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Responsive customer support and service is vital in the technology and telecommunications arena. The key to ensuring customer’s loyalty is to provide the very best service and support.

Happy customers bring more customers; unhappy customers are costly

The quality and efficiency of customer support is a reflection of a company, which directly impacts company bottom-line. Support personnel provide vital services such as reassuring potential customers during pre-sales demonstrations, managing installation and upgrade processes and helping customers with routine maintenance. The competence and skill employed while providing these services can set organization apart from the competition.

Service level management

Typically, in small to medium size organizations, the first line of support is handled over the phone or via email. A technician will log the call, attempt to solve the problem, deliver a response and archive any case notes. Cases that can’t quickly be solved are escalated to a more qualified agent. The whole process is tracked by a variety of systems ranging from homegrown applications to more complex commercial solutions.

Although these systems may solve most support issues (with only an occasional ticket falling through the cracks), they do little to minimize the emotional response of customers (many of whom are already unhappy when they place the call). Without effective service level management and timely notifications, customers are not kept informed throughout the support cycle and are often left feeling helpless and frustrated.

Many large enterprises have a legacy system in place as a support service. The limitations of these systems become apparent when new technologies are adopted and when the organization experiences growth or change.

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