Excellence in five areas of customer service can contribute greatly to the effectiveness of service management, which is expanding beyond the world of IT.
Date Published November 17, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
In IT, following the process will reduce the mean time to resolve incidents, which in turn restores services to normalcy in a timely manner.
Date Published November 16, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
Where do you spend your time in the support center? If you are a manager and doing too much operational work, you might be neglecting to build a strategy for your team.
Date Published November 10, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016
Knowledge management (KM) is a touchy subject in the world of support. Many organizations struggle with it, and far fewer have managed to create a mature KM process.
Date Published November 3, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
Swarming not only gets problems resolved, but also you typically get resolution much more quickly. It is also a great training mechanism for front-line employees.
Date Published October 20, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
Because rollouts require concentrated effort to complete work within a specified time, bringing in contractors to assist desktop support can be beneficial.
Date Published October 19, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
The most successful incident escalation processes include a Well-defined process, Well-defined tools, and an open dialogue between the support center and all second-level teams receiving escalations.
Date Published October 18, 2016 - Last Updated April 19, 2019
In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed the merits and applications of skills-based routing and intelligent swarming.
Date Published October 18, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016
SOPs are not only a critical success factor in maintaining the quality of service level management, but also maintaining consistency between employees and departments.
Date Published October 13, 2016 - Last Updated August 15, 2018
In last week's #HDIchat, participants discussed the ways in which their organizations keep raising the bar for customer service.
Date Published October 11, 2016 - Last Updated December 15, 2016