From information to operations: Service quality and customer retention

Authors:
Balaji Padmanabhan;Alan Hevner;Michael Cuenco;Crystal Shi
Affiliations:
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL;University of South Florida, Tampa, FL;FedEx Services Corporation, Memphis, TN;FedEx Services Corporation, Memphis, TN
Venue:
ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems (TMIS)
Year:
2012

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Abstract

In business, information is abundant. Yet, effective use of that information to inform and drive business operations is a challenge. Our industry-university collaborative project draws from a rich dataset of commercial demographics, transaction history, product features, and Service Quality Index (SQI) factors on shipping transactions at FedEx. We apply inductive methods to understand and predict customer churn in a noncontractual setting. Results identify several SQI variables as important determinants of churn across a variety of analytic approaches. Building on this we propose the design of a Business Intelligence (BI) dashboard as an innovative approach for increasing customer retention by identifying potential churners based on combinations of predictor variables such as demographics and SQI factors. This empirical study contributes to BI research and practice by demonstrating the application of data analytics to the fundamental business operations problem of customer churn.