solutions: benefits

“the key benefits we offer our clients are improved bottom
line results, increased customer satisfaction levels and
competitive advantage”

How do we do this?

Through improved management and staff performance, more effective communication and better integrated forecasting and IT systems. The table below summarises the many challenges faced by contact centres, and sets out the key benefits that CCW can deliver to clients across the main operational categories.

typical challenges

key benefits

overall

  • underperforming business failing to achieve KPIs /targets
  • poor customer satisfaction resulting in lost business
  • lack of understanding of outsourced relationships, SLA's and the measurement of outsourcers

overall benefits

  • improved bottom line results
  • increased customer satisfaction levels
  • improved customer retention and competitive advantage
  • reduced costs
  • protection of brand values even if outsourced

management

  • managers lacking basic business management and communication skills resulting in demotivated staff

management benefits

  • enhanced management performance

people

  • high staff turnover / absenteeism due to ;
    • poor communications
    • poor performance management
    • negative culture
    • unrealistic expectations
    • cultural / multi-national team issues
    • poor recruitment policy
    • unreliable IT systems

people benefits

  • better motivated staff
  • increased staff retention
  • improved internal culture
  • enhanced training programmes
  • reduced labour costs

communication

  • poor internal communications causing inefficiencies, typically ;
    • vertical
      top down / bottom up
    • horizontal
      cross-team / departmental with external stakeholders

communication benefits

  • improved internal communications
  • improved inter-departmental communications (by introducing an "EMCS" external management communications system eg: between CC and operations, sales & marketing)
  • improved awareness of the "front line"importance of the CC
  • increase external stakeholders' understanding of the value of the CC representing the brand

IT systems

  • inadequate / unreliable IT systems affecting service quality and morale

IT systems benefits

  • more appropriate, reliable and user-friendly IT systems

forecasting/planning

  • inadequate data analysis and reporting
  • inadequate / non-existent forecasting leading to schedule inefficiencies

forecasting/planning benefits

  • improved understanding of CC measurement and MIS information
  • maximise staff efficiencies