An Analytical Multiple Criteria Framework for Temporal and Dynamic Business-to-Business Customer Segmentation in Manufacturing

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2605.17151v1
• Date: Sat, 16 May 2026 20:51:37 GMT
• Title: An Analytical Multiple Criteria Framework for Temporal and Dynamic Business-to-Business Customer Segmentation in Manufacturing
• Abstract summary: We design and evaluate a dynamic multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method in a business-to-business (B2B) manufacturing context.<n>We measure customer stability, tracking between-segment transitions, and volatility over time, and apply a graph-based consensus model.<n>We test the efficacy of the proposed method using a real-world manufacturing company dataset to segment more than 3,000 B2B customers.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In sales and marketing, customer segmentation is an important tool for formulating strategies for customer treatment and supply chain management. Most segmentation implementations rely on limited criteria, such as recency, frequency, and monetary (RFM) modeling, which often fail to capture complex business interactions. In this work, we design and evaluate a dynamic multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) method in a business-to-business (B2B) manufacturing context by 1) extending RFM to dimensions of stability and growth, 2) integrating an adaptive and analytical hierarchical process to match business objectives, and 3) evaluating multivariate time-series clustering models. We then measure customer stability, tracking between-segment transitions, and volatility over time, and apply a graph-based consensus model to further strengthen the analysis. We test the efficacy of the proposed method using a real-world manufacturing company dataset to segment more than 3,000 B2B customers, showing strong robustness to temporal shifts. The implementation enables domain experts with preferential analytics to devise their strategies, providing effective decision support for B2B customer segmentation.

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