Instead of changing the fundamental approach of an organisation, CRM became just another step in the process of automation. While we might well think of the public sector as a 'mature market', there is little scope for customer churn in the absence...
Tyre giant Goodyear has signed a five-year outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services, extending an existing seven-year agreement. IBM's services arm will take over the complete management of Goodyear's central mainframe server at its Colmar-Berg...
Because it is hiring nearly 1,300 ABB employees as part of the deals, IBM is looking at yearly personnel expenses that probably top $90m. What's more, clients are renegotiating contracts along the way, which can trim profits further, said analysts.
But Big Blue didn't say that it could incur personnel expenses that total as much as $90m. What's more, experts say, these companies' clients usually renegotiate contracts along the way, which can trim profits even further.
As companies look to reduce costs and improve customer service the Datamonitor research says they are looking to both offshoring staff and speech automation technologies. Datamonitor claims speech automation can deliver significant savings over...
New technologies and automation are also seen as key to improving call centre performance, with just under half of respondents using or planning to use speech recognition to deal with more complex customer interactions over the telephone.