Improve Your Dealer-Manufacturer Relationship

An in-depth approach to improving the most important relationship in boating and driving a better customer experience.

The Cost of A Bad Customer Experience

How much does ineffective communication and missed expectations cost you on an annual basis? How many of your boat owners become frustrated due to missteps in fulfilling service, parts or warranty promises? How many customers are you losing because poor performance makes boating too much of a hassle for them? How much longer can you retain customers who are frustrated by a lack of responsiveness or follow-through? And how much of this is under your control versus the control of your dealer or manufacturer partners? A lack of conversation around performance within the dealer-manufacturer relationship may already be costing you a great deal.

The MRAA Scorecard Program will foster meaningful, performance-focused conversations.

Measure performance where it matters most.

Strengthen the Team

Explore the six critical touchpoints where the dealer-manufacturer relationship impacts the customer experience.

Score Your
Dealers

View the key Performance Categories that drive the customer experience for today’s boat dealers.

Score Your Manufacturers

Take a look at the key Performance Categories that drive the customer experience for boat manufacturers.

You Can Improve the Customer Experience!

  1. Rate your Partners
    Participate in the Scorecard Program to offer and gain feedback on performance.
  2. Learn from the results
    Engage in meaningful conversations about how to, collectively, improve.
  3. Improve your business
    Grow your business by delivering a world class customer experience.
Identifying opportunities in the dealer-manufacturer relationship

The Conversations that Matter Most

At the MRAA, we know how important customer satisfaction is to the success of your business. And we also know that you rely heavily on your business partners to meet your business’ expectations in order to deliver an outstanding customer experience. The problem is that, in the marine industry, the systems and processes that exist (or don’t exist) between today’s dealers and manufacturers aren’t effective at fostering collaborative conversations for dealers or manufacturers to meet and exceed the expectations of their partners or of today’s demanding customers. We believe this reality creates an enormous gap between the customer experience we should be delivering and the customer experience that, unfortunately, continues to foster high levels of first-time boat buyer attrition. We understand the inherent challenges that dealers and manufacturers face in meeting consumer demands, and that’s why we have created a comprehensive Dealer-Manufacturer Scorecard Program that features customized Scorecards, an online delivery mechanism, an insightful reporting process, and the opportunity for you to create meaningful conversations between you and your partners. Here’s how it works: Enroll today, gain insights into your partners’ feedback, and begin improving your go-to-market strategy today. Sign up today so you can stop wondering how to grow your business and start gaining insights from the partners that matter most in your path to success.

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