Viktoriya Stancheva
APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICAL MODELLING IN CUSTOMER PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Summary:
Customer relationship management is one of the main trends in the modern marketing management of business organizations. This is because customers and the value they can generate for the company are essential to the success of any company. The dynamic development of scientific studies and practical solutions in this direction determine the interest in seeking and designing tools for facilitating the analysis, evaluation, development and management the customer relationships. Opportunities for this are provided by the concept of "customer portfolio", which views customers and their relationships as assets capable of generating value.
The main thesis of the study is that there are opportunities for application and design of economic and mathematical models for customer portfolio management, which can be used as adequate management tools for decision-making in relation to the optimal customer relationship management. Economic and mathematical modelling is considered to be an adequate methodological basis for optimizing customer portfolios. A critical retrospective overview of the existing customer portfolio management models and the economic and mathematical models used in them is presented. Prerequisites for using economic and mathematical models and critical factors for their success in managing customer portfolios are systematized.