Customer Value Matrix

The Customer Value Matrix is a 2x2 matrix used to classify customers into four categories based on their value to the company. It helps to prioritize resources and focus on the most valuable customers.

At a very high level, the Customer Value Matrix is used in the context of business, marketing, finance.

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What is the Customer Value Matrix?

A visual explanation is shown in the image above. The Customer Value Matrix can be described as a matrix with the following quadrants:

  1. High Value, Low Cost: Customers who are profitable and require minimal resources (e.g. a customer who purchases a large quantity of products at a low price)
  2. High Value, High Cost: Customers who are profitable but require a lot of resources (e.g. a customer who requires a lot of customer service)
  3. Low Value, Low Cost: Customers who are not profitable but require minimal resources (e.g. a customer who purchases a small quantity of products at a low price)
  4. Low Value, High Cost: Customers who are not profitable and require a lot of resources (e.g. a customer who requires a lot of customer service and returns a lot of products)

What is the purpose of the Customer Value Matrix?

The Customer Value Matrix is a 2x2 matrix used to classify customers into four categories based on their value to the company. It helps to prioritize resources and focus on the most valuable customers.

The matrix is divided into four quadrants, each representing a different customer category. The top-left quadrant is “High Value, Low Cost”, which includes customers who are profitable and require minimal resources. The top-right quadrant is “High Value, High Cost”, which includes customers who are profitable but require a lot of resources. The bottom-left quadrant is “Low Value, Low Cost”, which includes customers who are not profitable but require minimal resources. The bottom-right quadrant is “Low Value, High Cost”, which includes customers who are not profitable and require a lot of resources.

By analyzing customers using the Customer Value Matrix, companies can focus their resources on the most profitable customers and reduce costs by eliminating or reducing resources for low-value customers.


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What templates are related to Customer Value Matrix?

The following templates can also be categorized as business, marketing, finance and are therefore related to Customer Value Matrix: Effort Impact Matrix, Gap Analysis Matrix, Growth Share Matrix, Kraljic Matrix, Outsourcing Matrix, Quadrant Analysis, Risk Analysis Matrix, Risk Value Matrix. You can browse them using the menu above.

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