Distribution/power transformers customer support, tracking problems and recalls
First Claim
1. A system providing customer relationship management (CRM) and error reporting surrounding sale or performance of power distribution system equipment or services, comprising:
- a CRM process and workflow engine, the CRM process and workflow engine capable of receiving data representative of customer and sales information for use in generating CRM type data; and
an error tracking and reporting engine, the error tracking and reporting engine cooperating with the CRM process and workflow engine to process data representative of errors generated from the sale or performance of power distribution system components.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided to enable customer support through customer relationship management (CRM) techniques and to perform error tracking and reporting surrounding the sales and/or performance of power distribution system equipment and associated services (FIG. 10). In an illustrative implementation, a CRM processing and workflow engine (1005) cooperates with an error tracking and reporting engine (1010) to process data representative of customer information, sales information, and error information as part of CRM activities. Additionally, the CRM process and workflow engine (1005) and error tracking and reporting engine (1010) cooperate with a data store 1015 and 1020) to store and retrieve CRM and error data. Data may be communicated between the CRM engine (1005), error engine (1010), and data store (1015 and 1020) through a communications network (160), which may also be used to communicate CRM/error data to/from participating customers.
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20 Claims
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1. A system providing customer relationship management (CRM) and error reporting surrounding sale or performance of power distribution system equipment or services, comprising:
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a CRM process and workflow engine, the CRM process and workflow engine capable of receiving data representative of customer and sales information for use in generating CRM type data; and
an error tracking and reporting engine, the error tracking and reporting engine cooperating with the CRM process and workflow engine to process data representative of errors generated from the sale or performance of power distribution system components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for providing customer relationship management and error tracking and reporting for power distribution system equipment and services customers comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request to process customer relationship management/error information surrounding the sale or performance of power distribution system equipment; and
processing the request by a CRM/error module, the CRM/module having at least one instruction set to process data according to predefined CRM techniques. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method to track and report power distribution system customer complaints and to track and report errors arising from the sale and distribution of power distribution system equipment comprising:
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providing a customer relationship management (CRM) processing and workflow engine, the CRM engine capable of receiving and processing data representative of power distribution system equipment and services customer information according to at least one predefined instruction set; and
providing an error tracking and reporting engine, the error tracking and reporting engine capable of receiving and processing data representative of power distribution system equipment error information according to at least one predefine instruction set. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. In an information technology system providing communication of data among a global power distribution equipment manufacturer enterprise, a module providing customer relationship management (CRM) and error tracking and reporting comprising:
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a communications network, the communication network capable, of receiving and transmitting data representative of power distribution system equipment or service customers and/or errors;
a data store, the data store storing data representative of power distribution system equipment or service customers and/or errors;
a CRM applet, the CRM applet cooperating with the communications network and the data store to receive data representative of power distribution system customer data for processing, such processing comprising any of;
customer order history, customer demographic information, customer complaints, customer affinity information, and customer payment history; and
an error tracking and reporting applet, the error tracking and reporting applet cooperating with the CRM applet, the data store, and the communication network to obtain data and process data representative of power distribution system equipment or service errors.
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