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Converting Service Calls into Sales with Real-Time Offer Management by SAP America, Inc. July 1967 - (Free Research) Banks, utilities, retailers, and the like are taking advantage of incoming calls and Web visits to make offers to existing customers. In this paper learn how with real-time offer management applications, can help leverage customer information.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Differentiation through Service Excellence Driving Customer Loyalty and Service Profitability by SAP America, Inc. September 2008 - (Free Research) The importance of achieving service excellence is growing. Products are increasingly becoming commodities, and CEOs are recognizing that first-rate service is crucial to enhancing customer satisfaction. This paper explores the crucial links between customer service and customer satisfaction.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

City of Los Angeles Improves Customer Satisfaction with Self-Service Portal Presentation Transcript by Oracle Corporation April 2013 - (Free Research) Today's customer is demanding easier, faster access to answers and problem solutions, and to meet these demands, many organizations turn to customer self-service strategies. Check out this presentation transcript to learn how Los Angeles Department of Water and Power implemented a customer self-service portal to standardize customer service levels.  (PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT) READ ABSTRACT |

Service Excellence Comes Easy with Antenna Software on Blackberry Smartphones by BlackBerry February 2009 - (Free Research) Burdened by slow response times of yesterday's communication technologies, Toshiba America Medical Systems deployed Antenna Software's Field Service Solution to dispatch service calls, help CEs check parts inventory and debrief completed work. The solution had the advantage of integrating with their internal Amdocs Clarify CRM system.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

The Emergence Of Service Assurance For Enterprise IT by CA Technologies. April 2010 - (Free Research) In surveying more than 150 IT professionals with direct responsibility for network, systems, and/or application delivery, Forrester found that all of these enterprises had fundamental issues around managing the performance of these applications and business services and the underlying transactions.  (ANALYST REPORT) READ ABSTRACT |

Unified Communication Manager - Class of Service by Global Knowledge February 2013 - (Free Research) This whitepaper unveils how Class of Service within Cisco's Unified Communication Manager can help you control which phone numbers can be called by particular devices. View now to learn how this simple, flexible solution can be effective in numerous situations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Knowledge Management: 5 Steps to Getting It Right the First Time by Oracle Corporation September 2012 - (Free Research) Today, many businesses are looking for ways to reduce customer service costs without sacrificing satisfaction – and most companies are finding it challenging. Read this vendor e-book to learn how adding knowledge management to your customer service strategy can reduce costs while increasing agent productivity and customer satisfaction.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Six Best Practices for Agent Knowledge Management by KANA (E-mail this company) June 2012 - (Free Research) Knowledge management can be a useful tool for improving the quality and efficiency of your contact center operations. This paper outlines a series of best practices to help you achieve maximum results from knowledge management within the contact center that will ultimately lead to better customer service, and higher revenues.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Constellation Energy Group by EMC Corporation June 2008 - (Free Research) In its quest to fully leverage the new technologies, Constellation energy realized it needed to integrate them to one another, as well as integrate them with other business processes and applications.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Agile , Secure, Reliable:  World-Class Customer Service in the Cloud by Oracle Corporation September 2012 - (Free Research) Businesses looking to reduce the costs of customer service should look to the cloud. A recent Frost and Sullivan study found that cloud-based contact centers can reduce TCO by 77% in the first year vs. on-premise systems. Read on to learn about a cloud-based customer service platform and the benefits it can provide your business.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Customer Experience Exchange E-Zine Issue 2 by SearchCRM January 2012 - (Free Research) This second issue of Customer Experience Exchange highlights the contact center. Often an overlooked facet of customer relationship management (CRM), the contact center is usually the first way a customer reaches out to a company and thus should always be considered in CRM strategies.  (EZINE)

3-2-1 Contact the Call Center by SearchCRM January 2013 - (Free Research) Contact centers can't live in the past. This three-part handbook offers insight into how contact centers can modernize an agent's tools to meet the demands and needs of customers whose mobile and social empowerment has put companies in the virtual hot seat.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Customer Experience Exchange E-Zine: Issue 3 by SearchCRM March 2012 - (Free Research) In this third edition of the Customer Experience Exchange e-zine, Chris Maxcer delves into world of incorporating team-building activities into contact center agents' schedules, Vangie Beal discusses Dell's six-year investment in social media and Anna Fiorentino writes about why customer loyalty has dipped nearly 10%.  (EZINE)

CRM Buyer’s Guide – 2011 Edition by SearchCRM June 2011 - (Free Research) Welcome to SearchCRM.com’s Buyer’s Guide. This directory was designed to be a valuable resource for those getting started with research or evaluating vendors in the CRM market.  (EBOOK)

ITIL: The building blocks of an ITSM strategy by FrontRange Solutions Inc. January 2012 - (Free Research) Services are the building blocks of an ITSM strategy, but how does an enterprise begin to pick and choose the "right" services to manage or develop? Inside this e-guide, get the answer to this question and more. Gain expert insight into utilizing ITIL for continuous improvement in asset management, ITSM, and help desk operations.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

Dying to Comply by Aspect October 2011 - (Free Research) In 2010 when Ofcom, the United Kingdom's regulatory authority for communications industries, revised their regulations regarding outbound calling, businesses were outraged. Companies feared that the revisions would hinder their success. Read on to learn how complying with these changes can actually lead to improved performance and productivity.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Extra Space Storage Dials Up Sales with inContact & Salesforce CRM by inContact October 2010 - (Free Research) This paper describes the benefits Extra Space Storage experienced by combining inContact’s on-demand platform and integrated with customer CRM software from salesforce.com. Read on to learn more about these benefits and learn how your company can experience the same results.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Navy Federal Credit Union becomes trusted advisor with Infor by Infor December 2012 - (Free Research) Providing your customers with accurate, timely, pertinent information is the cornerstone of success for any client-based business. Check out this brief case study to lean how Navy Federal Credit Union implemented a cross-servicing platform to monitor customer interactions and provide more relevant services and information to their clients.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

NJ 2-1-1 Success Story by Five9 April 2013 - (Free Research) Read this brief case study to learn how NJ-2-1-1 implemented a cloud-based virtual contact center that successfully handled over 90,000 calls when 2012's Hurricane Sandy hit. Read on to discover the benefits they are enjoying from this system.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Moving beyond the Queue - Focusing on the Real-Time Customer by Inova Solutions May 2008 - (Free Research) In this paper, Tim Montgomery, a highly regarded industry consultant, speaker and author explores new ideas on ways every call center can keep up with new customer demands.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

What If Any Agent Could Take Any Call? by KANA (E-mail this company) June 2012 - (Free Research) Good customer service involves leveraging policies, people, and technology to answer customer questions and solve problems with accuracy, speed, and consistency. Check out this paper for tips on how to relieve customer service pain points and get your agents able to answer calls with ease, and keep customers coming back time and time again.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Call Centre Transformation: Turning Customer Experience Into Profits by SAP AG December 2007 - (Free Research) Call centres have been constantly evolving since the last third of the twentieth century. This evolution will continue as innovative information technology and shifting forces of competition drive call centre transformation. Customer interaction has become an important source of differentiation for organisations. Learn more in this white paper.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Still Struggling to Reduce Call Center Costs without Losing Customers? by SAP AG February 2008 - (Free Research) Efficient call centers that also meet customer expectations is a challenge that many organizations face. Discover the key steps to turning your call center into a strategic asset.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Use effective call centers to build customer loyalty by Infor CRM February 2012 - (Free Research) This tip guide features chapter 6 from Paul R. Timm's book, 'Technology and Customer Service: Profitable Relationship Building.' Access this resource now to learn how to align business process with customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives, tips for CRM strategy and how to effectively leverage the call center to improve customer loyalty.  (EGUIDE) READ ABSTRACT |

FCR Done Right! by Enkata Technologies April 2012 - (Free Research) Access this white paper to learn how to build an operational FCR program without sacrificing your budget.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

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