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AKAM Workshops & Conferences

Impact of digital transformation and pandemic on KAM – 4th Annual AKAM Conference

Dr Deva Rangarathan, Professor at IESEG Business School explores the pandemic-driven but probably permanent changes in KAM and customer relationships. Developments in digitisation have transferred more influence on the buying decision to marketing, particularly the early stages. Key account managers should recognise that, welcome the change, adapt to it and work proactively with marketing to…

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Dublin airport toolkit – 1st AKAM Annual Conference

At Dublin Airport KAM is driven not by single Key Account Managers but by a team of Key Account Managers, each of them being an expert of his/her field and coordinating a complex set of interactions with their counterparts on the airline side. Edel Redmond, Head of B2B Marketing, emphasised the importance of clarity in roles and…

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Key account management and customer value in the era of sustainability – 1st AKAM Annual Conference

Many industrial firms have moved from products to offering bundled products and services, redefining the notion of customer value, which is no longer about fulfilling predefined needs but exploring issues with the customer and defining the best answer. Professor Jakob Rehme (Linköping University, Sweden) explained how this approach requires a major change in terms of Account…

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Insights on tools and methods for selecting the right key customers – 2nd Annual AKAM Conference

The crucial job of selecting key accounts was addressed by Dr Marco Sisti of SDA Bocconi University in Milan. The idea of choosing key accounts according to size of their past sales with the supplier is regrettably still very common. There are definitely better ways of carrying out this all-important task, as this very practical presentation demonstrated.…

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The power of KAM as a change agent – 2nd Annual AKAM Conference

Karim Bennaziz Houmane, Global Head of Commercial Cards Sales, BNPParibas highlighted critical issues that have developed in KAM – deterioration of the relationship mode back to a transactional mode, circular conversations or the ‘continuous crisis’ mode and reduction of the KAM to problem solver. He introduced the idea of ‘double loop learning’ as a route to more…

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Key Customer Relationships

Andrea Dori’s industry has also changed out of all recognition in the last few years. At one time, Illycaffè simply sold excellent coffee, but now, in addition to having extended its product and brand range, the company sees itself as participating in the hospitality industry. Whereas once it sold on the basis of quality, consistency…

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How to stay successful in long-term customer relationships: A case study from the automotive sector

Andrea Busnelli, Client Director Automotive Industry IBM, highlighted the importance of customer relationships, particularly when industries are changing fast, which so many are these days. He was even prepared to admit that IBM hadn’t always got it right, so had some valuable suggestions about how to avoid falling into that trap, such as proactively transforming…

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AKAM Technical: Customer Experience Mapping

In this workshop, Jerry Angrave of the Customer Experience Association and Empathyce shared his extensive knowledge and experience of mapping customer journeys. The workshop gave participants much-needed clarity in terminology in this area and showed them how to use a series of tools to explore the business and relationship as their customer sees it. Unfortunately,…

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Value solutions and key account management

Emerging from this meeting was a strong focus on how value is created. Dr. Antonella La Rocca, Associate Professor at Rennes School of Business in France, gave an overview of research in the area and then identified, from her own work, two almost diametrically opposed profiles of key account managers, typified as X and Y. X is more…

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KAM Matrix: Pills for creating value in KAM

Carlos Ferrer Sotillo, BT Global Sales Director, delivered a presentation full of 28 inspirational ‘pills’. Drawing on a wide range of rousing and thoughtful messages, he challenged participants to take a handful of specific pills and use them to find ways of adding customer value. The audience was indeed inspired, and produced outputs ranging from…

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