1 to 1 Customer Service - One-to-One Routing

Webinar Series: 1-to-1 Customer Service Best Practice #2: One-to-One Routing

© 2013, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.2

Presenters

Stefan CaptijnDirector of Solution Marketing

Genesys

Angela RiordanDirector of Solution Marketing

Genesys


Agenda

•- Introduction•- Importance of a good contact routing strategy•- 4 Ingredients for ‘one-to-one routing’•- Strategic and operational benefits•- Summary•- Q+A


Today’s Customer Experience Defines Your Brand!

“I never loved the company as much as I did at that moment.”


BrandPromise

500BAdvertising

BrandDelivery

10BCustomer

Service

Promise versus Delivery


Median Age is 28 Worldwide

•Two-thirds of Millennials are 21+ with established careers, families and incredible influence

•Globally 86% will share their brand preference online

•They seek more product information for purchase consideration on average 7.4 times per month

•20% attended a brand sponsored event in past 30 days with 65% purchasing the featured product

•Worldwide 25% joined 7 or more brand-sponsored communities online

•70% will try a new product and will post a review online to promote the experience

•65% disconnected as little as 1 hr per day or less

Source: Edelman Digital – Feb 2011


Social networks influence brand perception


Customer Service is Increasing in Impact

Only 1 in 4 contact center

experiences are good ones

Only 20%

of companies support mobile apps

Only 1 in 3companies respond

to Tweets about customer service

Companies are struggling to deliver a good experience


Four-Year Customer Service Channel Shifts

Source: Yankee Group and Others 2008 2012

Phone with or without IVR

Web Self-service

IVR

Email

Chat

45%

15%

15%

18%

6%

67%

12%

4%

15%

2%

22% decrease in telephony channel

But overall increase of total number of interactions


The lines are blurring...

Phone

SMS

Web

Preferences

Location

Identity Notification

Chat

Social Media

Email

Video


Driver Channel Conversation

Promoter

Satisfied

Neutral

Negative

DemoterOrganisation

CustomerAgent

Why do customers

contact you?

What channel do they use?

The Importance of good contact routing

4 Ingredients for One-to-One Routing


1. Identify your customers across all channels

Who is the customer?Preferred language?What is their address?What customer segment are they in?What was their last transaction?What were the latest survey results?NPS Score?Credit status?Outstanding Payments?Location?What is the reason for contact?



- Customer ID- Case ID- ANI- DNIS- Email Address- Twitter handle- Voice pattern (biometrics)- Meta data in mobile application



- How often did the customer call from the same number?- Frequent change in email addresses?- Ask for a customer ID- When to greet the customer by their name?


2. Employee Profiles

Satisfaction score?Knowledge? Language skills?

Soft skills?

Behaviour?

Demographics?

Performance?


3. Business & distribution rules


3. Business & distribution rules

CUSTOMER

Specialized Needs and/or Higher Value

ASSOCIATE

a) In-source b) branch c) back-office

CUSTOMER

General Needs and/or Lower Value

ASSOCIATE

a) Outsourcer b) In-source c) Call-back

CUSTOMER

Specific Customer Request

ASSOCIATE

a) Branch b) Contact Center c) Call-back


4. Presence & Schedule information

- What employees match the skill profile?- Where are they located?- Who is available?- If multiple available, who goes 1st?- What does their schedule say?


Loosely coupled but dynamically linked

EmployeeProfile &

Competencies

Presence&

Schedule information

Business & Distribution

Rules

Customer & Channel Context + + +


Business Prioritization

Customer Interaction Queue

Back Office TaskChatInboundOutboundCampaign

CSR

Rules & Routing Engine

Interaction AgeCustomer Value / Opportunity

SMS/MobileSocial MediaVideo

One solution for all...

OutsourcedBack Office

Real Time Presence

BranchRetail / Store

Skill Based Distribution


Benefits of ‘One-to-One Routing’

1. Better customer experience through better conversations with customers – personalized customer service

2. Increases operational efficiencies across the end 2 end Service Chain – the right interactions and work delivered to the right person the 1st time

3. Enables differentiated customer service - optimally balancing both cost and satisfaction


Summary

•Define objectives • Customer Experience• Efficiency• Sales

•Start with the basics – work up from there• Don’t simply copy your ACD• Skill based routing can be simple or uber-complex. You choose.

•Add enough intelligence to prevent the ‘skill-change-syndrome’


Ask the Experts!

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