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Customer intent is a treasure trove of actionable data hiding in plain sight

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By looking at the CX lifecycle though granular intents, companies can 1) benchmark where they are strong/blemished, 2) identify where a human touch in a contact center helps/over-indexes the needs of a customer, and 3) solve for customers’ CX needs with surgical precision.”

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A Tool to Map Your Next Digital Initiative

Harvard Business

I have successfully used the BDN with many organizations in a variety of industries. In the apparel industry, the benchmark for inventory accuracy is somewhere between 60% and 70%. In a major U.K. These benefits were then included in their personal performance targets.

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A Refresher on Discovery-Driven Planning

Harvard Business

” Step 2: Do benchmarking. Here you “benchmark the key revenue and cost metrics in your business against the market and against firms offering the most-comparable products.” One of the growth vectors they identified was moving into the production of high-end apparel that would be sold in department stores.