In marketing, customer lifetime value (CLV or often CLTV), lifetime customer value (LCV), or life-time value (LTV) is a prognostication of the net profit contributed to the whole future relationship with a customer. The prediction model can have varying levels of sophistication and accuracy, ranging from a crude heuristic to the use of complex predictive analytics techniques. Customer lifetime value can also be defined as the monetary value of a customer relationship, based on the present value of the projected future cash flows from the customer relationship.
La gestion de la relation client (GRC), ou gestion des relations avec la clientèle, est l'ensemble des outils et techniques destinés à tenir compte des souhaits et des attentes des clients et des prospects, afin de les satisfaire et de les fidéliser en leur offrant ou proposant des services. Les applications informatiques de la GRC sont des progiciels qui permettent de traiter directement avec le client, que ce soit sur le plan de la vente, du marketing ou du service, et que l'on regroupe souvent sous le terme de « front-office » par opposition aux outils de « back-office » que sont les progiciels de gestion intégrés (PGI).
A decision support system (DSS) is an information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management, operations and planning levels of an organization (usually mid and higher management) and help people make decisions about problems that may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance—i.e. unstructured and semi-structured decision problems. Decision support systems can be either fully computerized or human-powered, or a combination of both.