Customers Expect Top Service When
They Reach Call Centers
Benchmarking project racks feedback at 100 Canadian call centers.
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REDWOOD CITY, Alberta - Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
technology can be used effectively. Customers are better satisfied when specialists
handle their calls. There is a positive relationship between employee satisfaction
and customer satisfaction.
These are some of the conclusion of benchmarking survey
Service Quality Measurement Group Inc. (SQM) conducted of Canadian call centers.
Lead by Alan Miciak, an associate
professor at the University of Calgary and Mike Desmarais, a principal consultant
at Service Quality Measurement Group, the project tracks nearly 100 call centers,
involving nearly 50,000 customers and 4,000 employee interview.
Participating companies include call centers from a range of industries, including
financial services, airlines, telecommunications, energy, utilities and public
service. Among SQM's benchmarking clients are The Bank of Nova Scotia, BC Hydro,
Telus and MetroNet.
"Most call center benchmarking studies focus on internal measurements such
as service levels, abandon rates and other operation metrics," says Desmarais.
The SQM project, a continuing one, with about 100 centers benchmarked annually,
focuses on customer and employee satisfaction, he says.
For more information contact: Desmarais at 403-949-3889 or emailmike@sqmgroup.com
or Mickiak at 403-220-6880 or Miciak@ucalgary.com. The Website address is www.sqmgroup.com.
 
 
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