Blake Ives developed the Customer Service Life Cycle (CSLC) model, which provides a structured perspective on the customer experience with a product or service from initial requirements through retirement. The CSLC is a thirteen phase process that organizations can integrate with an e-commerce framework to automate interactions with customers and better meet their needs across the full life cycle. Ives is a renowned researcher in information systems who has published extensively on topics like the CSLC model.