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CLASSIFY - applications. Volume 1: Gathering information about your customers. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:74145
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  1. National Analysts, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
This guidebook provides program designers and marketers with methods and tools to assign residential, commercial, and industrial customers to CLASSIFY segments. These assignments are crucial to utilities in targeting customer-driven products and services to the most profitable market segments. The guidebook introduces utilities to the CLASSIFY System and describes how to gather customer needs information. Insights are provided on planning a CLASSIFY survey, selecting the right questionnaire, and interpreting survey results. Appendices show utilities how to customize CLASSIFY to their service areas and administer the residential and business CLASSIFY surveys.
Research Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States); National Analysts, Inc., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
OSTI ID:
74145
Report Number(s):
EPRI-TR--104568-V1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English