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Institute associates are available to deliver in-depth leading-edge keynote presentations at conferences and company meetings on a variety of Customer Care topics.
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Marginal ACSI Improvement - Enough for Consumer Spending Growth?
The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) increases slightly for the third quarter of 2005. The Index now stands at 73.2, up a fractional 0.1%. This is the second consecutive ACSI uptick, but both improvements have been very small and have done little to counter the tumble that began in the fourth quarter of last year. Since then ACSI has dropped by 1.3%, the largest four-quarter drop since 1996-1997.
Friday, 18 November 2005
Online Customer Service: Insurance Industry Struggling to Keep Pace
In a report that analyzed 47 health care, life and health, and property & casualty insurer Web sites, the insurance industry slipped slightly in its Customer Respect Index (CRI).
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Central & Eastern Europe a 'Compelling' Nearshore Customer Service
Romania, Slovenia, Croatia have become obvious choices for Italian firms looking to outsource customer service.
Tuesday, 25 October 2005
Optimizing Agents in an E-Service Environment
Although they had the right idea in targeting a growing online market, most dotcoms lacked the business plans, marketing savvy and customer service know-how.
Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Automation at the Expense of Customer Satisfaction
However, the price for this cost cutting has been a dramatic lowering of customer satisfaction. Real attention must be paid to customer satisfaction.
Wednesday, 05 October 2005
Full Service, Fast Service with Restaurant Payment Options
Restaurants can offer more payment options that, in addition to increasing customer satisfaction, might reduce interchange costs.
Monday, 03 October 2005
Going Rural: An Alternative to Offshoring
As CIO of Cardinal Health, Kathy White decided to take advantage of a pool of untapped talent by setting up a program so Arkansas State University students could work remotely.
Thursday, 29 September 2005
ABN AMRO Inaugurates Its First Customer Service Centre in Deira (UAE)
To increase its retail banking footprint in the UAE, ABN AMRO, a leading international bank, today inaugurated its first Customer Service Centre, entirely managed by UAE nationals.
Wednesday, 28 September 2005
Standards Boost Customer Service Performance
Agents and brokers know that effective technology deployment is a key factor in increased customer satisfaction and prefer insurance carriers who can deliver "ease of doing business" to them and their customers. Adoption of electronic standards throughout the industry is making an increasing contribution in the ability of the insurers to do so.
Monday, 26 September 2005
Ballmer Asks Microsoft Partners to Weigh in on Satisfaction
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has urged select customers and partners to participate in survey to measure their satisfaction with the software giant.
Thursday, 22 September 2005


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