Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems are approaching their tenth birthday and, even so, there is still a lot of confusion over what constitutes a CRM system. In a recent article by Richard Forsythe of the CRM Forum, he states that one of the most common queries he receives is “what is CRM all about?â€
In light of that, it is not surprising that achieving a positive ROI for CRM is still a difficult challenge. In a recent survey conducted by Computer Economics, only 23% of the respondents stated they have achieved a positive return on the time, effort, and technology costs they have invested in building a CRM system.

January 2002
