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Strengthening Service Contractor Networks in the Energy Industry

Overview View this On-Demand Web seminar to learn how you can: Work more closely with service contractors to maximize customer satisfaction and loyalty; Dispatch and manage service contractors efficiently to improve service cycle times; Increase service effectiveness by allowing service contractors to leverage online service tools and knowledge bases; Accurately measure service contractor performance and gain visibility into the service process and issues to take proactive action.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Siebel
Live Date	16th May 2004 01:03 BST
Format	Webcast
Topics	ROI - TCO

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