensure that the system integrates, and is able to create world class documents.

Value from Customer Communications Management comes from the automation of documents, allowing the users to easily create a system of document templates. The personalization system that is a part of all modern CCM systems allows for a much higher rate of conversion to sales. CCM also allows users to handle both direct mailings and email marketing from a single system, thus lowering the costs of creating marketing materials. CCM systems are becoming more and more interactive, allowing customers and employees to trigger document creation with fewer inputs.

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Iknow has implemented several of the leading customer communications management software products. Here are some of the commercial and open source products in this field. Contact Us if you would like more information or if you want to talk about a product not included in the list below.

Company Namesort icon Product Name Type
Adobe Digital Marketing Suite Commercial
Aia Software ITP Commercial
Doxee Doxee Enterprise Communications Platform Commercial
Elixir Technologies Tango Commercial
EMC xPression Enterprise Edition Commercial
GMC Software Technology GMC Inspire Commercial
HP HP Exstream Commercial
Instantis Enterprise Track Commercial
Intuit QuickBase Commercial
InventiveDesigners Scriptura Engage Commercial
ISIS Papyrus Papyrus Eye Commercial
Napersoft Napersoft CCM Commercial
Newgen DOCCM Commercial
Nexstra Nexstra CCMS Commercial
Open Text Open Text StreamServe Commercial
Oracle Oracle CRM; Peoplesoft Enterprise CRM; Siebel CRM Commercial
Pitney Bowes Software EngageOne, DOC1, StreamWeaver, Data Flow, Designer, Content Author Commercial
Planet Group Core 360 Commercial
PTI Marketing Technologies MarcomCentral Commercial
salesforce.com Salesforce.com Commercial
SAP Sap Business Communications Mangement Commercial
Sefas Innoation Open Print Commercial
SugarCRM Sugar CRM Open Source
Thunderhead Thunderhead NOW Commercial
vtiger Vtiger Commercial
XenosExchange Enterprise Output Management Commercial
Xpertdoc Enterprise Document Output Commercial