Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via traditional face-to-face channel

This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the face-to-face channel. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help companies evaluate additional variables not covered elsewhere for the "manage customer service requests/inquiries" process.

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Measure Category:
Supplemental Information
Measure ID:
104760
Total Sample Size:
214 All Companies
Performers:
25th Median 75th
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Key Performance Indicator:
No

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Percentage of employee time spent working in the face-to-face channel servicing customers

Key Terms

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Supplemental Information

Supplemental information is data that APQC determines is relevant to decision support for a specific process, but does not fit into the other measure categories such as cost effectiveness, cycle time, or staff productivity.

Full-time Employee, Part-time Employee, and Temporary Employee

Full-time Employee

For the purpose of this survey, a regular full-time employee is hired for an indefinite period of time and is normally scheduled to work forty hours per week. Appointment is continuous, subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Part-time Employee

For the purpose of this survey, a regular part-time employee is hired for an indefinite period of time and is scheduled to work less than forty hours per week.

Temporary Employee

A temporary employee is employed for a finite period of time, to fulfill a time-limited role, or to fill the role of a permanent employee who is absent from work. The length of time an employee can work for the organization and be considered a temporary employee may be governed by employment legislation.

Measure Scope

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Cross Industry (7.3.1)

  • 6.2.2.1 - Receive customer problems, requests, and inquiries (10394)
  • 6.2.2.2 - Analyze problems, requests, and inquiries (13482)
  • 6.2.2.3 - Resolve customer problems, requests, and inquiries (10395)
  • 6.2.2.4 - Respond to customer problems, requests, and inquiries (10396)
  • 6.2.2.5 - Identify and capture upsell/cross-sell opportunities (16928)
  • 6.2.2.6 - Deliver opportunity to sales team (16937)