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KAM communications

Why Marketing is essential to KAM

There has been a long-running war between Sales and Marketing that is not only counter-productive in KAM but also hugely wasteful of an invaluable resource. Technology is/should be increasingly deployed in KAM, and Marketing has mastered digital communications that have a reach and currency that key account managers can’t achieve alone. Furthermore, marketing analytics can…

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Buyers/ buying

The role of deals and business networks in innovation processes

Per Ingvar presented a case study on innovation focusing on networks that facilitate the process. The case traces the invention and eventual commercialisation of Transchateter Aortic Valve Implants over a period from 1989-2014. The role of KAM increases in potential towards the end of the commercialisation process, reflecting the dynamics of supplier-user interaction and the…

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Member Resources

Successful service infusion

Dr Nima Hierati of Queen Mary University, London distinguished between product-focused services (like maintenance, guarantees etc) and customer-focused services (e.g. financing, cooperative marketing). Manufacturers seem generally focused on the former and often neglect the opportunities offered by the latter.

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Key account customers

A case study in influencing

Is this a case study in influencing and gaining great business or an example of taking advantage of a customer with a problem? When a key customer had an aborted product launch and needed emergency chilled storage for perishable products, Girteka was able to help – but at over twice the going rate! The customer…

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Member Resources

Co-creation of value is the key to successful KAM – 4th Annual AKAM Conference

Siemens has long been considered a leading exponent of KAM/GAM. In this session, Bjarne Lykke Sørensen, CEO Siemens Denmark, describes the challenges and opportunities in dynamic, fast developing business environments and how they will be addressed by supplier/ customer/ partner ecosystems. Key account managers need to grow into their crucial roles in these networks. Bjarne…

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Webinar

Software Technology in KAM

Technology applicable to key accounts has taken a long time to arrive, with software vendors generally focused on managing large numbers of fairly simple customers rather than in-depth knowledge about a few large and extensive key accounts. Now there is a quite bewildering array of programmes, albeit still from a limited number of vendors, which…

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Papers and articles

ABM- is it KAM, CRM or something completely different?

A short paper from Bulletin No 2 by Dr. Beth Rogers. ABM has been defined as ‘treating individual accounts as markets in their own right’, which sounds a lot like key account management. However, most ABM applications involve digital marketing to better serve mid-tier and small customers, and have proved rather successful in doing that.…

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AKAM News

Webinars from the Association for Key Account Managers

Have you seen AKAM’s selection of recorded webinars for Key Account Managers? As a member of the Association for Key Account Management, you have exclusive access to the ‘member resources’ section of the website. AKAM’s ‘member resources’ is a Key Account Managers archive of informative and educational resources. In the member portal, you will find…

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KAM of the Year

Key Account Manager of the Year 2020

The judges said Maggie Free showed exceptional focus, resilience and tenacity as a key account manager. She started with a relationship that had soured after her organisation suffered a serious setback with a strategically important customer. Key accounts have long memories and Maggie had a big job to re-build trust with the customer, a major…

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Key account managers

Steering the customer experience

Steering the customer experience It’s in your own interest Working as Key Account Managers means that you are constantly moving your scope from the bigger picture, to the smaller. You need to manage the long-term strategy as well as tactical and operational challenges in order to keep a smooth partnership with your customers. Many people…

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