| Stock Ticker |
| eLoyalty | 5.15 |  | 0.21 |
| SupportSoft | 3.36 | | 0.11 |
| Salesforce | 70.12 | | 1.89 |
| Teletech | 20.48 | | 0.52 |
| ClickSoftware | 2.9 | | 0.05 |
| NCR | 25.61 | | 0.41 |
| NetSuite | 18.99 | | 0.3 |
| Oracle | 21.31 | | 0.31 |
| NICE | 29.93 | | 0.36 |
| Amdocs | 29.77 | | 0.35 |
| Tekelc | 14.83 | | 0.12 |
| Epicor | 6.96 | | 0.05 |
| Rainmaker | 2.94 | | 0.02 |
| ICT | 8.25 | | 0.05 |
| Vignette | 12.03 | | 0.03 |
| Unica | 8.05 | | 0.01 |
| Sykes | 18.82 |  | -0.04 |
| SPSS | 36.24 | | -0.13 |
| SAP | 51.89 | | -0.22 |
| HP | 44 | | -0.21 |
| Pegasystems | 13.37 | | -0.09 |
| Intervoice | 5.65 | | -0.05 |
| ATG | 3.17 | | -0.03 |
| Convergys | 14.68 | | -0.18 |
| LivePerson | 2.76 | | -0.05 |
| Nortel | 8.03 | | -0.19 |
| Astea | 3.56 | | -0.1 |
| Interactive | 11.25 | | -0.39 |
| CDC | 2.4 | | -0.09 |
| Chordiant | 4.81 | | -0.19 |
| Selectica | 1.26 | | -0.09 |
| APAC | 1.49 | | -0.11 |
| RightNow | 12.64 | | -1.03 |
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3/14/07 - Benchmarking Customer Satisfaction
A new research report from the Association of Support Professionals (ASP) notes that satisfaction metrics "often raise more questions than they answer." The problem, the report suggests, is that satisfaction metrics usually exist in a vacuum, without meaningful peer-to-peer comparisons or rigorous best-practices response analysis. It seems chief executives view customer satisfaction metrics as "soft data."
Why is customer satisfaction data considered soft? Perhaps we should turn that question on its ear. What is required to convince management that customer satisfaction data is not soft? And shouldn't we understand that before we even bother reporting customer satisfaction metrics?
Is there an acid test? I think so. Consider this: Customer satisfaction metrics will be viewed with proper importance when they are used to make important business decisions. For instance, is management willing to dole out bonuses based on improvements in customer satisfaction? Are you willing to bet your bonus on those same metrics?
Gary Lemke, Publisher
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