THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF CRM AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN THE IT INDUSTRY

Authors

  • Milica Jukić Autor

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24867/18GI05Jukic

Keywords:

CRM, e-CRM, Customer relationship management, CRM applications

Abstract

This paper will describe the concept of CRM, its characteristics, architecture, as well as the development of this concept in the IT industry. It also explained how information technology has influenced the development and use of these tools, creating various applications that facilitate and improve real-time customer relationship management. In the practical part is described a concrete example of a CRM tool - EspoCRM, his advantages, disadvantages, suggestions for improvement, as well as the complete appearance of the user interface.

References

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[4] Trainor, Kevin J. , Journal of Business Research, „Social media technology usage and customer relationship performance: A capabilities-based examination of social CRM“, 2014.
[5] Internet: EspoCRM documentation (https://docs.espocrm.com/), pristupljeno: decembar 2021.

Published

2022-08-07

Issue

Section

Industrial Engineering and Management