Veeva Systems announced the results of its recent study, the Veeva 2018 Customer Reference Data Survey. Survey results find that 86% of life sciences professionals view customer data as a strategic business asset to sales operations, yet only 22% are satisfied with data quality from their primary customer reference data provider.
Consistent with the industry’s need for more accurate customer data to support business goals, most companies (87%) have a data quality initiative underway or plan to implement one. A majority of respondents (79%) identified at least three priorities for their customer reference data. Complete and real-time views of the customer (66%) was their top area of focus, followed by managing sales execution (55%) and enabling multichannel engagement (51%).
Download the full survey results at veeva.com/DataSurvey.
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