Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
4. Communicatethenewworkflowtocustomerservicerepresentatives. Benefits: Thenewprocesswouldeliminatetheneedforassistantstoanswercustomercalls, freeingthemupforothertasks.Eachassistanttypicallyanswers30callsperday.Atan averageof42secondspercall,thiswouldgiveeachassistantanadditional21minutes perday. Customerservicewouldbeenhanced,asthefirstvoicethatwouldgreetthecustomer wouldbethatofthecustomerservicerepresentativewhowillultimatelyassistthem. PotentialObstacles: Thecostofthenewphoneroutingsystem(approximately$700dollars).Thiscostwould beminisculecomparedwiththesavingsovertimeassociatedwiththeadditionalcapacity oftheassistants. ThetimeassociatedwithprogrammingandtestinganddevelopingthenewIDsystem (48totalmanhours).Again,thetimesavedbyimplementingthenewprocedurewould morethanmakeupforthisinitialinvestment. Resistanceofcustomerswhodonotpreferdealingwithanautomatedsystem.No solutionisgoingtopleaseeverycustomer,butmostconsumerstodayexpecttobe greetedwithanautomatedsystemwhencallingabusiness.Oneoptionistoallow customerstopress0iftheyreunsurehowtoanswertheautomatedquestions. CustomerserviceissueswithearlycallerswhoseID#stillcontainsnumbersandletters. Theabovesolutionconcerningthe0optionwouldeliminatethisproblemaswell.