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WELCOME TO UNIT 7Customer Service MT 221
Marilyn Radu, Instructor
Tonight’s Agenda
Tonight I am going to review the following topic with you:
•The Impact of Globalization on Customer Service
Do you feel that outsourcing is good for American consumers and should increase in usage?
• Yes
• No
When you have a customer service question, is your
preference to find the answer on the company’s website (FAQs, etc.) or to address someone in
the customer contact center via e-mail or phone?
1. Self-serve at the company’s website
2. Access a CSR in the customer contact center
Unit 7The Impact of Globalization on Customer Service
Objectives
• Understand the impact globalization has had on the world economy and call center hiring trends
• Discuss the reasons globalization of customer service has shifted from an offshore to a homeshore environment
• Describe the extent to which online services are growing and the challenges facing companies involved in e-commerce on the Internet
• List the multichannel communication methods used by online shoppers
Globalization andOutsourcing of E-commerce
• Globalization initiatives ensure that customers around the world have appropriate and useful experiences as they communicate, collaborate, and transact online—regardless of location, language, culture, or business practices.
• Outsourcing is the purchase of labor from a source outside the company rather than using the company’s own staff.
Homeshoring
• A work-style trend that companies are using is hiring U.S. home-based call agents as an alternative to more expensive in-house operators or less-qualified offshore call centers.
• According to data from IDC, home-based phone representatives in the U.S. will grow to 300,000 by 2010.
Providing Customer Service on the Internet
• Business advantages of e-commerce– The global market is open 24/7– Customers can conduct price comparisons easily– Feedback to queries regarding the status of orders
can be immediate– FAQ pages provide easy access to self-help
customer support– Companies can gather customer information, analyze
it, and react on the basis of current data– Distribution costs for information are reduced or
eliminated
Online Shopping Preferences
• Effective search tools, express ordering, and highlighted specials
• Assurance of on-time order fulfillment
• Order status information or the ability to securely track their own orders
• The ability to exchange items purchased online at any of the chain’s physical stores
• The ability to buy merchandise 24/7
Relationships withOnline Customers
• Five rules to follow when building strong relationships with online customers
1. Excel at each stage of the customer buying cycle
2. Empower customers to help themselves
3. Help customers succeed by empowering them to be in control of the buying situation
4. Protect the privacy of consumers
5. Offer several types of free technical support
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• CRM is a business strategy that integrates the functions of sales, marketing and customer service using technology and wide-ranging databases of information.
• Elements of CRM– Knowledge management– Database consolidation– Integration of channels and systems
Recognizing Online Customer Service Issues
• In response to growing customer complaints, many e-commerce companies are trying to make technological “fixes” to the customer service problems by investing in software and technology-based systems.
• Specifically, they are– Evolving into multichannel customer interaction
centers– Hiring and training e-reps or an online CSR
MultichannelCommunication Centers
• A traditional call center mainly uses the telephone to contact customers dealing with routine concerns.
• However, the evolving customer contact center is a technology driven area where customers want to talk to a CSR only if they cannot successfully address their situations electronically themselves.– Many e-customers are seeking to avoid human
contact.
Any Questions?
Thank you for attending!
See you next week.