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 |
Authors: | Byun Dae Ho |
Keywords: | gas |
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.