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Effective customer service helps ensure that your customers are repeat buyers, your brand maintains a good reputation, and the money you invest in customer service is well…
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Benchmarking your organization’s customer service function is critical for finding improvement opportunities, discovering trends over time, and more. But choosing the right…
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The Top 10 Customer Service KPIs to Measure
In this webinar, Esker’s Director of Sales (O2C), Diana Eagen, and APQC’s Senior Principal Research Lead, Marisa Brown, used recent results from 2023 APQC research to discuss…
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In 2023, APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., that took a detailed look at the top KPIs organizations employ to measure customer service and order management…
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Customer expectations have changed as a result of recent disruptions and global health concerns like the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its customer service research, APQC finds…
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Articles|
Optimizing Customer Service Podcast Summary
In this article, Graham Smith from Esker Inc. and Marisa Brown from APQC discuss how organizations can optimize their customer service practices and processes. Leveraging…
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Data and Measures|
Optimizing Customer Service: Petroleum/Chemicals Industry Survey Report
APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., to understand how organizations can enable better customer service and alleviate critical challenges facing both customer…
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Optimizing Customer Service: Pharmaceuticals Industry Survey Report
APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., to understand how organizations can enable better customer service and alleviate critical challenges facing both customer…
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Optimizing Customer Service: Retail Industry Survey Report
APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., to understand how organizations can enable better customer service and alleviate critical challenges facing both customer…
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Optimizing Customer Service: Electronics Industry Survey Report
APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., to understand how organizations can enable better customer service and alleviate critical challenges facing both customer…
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Optimizing Customer Service: Industrial Equipment/Products Industry Survey Report
APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., to understand how organizations can enable better customer service and alleviate critical challenges facing both customer…
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Data and Measures|
Optimizing Customer Service: Building Products/Construction Industry Survey Report
APQC conducted research, sponsored by Esker Inc., to understand how organizations can enable better customer service and alleviate critical challenges facing both customer…
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With any knowledge management (KM) tool or approach, the key to success is getting people to use it. Employees want KM to be intuitive, easy, and embedded into their regular…
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Data and Measures|
Contact Center Key Benchmarks: Services Industry
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s contact center processes by benchmarking common business activities (Hierarchy ID: 6.2 in APQC’s…
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Data and Measures|
Contact Center Key Benchmarks: Petroleum/Chemical Industry
Gain insight into the efficiency and effectiveness of your organization’s contact center processes by benchmarking common business activities (Hierarchy ID: 6.2 in APQC’s…