<b>The 2005 ISMS Practice Prize Winner</b>—Customer Equity and Lifetime Management (CELM) Finnair Case Study
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- Giuliano Tirenni
- IBM Research, Zurich Research Laboratory, Saeumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rueschlikon, Switzerland and Marc Brandis Strategic Consulting, Grafenauweg 3, 6300 Zug, Switzerland
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- Abderrahim Labbi
- IBM Research, Zurich Research Laboratory, Saeumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rueschlikon, Switzerland
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- Cesar Berrospi
- IBM Research, Zurich Research Laboratory, Saeumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rueschlikon, Switzerland
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- André Elisseeff
- IBM Research, Zurich Research Laboratory, Saeumerstrasse 4, 8803 Rueschlikon, Switzerland
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- Timir Bhose
- Finnair Oyj, Lentäjäntie 3, Helsinki Airport, 01053 Helsinki, Finland
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- Kari Pauro
- Finnair Oyj, Lentäjäntie 3, Helsinki Airport, 01053 Helsinki, Finland
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- Seppo Pöyhönen
- Finnair Oyj, Lentäjäntie 3, Helsinki Airport, 01053 Helsinki, Finland
説明
<jats:p> The Customer Equity and Lifetime Management (CELM) solution is based on a decision-support system that offers marketing managers a scientific framework for the optimal planning and budgeting of targeted marketing campaigns to maximize return on marketing investments. The CELM technology combines advanced models of Markov decision processes (MDPs), Monte Carlo simulation, and portfolio optimization. MDPs are used to model customer dynamics and to find optimal marketing policies that maximize the value generated by a customer over a given time horizon. Lifetime value optimization is achieved through dynamic programming algorithms that identify which marketing actions, such as cross-selling, up-selling, and loyalty marketing campaigns, transition customers to better value and loyalty states. The CELM technology can also be used to simulate the financial impact of a given marketing policy using Monte Carlo simulation. This allows marketing managers to simulate several targeting scenarios to assess budget requirements and the expected impact of a given marketing policy. The benefits of the solution are illustrated with the Finnair case study, where CELM has been used to optimize marketing planning and budgeting for Finnair’s frequent-flyer program (FFP). </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Marketing Science
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Marketing Science 26 (4), 553-565, 2007-07
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
