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Have you seen The Customer Experience Factbook?

In this 180+ page report, you'll find all the information and support you need to build a profitable, effective CX Improvement Program that spans every part of your business. You'll be able to implement and manage meaningful and profitable change, and grow your bottom line despite a slowing economy.

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Sickness wreaks havoc on customer service

Sickness and absence is a major problem affecting service delivery and the customer experience in the UK, according to a recent survey of 200 service-oriented organisations by workforce management specialist Cognito.

The survey questioned business managers who are responsible for mobile workers to find out which are the key problems faced in delivering service excellence. Sickness ranked as the most common problem (39%), followed by traffic congestion (37%) and unavailability of staff (36%).

The retail, distribution and transport sectors (41%) were more severely affected by sickness than any other sector.

Some 9% of organisations reported having no visibility into their customer service delivery performance, and 37% cited customer interaction and satisfaction as areas in which they would like more visibility.

"The survey shows that visibility into customer interaction and satisfaction is something organisations need and want more of," said Jonathan Chevallier, strategic development director for Cognito. "Focusing on visibility and employee engagement should help decrease absenteeism and pre-empt service shortfalls."

One in four organisations (24%) reported that absenteeism has a significant impact on their operations, regardless of the size of the organisation.

But, when asked what their top service challenge was, the most common responses were listed as absenteeism, punctuality, staff training, staff motivation, and speed of response. Other challenges cited included customer satisfaction, managing customer expectations, and meeting targets.


Sources: Cognito /
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Have you seen The Customer Experience Factbook?

In this 180+ page report, you'll find all the information and support you need to build a profitable, effective CX Improvement Program that spans every part of your business.

You'll be able to implement and manage meaningful and profitable change, and grow your bottom line despite a slowing economy. Grab this goldmine of easily adaptable and up-to-date strategies, walk-throughs, trends, technologies, research, suppliers and partners, plus all the supporting arguments you need to build a solid CX strategy.

While most marketers could list maybe a dozen key points for improving their brand's Customer Experience (CX), the researchers and writers at The Marketing Factbook have identified FORTY main 'CX Keys' which will help you drive your customers to new levels of delight, loyalty, advocacy and profitability.

The areas in which customers have direct contact with your organization are perhaps the most obvious places in which CX improvements can be made, and this report addresses all 24 of these 'Direct CX Keys', applicable to offline and online businesses alike.

At the same time there are many other areas that indirectly affect CX (such as the supply chain, policies and processes) in which every business can make simple but far-reaching improvements. This report guides you through the problems and solutions for all 16 of these 'Indirect CX Keys', many of which are often forgotten or under-played even in the best CX strategies.

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