Accenture Digital Customer Solutions: Design to Delivery

Accenture Digital Customer Solutions: Design to Delivery

Your digital customers are here to stay: They can make or break your future Digital customers are always connected at home, at work and at play. They browse, book and buy products and services in person, online and on the go. No matter your business model, your digital customer expects you to know them, anticipating and delivering what they want across all channels. If you do this, your company will win.

Digital technologies have disrupted everything. Anywhere and everywhere, everyone is a digital customer consumers, shoppers, patients, physicians, travelers, guests, drivers, riders and diners. As people move throughout their day, their needs and behaviors blur traditional industry lines. This is shaping a whole new ecosystem for companies and how they meet the needs of their digital customers. Only 24% of customers feel loyal to the brands they purchase. 64% of customers switched providers in 2014 due to poor service. 31% of customers switched due to lack of customized offers. 1

Every customer is a digital customer: The new reality that companies cannot ignore The digital revolution is disrupting so much for companies that serve customers. From rapidly evolving technologies and nimble market players to the growth of omni-channel commerce and the data deluge, change is everywhere. The digital customer is at the heart of it maybe the most disruptive force of them all. This is a new kind of customer, empowered, engaged and expectant, with more control than ever. Leading companies know that what worked for yesterday s customer no longer applies. They recognize that personalization is non-negotiable, targeted content is king, loyalty is not guaranteed and traditional operating models need to evolve. Still, how to capture value from the digital customer can raise more questions than answers about the need to: Create highly personalized customer experiences across every channel. Empower sales and marketing teams with data insight that enables them to make more customer-focused decisions. Execute the right campaigns for the right customers at the right time across the right channels. Streamline content management approaches to meet customers unique needs at scale and speed. Complete customer transactions easily and securely so they don t click away before purchasing. Better understand customers to influence preference and build relationships that last. Getting value from customer centered approaches demands that companies develop the operational capabilities to work efficiently and effectively across the business all of the time. Otherwise, developing unique connections with millions of digital customers is impossible, impractical and costly. Winning companies will be adaptive. They will flex and scale at a quick pace across every touch point as customer and market demands change. This is how to drive top-line growth in the era of the digital customer. High-performers know the importance of digital. High growth vs. no- or low-growth companies: Recognize strategic importance of digital channels. 84% vs. 71%. Provide a consistent customer experience across channels. 80% vs. 59%. Use data and analytics to improve marketing impact. 86% vs. 65%. If a website takes more than two seconds to load, 40 percent of online shoppers will abandon a site. 2

Making the most of the digital customer journey: Accenture Digital Customer Solutions It can be overwhelming to know where to begin to serve the digital customer. A complete digital transformation delighting customers, flexing the platform and reinventing the business takes time and investment. But getting results does not have to be this way. There are 6.8 billion people on the planet at present. 4 billion own mobile phones. 3 Accenture Digital Customer Solutions offer a different approach to change. They focus on priority areas in marketing, sales and service that span today s dynamic and continuous customer journey so that you can: Accelerate speed to market. Dramatically change the cost to serve customers. Expand the reach to new customers to fuel growth. Improve efficiency and effectiveness to reduce costs. Deliver seamless omni-channel services. Create more relevant content, offers and recommendations. Gain customer loyalty and grow sales. These solutions are flexible and scalable, targeting specific areas in ways that work for your business needs. You can select limited engagements, technology integration or ongoing managed services, all of which can build a foundation for or dovetail into a larger digital transformation. A UK fast fashion retailer worked with Accenture to retool its mobile website and realized a 100 percent increase in mobile sales. The site has seen nearly a 13 percent increase in online market share. From exploring swings in digital conversion, aligning marketing and customer intent and localizing digital campaigns to streamlining digital asset libraries, simplifying online transactions and keeping your best customers close over time, Accenture Digital Customer Solutions can help you address your most pressing customer related needs.

A pharmaceutical leader turned to Accenture to help develop a pioneering digital content management tool and implement an end-to-end system that facilitates marketing planning, creative, sourcing, search and approval. Customer Experience Optimization Deliver one-size-fits-one customer experiences. Take a customer-first, outside-in approach to align organization, processes, technology and data insights to consistently deliver personalized, digitally-enabled, cross-channel customer experiences that resonate and delight at every touch point. Creative Customer experience Design and innovation Personalization Social Customer Acquisition and Campaign Management Deliver marketing messages that inspire customers to take action targeted, meaningful and effective. Plan, execute and measure digital and crosschannel communications to acquire new customers, grow wallet share from existing customers and retain your most profitable customers. Rich marketing content Targeted segmentation Timely cross-channel delivery Commerce Drive business results with a high-performing, convenient commerce platform. Deliver on customer expectations for easy check out, multiple delivery and collection offerings, seamless click-and-pay options, and personalized recommendations at the point of purchase through in-store and digital channels including web, tablet, mobile and apps. Use responsive design to manage seamless customer experience across devices. Commerce optimization Managed run services Order management Platform design and build

Accenture helped a leading beverage company to use digital to process more than 100,000 orders per day across 41 countries in 20 languages. Sales and Marketing Services Reinvent sales and marketing to dramatically enhance productivity while enhancing the customer experience. Improve return on investment (ROI) of both working and nonworking sales and marketing spend. Empower marketers and your salesforce to work proactively and strategically, making data-driven, customersavvy decisions that support business goals. Customer interaction strategy and blueprint Marketing ROI analytics Sales and channel spend optimization Sales and marketing enablement services Sales and marketing shared business services Sales and marketing talent management services Content Management Engage customers with fresh content that moves them. Retool content management workflows, technologies and resources so that operations are more nimble, scalable, efficient and effective. Deliver rich, personalized content at speed, on the fly and before customers know they want it. Content production Content platform distribution Content strategy Web Content Management System Web development Digital Customer Service and Loyalty Cultivate enduring customer relationships. Make your products and services indispensable to digital customers lives by taking loyalty programs beyond rewards cards to connect with individuals needs, passions and values while collaborating in new ways to serve the whole customer. B2B service operation Digital service Field services Loyalty, retention and growth Service excellences

From design to delivery: Accenture brings scale, industry focus and commitment to outcomes We understand how important capturing value from the digital customer is to your company. That s why Accenture is fully invested in developing practical approaches to help you grow your business in the digital world. We design customer experiences that are delivered through technology and analytics. You can expect: One seamless team. We are the #1 digital transformation consultant based on revenue according to Gartner. Work with the only provider that integrates experience design, technology and analytics so you need just one team end to end. We are highly invested in digital and have built our capabilities by acquiring leading companies in service design and innovation; digital marketing and production; and digital strategy, technology and creative. Global scale. Operating in 49 countries with 28,000 digital professionals, we serve you 24/7 with a field-tested global delivery network that is consistent, reliable, fast and scalable. We have digital professionals in the countries in which you operate and can help you balance the need to act globally and think locally. Industry insight. With more than 4,000 clients in digital, we work across many customer-facing industries retail, consumer goods and services, life sciences, automotive, travel and hospitality, transportation and industrial so you get industry know-how, ideas for applying what works in other industries to your challenges and insights into how industry lines are converging in the digital world. Focus on outcomes. We offer creative compensation models that tie our fees directly to your desired outcomes. That is how strongly we believe our solutions can help you capture value from the digital customer.

There are many things that companies can start to do today to win over the digital customer. But none of it will pay off in top line growth without execution excellence across every customer touch point. That s where Accenture Digital Customer Solutions can make all the difference. Because when every customer is a digital customer, all the rules are different. And the possibilities are endless.

For more information on Accenture Digital Customer Solutions, please contact: Janet Hoffman Digital Customer - Global & North America janet.l.hoffman@accenture.com Rick Murray Digital Customer - EALA richard.murray@accenture.com Richard Darracott Digital Customer - APAC richard.darracott@accenture.com References 1. Global Consumer Pulse Research, Accenture, 2014 2. 60SecondMarketer.com, 2013 3. Digital Industry 4.0 and the Emergence of the New Value-Chain Network, Accenture, 2013

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