A mash-up, sounds yummy, with gravy. But for anyone out there who doesn’t know what a mash-up is, or what it has to do with Customer Relationships, it is about technology, and it’s great with or without the gravy! Mash-ups are basically web applications that combine content from multiple sources and serves it up as an integrated information piece. For instance, in servicing a customer, you can build a page that has the customer information (your old legacy database), past purchasing activities (your less old legacy database), the store locations (new POS) and details of purchases (inventory system), weather and news clips for their customer’s area (weather network, google news), status of customer order (UPS), and payment history (SAP). What customer rep wouldn’t want access to that screen. Mmmmm……..
Mash-ups are going to change the way everybody does business. Mostly because mash-ups are changing the way people view and use information on the Internet, generally, right now. As a result, customer expectations will translate into very rich and specific service experiences. The push for a customized customer experience will translate...