Customer Experience + Design

The Evolution of CPQ Configure Price Quote (CPQ) has been around for a long time.  Product configuration and pricing were part of several homegrown ERP/MRP systems since the 1980s and has become more mainstream with the introduction of CPQ-focused software since the beginning of this century. CPQ is a big growth area in the software […]

The Best Communities Focus on Content and Design Content plays a foundational role in a community’s success. However, having helpful, easy-to-follow content available for your customer community means nothing unless users are able to find it, consume it, and understand it. That’s where the UI/UX design comes into play; when, where, and how they access […]

Delivering seamless, consistent, and engaging experiences starts with a customer-centered digital strategy. This ongoing series explores the characteristics that make up a great digital strategy and how to deliver powerful brand moments that solidify customer loyalty and drive differentiation for your organization. Frictionless service means never getting in the way of the moments that serve […]

When customers have a problem, call center agents are the front line of defense. In addition to using the right technology to enable them for success, make sure you have the right team to start with. Here are three ways you can create a successful support team that will service your customers with grace and […]

Designers can’t focus only on look and feel. When a design is planned to drive the user experience, websites are more functional and more effective.

Just joining us? Welcome to part 3 of this series, exploring why to use design thinking for strategy development. (To start at the beginning, read part 1 here.) How to Develop Your Strategy Using Design Design thinking is generally applied to product problems, but design can be used on any complex problem – including developing your […]

Perficient is sponsoring IBM Think 2019, which is happening in San Francisco February 12 – 15th.  We are excited to have a booth (Booth #320), but even more excited to be contributing to so many incredible thought leadership sessions on the topics of commerce, digital experience and order management. Several of our experts’ speaking engagements […]

The digital commerce industry has been abuzz since last month’s announcement that HCL Technologies will acquire several technologies from IBM, including the entire Commerce portfolio IBM developed over the last two decades.  We asked our Commerce Chief Strategist, Mike Rabbior, to share his insights on what this news means for the commerce technology industry, our […]

We’re locking down the AEM Dispatcher as we continue in the series, Mastering the AEM Dispatcher. In this post, we’ll discuss gotchas with Sling Servlets and the AEM Dispatcher and a tool to scan your Dispatcher for common security issues. The AEM Dispatcher is not just a caching engine and load balancer is the first […]

Whether its online, in-store, or multichannel, customer experience (CX) is a key differentiator for businesses. Extending beyond the front-end purchase experience, CX encompasses the total journey of a customer’s interactions with your brand. Customer care, how well customers are taken care of while they interact with your brand, is a giant piece of the customer […]

Delivering seamless, consistent, and engaging experiences starts with your digital strategy. Explore the characteristics that make up a great digital strategy, and learn how to deliver powerful brand moments that solidify customer loyalty and drive differentiation for your organization. Great digital ideas possess the power to establish or redefine a brand. Companies like Uber, Venmo, […]

In a whirlwind of activity that included an executive networking lunch and live webcast, Q&A chat hosted by CMO Marge Breya and a ceremonial ringing of the Nasdaq opening bell, MicroStrategy officially unveiled MicroStrategy 2019 on Monday. Touted as the industry’s first and only enterprise platform for HyperIntelligence, transformational mobility and federated analytics, MicroStrategy 2019 promises […]