Neil Berry and Larry O'Brien
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Contact Centre Conference - Dublin, March 2001
Building multi-media customer loyalty strategies with technologyNeil BerryDirector, Business Development EMEALarry O’BrienDirector, Operations eBookers
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Service / Business DriversService / Business Drivers
Customer ExpectationsCustomer Expectations
The Value of the WebThe Value of the Web
The Role of the AGENT?The Role of the AGENT?
eBookers.com Case StudyeBookers.com Case Study
Virtual ChallengesVirtual ChallengesCall to Action - ChallengesCall to Action - Challenges
Agenda
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Customer LoyaltyIt All Starts With A Customer Contact
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11 p.m. at work...
• Neil needs another vacation...• “I haven’t surfed in warm
water in a long time...”
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From the Maui Web Page
to the Agent!...
“Is this what you might be looking for?...”
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CustomerCustomerContactContact
TechnologicalInnovations
BusinessDrivers
CustomerExpectations
Growing in importance . . .
Growing in complexity
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Cost saving per TransactionCost saving per Transaction
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80¢
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TravelTravelTravel agent computer reservation
Airline call center
e-ticket
Branch
Telephone
ATM
Internet
PC Banking
BankingBanking Stock MarketStock Market$100$100
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Traditionalbrokerage
Onlinetrading
New profit opportunities are arising
And a focus on the cross-sell and up sell to drive growth
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eBuisness Interactions Today
• vital need for live customer interactions • 63% of survey respondents said they will not buy
over the Internet until there is more human interaction. (Yankelovich Partners)
• 1% - 2% actually purchasing products on the web today
• 2/3 of people abandon their shopping cart before buying
• e-commerce sites offer no voice component
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01020304050
19972001
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Population using E-mail(Percent)
Number of E-mail messages per day(Billions)
Corporate Web sites are creating a deluge of E-mail
“A rising tide of customer e-mails is heading toward the call centre, but it will take two years for the tools needed to manage them to catch up.”
Forrester Research
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Growth of Email, Web and Voice Interactions
Voice20%
Email116%
Web110%
% CAGR 1998-2003
Source: IDC ; Frost & Sullivan
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Pelorus Group
Average Cost of Customer Interactions
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$2.00
$4.00
$6.00
$8.00
$10.00
$12.00
$14.00
$16.00
$18.00
Voice Web Email
Voice
Web
$1.44 $0.04
up to$18.00
Interaction Type
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The Value of Communication in the Future
PersonalPersonalRockRockWorthlessWorthless
ValuableValuable Web
Fax
Video +phone+
In Person
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UK Survey - Bricks & Clicks Vs The .Coms
No difference in service delivery Missed Opportunity Not leveraging existing infrastructure 70% companies not enabling multi media
communications 0ver 65% of Companies never response to high
value customer over web/email 47% Set an expectation of service only 10%
delivered… 20% offer some form of web chat /callback Almost 100% not consistent communications
Source : Ovum
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Selecting an eBusiness approach
To survive:You must deliver on the promise
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“The company that delivers the same high level of service regardless of interaction method has a distinct market advantage” Aberdeen Group
So What?
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eBusiness – The Loyalty Zones
Zone of Defection
Zone of Indifference
Customer Satisfaction
CustomerLoyalty
Zone of Loyalty
Source: Harvard Business School - James Cash1 2 3 4 5
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Drivers for eServices - customer demand
Why implement a multimedia contact centre?
0 20 40 60 80 100
Customer demand
Agent cost reduction
Call avoidance
Reduce marketing spend
% of respondents stating this as a critical reason
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The Compelling Needs Created by These Changes
• Cohesive management of multiple media• Consolidated reporting view of multiple
media• Efficiencies in resource utilization to contain
costs of doing business• Service commitments for all media
Skills Service Levels Routes Response TimesQueues Utilization Levels
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Any media…Any Time… Any Agent……AnyWhere……….
Customers Enterprise
What is Interaction Management?
software solution that Routes, Tracks Manages, Alarms
Reports on all Interactions
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Today’s Customer Chaos
Marketing Department
Sales Department
Call Centre
IT Departmen
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Bringing Order to Chaos
Marketing Department
Sales Department
Call Centre
IT Departmen
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Voice Email Web Chat Web Callback Voice Mail Abandoned OutboundFax
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Total Interaction Management - Common Challenges
• Providing Customers with consistent Options• Need “Timely” response for all media• Flexible Business Rules• Virtual “Follow the Sun” Approach
• Changing the role of the Agent• Decision Management Challenges
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Business RulesWhat do we know about the Customer?•Who’s contacting us?•What do they want?•What is their value, across the organization?•What do I know about them and their needs?•What’s going on in the contact centre(s)?•What available skills match their requirements?
•How should I treat them while they wait?•Should I let them wait?•How about letting them serve themselves?•Could I contact them later?
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WAP
Outbound calls
Multimedia Contact Queues
Inbound callsWeb
Business Rules
Interaction Management across Multiple Channels
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Flexible Enterprise Business Rules
Enterprise BusinessRules
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The Intelligent Desktop
• The “cockpit” for the empowered agent to manage relationships
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www.ebookers.com
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Multi-MediaInteraction
Centreebookers.com
Traditional Travel AgentFlightbookers
Evolution from travel agent - call centre - contact centre
“If we can’t make money in this business nobody can………………………..” CEO ebookers.com
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Business Challenges - The realities
First Step - Flightbookers.co.uk•Website - Information Only•Save on advertising•Reduce Calls
•Reality• Increased Coverage• Increased Calls• Influx of emails
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Next Step •Booking engine•Web Forms
Reality•Increased Bookings•Increased Calls•Increased emails
Business Challenges - The realities
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www.ebookers.com
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The Solution
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From Challenges to Solutions
• Automation• European Roll-Out• Growth through acquisition• Choice of channels for customer• Consistency of service across all channels• Short timescales• Integration with existing systems• Adapting to changing business environment
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The Result
• Rapid Deployment• Personalized Customer Service• Competitive Advantage• Scalable model for groth• Managed Implementation
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ebookers.com today reaches 88% of European Internet users
ebookers.com is the firstpan-European online travel company ...
Countries
CumulativeInternet users
1999 (mm)
% oftotalusers
UK, France, GermanyFinland, Sweden, NorwayNetherlands, Ireland,Denmark, Spain
55.0 88%
TOTAL EUROPEAN ONLINE POPULATION 62.4 100%
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www.ebookers.ie
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www.ebookers.ie
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The Impacts of Change?
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Call Center Management Philosophies Turned Upside Down
•Erlang models for queuing?–Or new models?
•Resource management and utilization?–Or empowered personal management?
•“Push” calls? –Or “Pull” calls?
•Focus on real-time management and calls in queue and ACD stats and reports?–Or focus on customer and problem and
queue-based reports across media?
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Management Philosophies Turned Upside Down• Erlang models for queuing?
– Or new models?• Resource management and utilization?
– Or empowered personal management?• “Push” calls?
– Or “Pull” calls?• Focus on real-time management and calls in queue
and ACD stats and reports?– Or focus on customer and problem and queue-
based reports across media?
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Changing Agent Roles and Responsibilities
• Reactive to Proactive• Serving Customers to Managing Relationships
Reactive• Customer service skills• Telephone skills
• Proactive• Specialized skills• Specialized tools• Telephone, visual,
and writing skills
Relationship Management
Customer Service
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"Thousands per Year""Thousands per Year" AgentAgent
ExecutiveExecutive
Number ofCustomerContactsper Year
Number ofCustomerContactsper Year
Why Agents are a valued Resource
15,000 “Moments of Truth”15,000 “Moments of Truth”
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The Gold Mine of Data in Customer Service
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International Marquis Customers
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Call to ActionYou’ll Have to be Innovative
• Take a leadership role• Determine contact centre’s strategic business imperatives • Be Innovative and constant• Choose the right experienced partners• Choose an architecture that is scalable• Include all types of interactions in your planning
• Don’t forget your agents• Choose an Interaction Management approach that is
integrated into your CRM solution.
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Call to ActionYou’ll Have to be Innovative
Remember that Technology is JUST the enabler
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Some Final Thoughts
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why; I dream of things that aren’t, and ask why not ?”
Robert F. Kennedy
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Questions
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