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Situation:Customercallstoourhelplinearecurrentlyansweredbyanassistantwhoasksthe customeriftheyarecallingtoreportanewproblemortocheckthestatusofapreviously reportedissue.Ifthecustomeriscallingaboutapreviouslyreportedissue,theassistantasks thecustomerfortheIncidentID#.Theassistantthenplacesthecustomeronhold,callsa customerservicerepresentative,advisestherepresentativeofthereasonforthecall(new problemorIncidentID#),andtransfersthecaller. ProposedSolution:Theroleoftheassistantwhoanswersthecallcouldeasilybereplacedby anautomatedsystem,whichwouldallowthecustomertopress1foranewproblemor2fora previouslyreportedissue.Ifthecustomerpressed2,theywouldbepromptedtoentertheir IncidentID#.Thecallerwouldthenberoutedtoacustomerservicerepresentative,alongwith theIncidentID#,ifapplicable,whichwouldbepassedalongviathephonesystem. StepsInvolved: 1. Purchaseanewphoneroutingsystemthatwouldallowthesecapabilities. 2. Programandtestthenewroutingsystem. 3. ConvertIncidentID#sfromacombinationoflettersandnumberstonumbersonly.

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.

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