Project Report On Effectiveness of Customer Relationship Management Programme in SBI - 151239135
Project Report On Effectiveness of Customer Relationship Management Programme in SBI - 151239135
Project Report On Effectiveness of Customer Relationship Management Programme in SBI - 151239135
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1. Executive Summary
2. Objective of study
3. Research Methodology
4. Introduction to CRM
6. Findings
7. SWOT analysis
8. Conclusion
9. Recommendations
10.Limitations
11.Bibliography
12.Appendix
CHAPTER-1
E XECUTIVE
S UMMARY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Here I have done survey in Delhi to know how today largest bank of India is
catering the different need of the customers. Banks have abandoned
traditional method of serving the customers. They are using newly method
of fulfilling the need of the customers. They are giving emphasizes on
maintaining the customer relation as product of all the banks are the same
and in order to differentiate from others, they are targeting the customer by
fulfilling their individual needs. These branches are providing every type of
the facility to its customers like accounts, loans, mutual funds, insurance
etc… This project is based on the data collected by the personal interview,
questionnaire method and other secondary sources, mostly and covered
customer of all age group and I have covered 100 respondents, who have
their accounts in banks which include students, businessmen and employees.
From analysis of this project I have concluded that most of the customers are
satisfied from the dealings, products, services, and the facilities provided by
the bank. And the SBI Bank is holding a strong customer base in DEHLI
city despite of the presence of other so many private and public banks.
The bank is providing all the competitive products and services to the
customers suit to their particular requirements. It has different types of
Saving accounts, Current accounts, Loans, and Investment proposals etc.,
which are highly technical products to compete with other banks. People
who are using the services of other banks are generally attracted with the
highly efficient staff and services like InstaAlert etc. Majority of the people
prefer to open their accounts in SBI Bank because of their wide network and
tie up with other bank’s branches and companies. Though it is in the mind of
the people that public sector banks don’t give the best service but my project
result is totally opposite to this. The survey shows that 88% customers are
fully satisfied with the bank’s performance and their dealings. But the other
side that come into light while this study is that some customers are also not
satisfied with the dealings of the bank because of some reasons and Bank
has to take corrective measures.
CHAPTER-2
OBJECTIVES
Objective Of The Study &
Scope
As we know that the customer is regarded as The King. Customers are the
lifelines of the business. No business can be done without them. But in the
competitive market, you can get the customer but the more difficult is to
retain the customers, and this can only de done if we satisfy customers
from head to toe. If we will not satisfy the customers then they will leave
our organization and join other. Today if the organization has the largest
customer base then it may be possible it cannot provide the best services to
all these customers.
As to survive and to make profits, the bank has to strengthen its customer
base and it can only be done through the customer satisfaction and
maintaining long term relation. And for this, customer’s behaviour and
customer’s demand should be analyzed and that is what I try to do in this
report.
And the scope of my study is not only confined to one category. But I have
covered all the categories of products and services and also all the classes
of customers because I have collected the data from inside the Bank,
market and some friends home.
The main Scope of the study is: -
2) To find out why customers have an account in more than one bank.
5) And what bank should improve to increase its customers’ base and to
compete other banks?
CHAPTER- 3
RESEARCH
DESIGN &
METHODOLOGY
RESEARCH DESIGN &
METHODOLOGY
Introduction
Introduction
Also, before the Internet revolution, consumers largely selected their banks
based on how convenient the location of bank's branches was to their
homes or offices. With the advent of new technologies in the business of
bank, such as Internet banking and ATMs, now customers can freely chose
any bank for their transactions. Thus, the customer base of banks has
increased, and so has the choices of customers for selecting the banks.
The evolution of CRM was gradual. The concentration at the beginning was
only on consumption. Human activities were confined to consuming
whatever was available within their reach. Then the concentration slowly
moved towards production. Production was though in starting just for
consumption on later it moved towards production for exchange. During the
sales era, production was performed exclusively for sales and the attention
was just on the product. Whatever was produced became saleable because
of the limited supply. This made organization move towards marketing
activities. It is at this stage the concentration shifted from products to
customers. Understanding and meeting customers’ needs became imperative
for any business survival. Thus the emergence of customer driven
organizations, keeping customers as their focal point took place. However
cut throat competition made it difficult and challenging to retain customers.
CRM emerged as a new approach enabling marketers with brand new tool
and techniques to reach, acquire, retain and expand customer base. Through
CRM companies tried to re-personalize their customer relationships by
installing sales technology - sales contact management, Web personalization
of e-sales messages, and sophisticated segmenting and predictive modeling
tools for more tailored sales messages.
In the beginning…
The 1980’s saw the emergence of database marketing, which was simply a
catch phrase to define the practice of setting up customer service groups to
speak individually to all of a company’s customers.
In the case of larger, key clients it was a valuable tool for keeping the lines
of communication open and tailoring service to the clients needs. In the case
of smaller clients, however, it tended to provide repetitive, survey-like
information that cluttered databases and didn’t provide much insight. As
companies began tracking database information, they realized that the bare
bones were all that was needed in most cases: what they buy regularly, what
they spend, what they do.
However database marketing was too costly, too difficult and didn’t pay out
on the bottom line, except in the case of business-to-business key account
marketing. A little database marketing went a long way, which was very
good news for everyone except technology vendors. Organizations could do
quite well simply by knowing how recently and frequently customers
purchase; how much they spend; what they purchase; and an iota of
customers’ demographics.
Advances in the 1990’s
This was the beginning of the now familiar frequent flyer programs, bonus
points on credit cards and a host of other resources that are based on CRM
tracking of customer activity and spending patterns. CRM was now being
used as a way to increase sales passively as well as through active
improvement of customer service.
With the increased fluidity of these programs came a less rigid relationship
between sales, customer service and marketing. CRM enabled the
development of new strategies for more cooperative work between these
different divisions through shared information and understanding, leading to
increased customer satisfaction from order to end product. Today, CRM is
still utilized most frequently by companies that rely heavily on two distinct
features: customer service or technology.
There are three major areas that focus on customer satisfaction: sales,
marketing, and service. The functionality of and between these three fields is
essential to successfully connecting a company's front and back offices to
facilitate effective, enterprise-wide coordination. The professional sales
force predicts and proposes the real-time analysis of information and
distributes this information to the company and business partners. Marketing
concentrates on personalizing customer preferences and offering them
satisfying experiences. Service is associated with the companies' call centers
and coordinates interaction between Web, e-mail, and other communication
medias. These fields are developed further with the help of CRM
automation.
At the heart of a perfect CRM strategy is the creation of mutual value for all
the parties involved in the business process. It is about creating a
sustainable competitive advantage by being the best at understanding,
communicating, and delivering, and developing existing customer
relationships in addition to creating and keeping new customers. So the
concept of product life cycle is giving way to the concept of customer life
cycle focusing on the development of products and services that anticipate
the future need of the existing customers and creating additional services
that extend existing customer relationships beyond transactions.
MODEL OF CRM
1. Customer Acquisition.
2. Customer Retention.
3. Customer Extension.
4. Marketing Orientation.
5. Value Creation.
6. Innovative IT.
1. Over time, retail bank customers tend to increase their holding of the
other products from across the range of financial products / services
available.
With increased number of banks, products and services and practically nil
switching costs, customers are easily switching banks whenever they find
better services and products. Banks are finding it tough to get new
customers, and more importantly, retain existing customers.
The wealthier the customers, the more demanding they are - and the
clients expect more and more from their banks. Competition for
"Supremely elite" is increasing.
Customer Experiences
The first step towards successfully winning, retaining and growing the
profitability of private banking customers is to understand what their wants
and needs are, so that the organization can be built around serving those
needs. Only when an organization has done this and incorporated this into
its strategy can it start to design its value proposition and a customer
experience that will enable it to achieve a differentiated competitive
position in the private banking market, and more importantly, do so in an
economically viable way.
At this basic level, grouping together these core wants and needs produces a
set of generic characteristics that an HNW individual seeks from an
organization before he or she will even consider placing any of his or her
wealth with it.
In recent years the bank has focused on three priorities, first, reducing its
huge staff through Golden handshake schemes known as the Voluntary
Retirement Scheme, which saw many of its best and brightest defect to the
private sector, second, computerizing its operations and third, trying to
change the attitude of its largely rude staff through a programme aptly
named 'Parivartan' or 'change'. On the whole, the Bank has been successful
in the first two initiatives but has failed in the third.
Associate banks
There are seven other associate banks that fall under SBI. They all use the
"State Bank of" name followed by the regional headquarters' name. These
were originally banks belonging to princely states before the government
nationalized them in 1959. In tune with the first Five Year Plan, emphasizing
the development of rural India, the government integrated these banks
with the State Bank of India to expand its rural outreach. The State Bank
group refers to the seven associates and the parent bank. All the banks use
the same logo of a blue keyhole. Currently, the group is merging all the
associate banks into SBI, which will create a "mega bank", and one hopes,
streamline operations and unlock value.
Growth
State Bank of India has often acted as guarantor to the Indian Government,
most notably during Chandra Shekhar's tenure as Prime Minister of India.
With 10000 branches and a further 4000+ associate bank branches, the SBI
has extensive coverage. Following its arch-rival ICICI Bank, State Bank of
India has electronically networked most of its metropolitan, urban and
semi-urban branches under its Core Banking System(CBS), with over 4500
branches being incorporated so far. The bank has the largest ATM network
in the country having more than 5600 ATMs [1]. The State Bank of India has
had steady growth over its history, though the Harshad Mehta scam in 1992
marred its image.
In recent years, the bank has sought to expand its overseas operations by
buying foreign banks. It is the only Indian bank to feature in the top 100
world banks in the Fortune Global 500 rating and various other rankings.
According to the Forbes 2000 listing it tops all Indian companies.
CUSTOMER CARE
Customers of the Bank can meet senior executives of the Bank on 15th of
every month (between 3.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m.) without any prior
appointment and discuss issues relating to their accounts/banking
transactions. In case 15th of month is a holiday, customer can meet on the
next working day.
II. In February 2006, Reserve Bank of India set up the Banking Codes and
Standards Board of India (BCSBI) as an independent autonomous watchdog
to ensure that customers get fair treatment in their dealings with Banks.
The BCSBI has published the “Code of Banks’ Commitments to Customers “
(the Code) which sets minimum standards of banking practice and
benchmarks in customer service for banks to follow. SBI is a member of the
BCSBI and has therefore voluntarily adopted the Code as its Fair Practice
Code in dealings with its customers. The complete copy of the Code is
available at http://www.bcsbi.org.in/Code_of_Banks.html
III. This document called the “Citizens’ Charter of State Bank of India”
provides key information on various facilities/services provided to
customers in ordinary branches of State Bank of India. The Code together
with the Citizens’ Charter will thus ensure high standards of accountability,
responsibility and transparency in the Bank’s dealings with customers. The
Charter also provides comprehensive information on Bank’s Grievance
redressal mechanism. It also specifies the obligations on the part of the
customers for healthy banker-customer relationship.
IV. This is not a legal document creating rights and liabilities. The
information on general terms and conditions provided herein may not apply
to special branches of the Bank like Personal Banking Branches etc. (The
information on services provided by these branches can be obtained from
the branches or the helplines of the respective Local Head office Centres).
Loans and advances may also have specific terms and conditions not
mentioned in the Charter. However, all terms and conditions will comply
with the principles and commitments undertaken by the Bank in the Code.
V. Copies of the Code and Citizens’ Charter will be available on request to all
our customers at our branches, administrative offices and at our web site.
We will ensure that all our staff members are aware of the commitments
contained in these documents and faithfully implement them.
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Services
DATA
PRESENTATION
ANALYSIS
AND
INTERPRETATIO
N
Ques :1 Since when are you availing the services of SBI?
PERCENTAGE
30%
36%
34%
YEARS
PERCENTAGE
Less than 1 yr 36
1-3 yr 34
More than 3 yr 30
INTERPRETATION:-
The data given above clearly explain itself that the SBI bank is performing
very well. As the percentage of new customers is increasing every year from
30 to 34 and 36 percentage, which is quite satisfactory, as in the presence of
other public and private banks which are attracting the customers with new
methods.
SERVICES PERCENTAGE
Current a/c 12
Saving a/c 91
Fixed Deposit 22
Mutual Funds 7
Others 0
100
91
90
80
Current a/c
70
PERCENTAGE
60 Savings a/c
50
40 Fixed deposit
30 22 Mutual Funds
20 12
7 Others
10
0
0
PERCENTAGE
SERVICES
INTERPRETATION:-
As per the research, the data collected shows that the percentage of the
saving account is the highest as compared to other accounts. The business
class account i.e. current account is having 12 percent which is low and the
percentage of the fixed deposits is 22 i.e. satisfactory and the mutual fund
investor’s ratio is 7 i.e. because of the low interest of people in mutual funds
and prefer old investment methods.
Ques:3 Are you satisfied with the services offered by bank staff?
RESPONSE
PERCENTAGE
88
Yes
31
No
INTERPRETATION:-
The research shows that the dealings and behaviour of the staff members are
up to mark and generally customers are satisfied. Few of the customers says
no as they are facing some problems due to more work load on staff and
having less time to deal with them.
Ques:4 If yes, what are the various factors on which you are
satisfied?
FACTORS
PERCENTAGE
Co-operative Behavior 73
Less Time Consuming 30
Provide Valuable Information 23
Others 0
80 73
70
60
PERCENTAGE
50
40 30
30 23
20
10 0
0
PERCENTAGE
INTERPRETATION:-
The ratio of the satisfactory customers is quite good and the customers are
happy with the cooperative behaviour of the staff. Due to the competent staff
members the work performance is quick and efficient and so they take less
time to resolve quarries of customers and provide valuable information to
them.
Ques:5 If no, what are the various factors on which you are not
satisfied?
FACTORS PERCENTAGE
Less Co-operative Behaviour 14
More Time Consuming 18
Doesn’t Provide Any other Valuable 11
Information
Others 1
INTERPRETATION:-
As the coin has 2 sides similarly some of the customers are also there who
are dissatisfied with the dealings of the staff. In their opinion the staff
member’s behaviour is not cooperative and they also take more time to
resolve their problems. Moreover they don’t provide any valuable
information.
Ques: 6 In addition to SBI Bank, which Bank’s services currently
you are availing?
BANKS PERCENTAGE
Kotak Mahindra 14
OBC 9
PNB 15
HDFC 26
Others 18
None 18
PERCENTAGE
Kotak Mahindra
18 14
OBC
9
PNB
18 HDFC
15
Others
26 None
INTERPRETATION:-
As the business needs can’t be satisfied with availing the services of one
bank, so the customers are also having the accounts in other banks. Most of
the customers are having the services of HDFC bank in addition to SBI
(state bank of India). As almost all banks’ branches are there in DELHI, so
the customers are having their accounts in PNB, Kotak Mahindra, OBC, and
others.
As one bank can not fulfill all business requirements, so on the question of
using other bank’s facilities are, most of the customers thinks that the
requirements of the SBI Bank is very strict. Next reason is, many customers
are gaining faith on Private sector banks. Very few are dissatisfied due to
slow processing; many other customers didn’t specify particular reason due
to personal problems.
Ques: 8 Are you aware of the various services offered by the SBI
Bank?
RESPONSE
PERCENTAGE
Yes 50
No 34
Can’t say 16
INTERPRETATION:-
The awareness of the customers of SBI Bank is quite well. As per survey
many customers are fully aware about all services and many of them are not
having full information as due to lack of personal interest and some has not
given the answer to this question.
Ques:9 Tick the following which services are you aware of?
DIRECT BANKING FACILITIES PERCENTAGE
39
E-Banking
37
Phone Banking
20
Money Transfer
77
Facilities through ATM
9
Didn’t specify
INTERPRETATION:-
No body today is untouched with the facility of ATM, so this is the most
currently in use. In modern business times the e-commerce is the backbone
of business so the net banking is also the main product of the banking
system and also due to the busy schedule of the businessman the phone and
mobile banking is highly in use. The SBI bank is also providing the facility
of the money transfer but this facility is yet to get popularity as very few
customers is aware about it.
Ques: 12 What are the various problems that you come to face
while dealing with Bank?
PROBLEMS PERCENTAGE
10
ATM is not working
34
Long queues at teller counter
20
Taking more time to resolve the queries
15
Rigid requirements
8
Less customer dealing time
5
Cheque is not credited to a/c
17
Didn’t specify
INTERPRETATION:-
There are many aspects where SBI bank has to give attention. Generally
customers are facing many problems like long queues at teller counter, high
charges for not maintaining AQB etc. Customers want reforms on many
problems like increase the customer dealing time and in order to retain
customers they have to resolve these problems.
Ques: 13 What would you recommend to improve SBI Bank’s
services further?
RECOMMENDATIONS PERCENTAGE
16
Increase customer dealing time
44
Improvement in Infrastructure
41
Improve Net Banking
48
Provide Services equal to private sector
bank
18
Others
5
Didn’t Specify
INTERPRETATION:-
On the question of the recommendation, 48% customers say that this bank
should provide services equal to private bank. 44% customers say that they
are facing problems due to poor infrastructure, so intention should be given
to this aspect. 41% customers say that the bank should improve net banking.
16% customers feel that the customer dealing time is less, so Banking Hours
should be increased.
CHAPTER- 6
FINDINGS
FINDINGS
91% customers are having their savings account. The current account user
are very less while percentage of the fixed deposits is 22.
88% customers are satisfied with the Bank’s services and Behavior and only
31% are dissatisfied with the Bank’s performance.
Most of the customers are happily satisfied with the staff’s cooperative
behaviour. They are satisfied with the fast processing of transaction as they
take less time. They get valuable information at time.
26% of the SBI Bank’s customer are having their account in HDFC,15% in
PNB,14% in kotak mahindra etc. which shows that the user of the HDFC is
highest.
28% respondent says that they have account in other bank due to strict
requirement, 25% are saying that they give more importance to private
sector banks. 29% doesn’t specify the reason.
The awareness about the various services is quite good but not satisfactory
as 50% customers are aware about the various services of the bank, 34%
are not aware about the services and 16% respondents answer to can’t say.
The user of the ATM is the highest and the use of the net banking and
phone banking is the second highest, while the knowledge about the
money transfer is very less among the customers.
Some Customers are having problems with the bank’s working conditions
as 34% customers said that there are long queues at teller counter, 20% said
staff take more time to resolve queries, 15% said about strict requirement
and many others reasons.
SWOT ANALYSIS
SWOT ANALYSIS OF SBI BANK
SWOT Analysis:-SWOT Analysis is mainly to see what are the various strength,
weakness, opportunities and threats of the organization. As we know that every
organization is specialize in one field and weak in other field. No one organization
can be specializing in every field because it is beyond its scope. If every
organization will be specialize in every field then there will not be any competition
between various organizations and it will not have fear of lose the business to other
organizations. So this analysis is given as follow:
STRENGTHS:-
Main strength of this bank is, it is the largest bank of the INDIA, it has wide
network of branches and ATM overall pan INDIA.
Less charges are taken from the customers for providing the services. Most
of customers are Very happy due to this complaint of this.
This bank also keeps that type of customers which are of low profitability. It
believes not only in profit which is main aim of every organization. It is also
perform social responsibility.
It has seven subsidiary banks ,all of these capture more market growth rate
by more synergy.
WEAKNESS:-
First weakness of this branch is ,it doesn’t issue the memo immediately if
any one work is not perform in time or any one come late. No one take
responsibility on his shoulder .
High networking technology is used in some branches. All branches are not
computerized and high security softwares are not used.
No incentives are given to the employees for motivating them. Even the
incentive is also not fixed for the employee who has operation work. Only
they have to perform customers work.
In this bank, account is open with minimum of Rs.1,000. Some low class
person cannot manage this amount in initial stage.
This bank spends less on basic facilities what I have found that are very old
ATM which mostly remain out of work, no sitting and standing arrangement
etc………….
OPPORTUNITIES:
It can relax some of its internal rules to catch more customers. Many other
banks have not rules which this bank has put in ahead of customers.
From the customer feedback it is found that its customers have mainly
saving, current accounts and fixed deposits. Its customers have no insurance
policy of its bank, less awareness of mutual fund. These customers should be
provided full knowledge about its all products. As this bank’s customer base
is increasing, knowledge of all products should be given.
It can open branches in foreign also as many of its customers are NRIs. It
has tied up with other banks in foreign to handle the foreign transactions.
THREATS:-
New banks are coming in INDIA. This will increase the competition and this
has to consecrate on its marketing activities.
New banks are giving relaxations to its customers. So it will have to change
its rules.
New banks are poaching the employees of this branch. So this bank has to
retain its employees with it.
New banks are spending more to capture the more customers so this bank
will have to change its policy of less spending or it will have to find new
mean to retain its customers with it.
CHAPTER- 8
CONCLUSI
ON
Conclusion
Banking can be mysterious for consumers and how they interact with their finances
can be a complex matter. The challenges faced by banks and their customers are
many but the trick lies in de-mystifying complex financial relationships.
Technical solutions deployed by banks today are flexible, user-friendly and meant
to facilitate specific workflow and requirements in implementation processes. In
order to simplify lives, banks have begun to implement end-to-end technologies
through all departments with the intention of removing human error from
processes. Previously existing manual environments could not have been adequate
for future visions, growth plans and strategies.
In this day and age, customers enjoy complete luxury in terms of customized
technical solutions and banks use the same to cement long-term, mutually-
beneficial relationships. From above complete analysis, this is clear. So at the last
we can say that SBI bank has good scope in future and try to compete with the
private sector banks.
CHAPTER- 9
RECOMMENDATI
ONS
RECOMMENDATIONS
The research shows that the teller is the most crowded counter and always
having long queues, so teller should be increased.
Customers say that may be this public bank does not services more than
private banks but it can try to provide services as equal.
Pay attention for a long time to only one customer with whom staff is
dealing, as other customers are also waiting and staff should understand we
should not waste other customers’ valuable time.
Banking hours should be increased .as the bank close the customers’ visit by
3:30p.m. Which is very incontinent to the customers?
As the cheque is not cleared in time due to lack of attention. So staff should
pay proper care that cheque should be credited in customers’ a/c in time.
LIMITATION
S
LIMITATIONS
In spite of the best efforts there are always some problems or limitations
associated with market research that cannot be removed but can be minimized
only. In this survey also there could be certain error due to these factors.
Sampling
It is not possible to cover each and every customer so it has been tried
to cover all section of customer by taking representative sample, which limit
the research to a certain extent.
These limitations may have effect on findings of the work but not up to large
extent and thus do not affect the findings of the work very significantly. Some of
the respondents didn’t like to share their views and some were ignorant about the
facts of SBI Bank.
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QUESTIONNAIRE
Dear Respondent,
The purpose of this project is to assess the effectiveness of Customer Relationship Management
(CRM) Practices adopted by State Bank of India. Please answer the following questions. Needless
to say, your response would be treated confidential and would be used only for the purpose of
study.
< 1 yr 1- 3 yr > 3 yr
Q: 3 Are you satisfied with the services offered by the bank staff ?
Yes No
Q: 4 If yes, what are the various factors on which you are satisfied?
Q: 5 If no, what are the various factors on which you are not satisfied?
Q: 7 In addition to SBI Bank, which Bank’s services currently you are availing?
PNB HDFC
Q: 8 What is prompting to you not avail the services of only SBI Bank?
Q: 9 Are you aware of the various services offered by the SBI Bank?
Money Transfer Facilities through ATM (mini statement, bill payment etc.)
Q: 12 What are the various problems that you come to face while dealing with Bank?
Cheque is not credited to a/c Taking more time to resolve the queries
1)………………………. 2)………………………
Improve net banking more Provide services equal to private sector bank