Customer selection for a happy call in the city gas business

Customer selection for a happy call in the city gas business

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Article ID: iaor20042856
Country: South Korea
Volume: 20
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 125
End Page Number: 139
Publication Date: May 2003
Journal: Korean Management Science Review
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Keywords: gas
Abstract:

City gas is becoming an essential resource in households due to its convenience and low price in comparison to other energy sources. However, in order to prepare for the gas market to be saturated, many city gas companies must pursue customer satisfaction management and develop happy call systems for a promising solution. In the development of the happy call systems, the difficult problem is that we cannot contact all customers because of limited resources and calling efficiency in the call center. We should find best customers according to their value. This paper suggests a methodology for the selection of happy call customers when city gas companies consider two strategies. First, they should launch a new business area. Second, they must attempt to prevent current customers from moving from city gas to other fuels. We will discover important attributes and derive rules of weighting for the attributes through an exploration study that affect customer satisfaction and preference. Through a simulation model, we will show how many customers will be selected by our methodology.

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