Customer Service Solutions using SOA The Seamless Customer Experience Improve Customer Care through Multi- Channel Integration Rajesh Shewani Software IT Architect Leader

Agenda What’s changed in the customer’s world in the past 5 years? What are the guiding principles of a seamless customer experience? What is the impact on multi-channel architectures? Summary

Think about what has changed in the world in the past five years….

These days customers use multiple devices, channels, and social computing technologies

Customers use multiple channels to reach buying decisions, often beginning online and continuing in the store/branch

More and more people are participating in social communities To meet and share information To see the experience of the people who bought it, tried it, read it, made it, or visited it first To learn from other’s ideas and opinions To provide their opinions and wisdom To get the inside scoop To tell a company what they like – and what they don’t The social community is a highly flexible concept, held together by several types of users, including…

Customer Service refers to… Pre-Sales and Sales Experience Post-Sales Service Experience

Today, providing a homepage, IVR, and contact center doesn’t even scratch the surface of the new customer experience Website A collection of web pages, images, videos and other digital assets hosted on a particular domain or sub-domain on the World Wide Web

Improving the customer experience pays off but…..Customers have new expectations and demands Customer advocates deliver better financially But also have new expectations and demands Antagonists Advocates

Agenda What’s changed in the customer’s world in the past 5 years? What are the guiding principles of a seamless customer experience? What is the impact on multi-channel architectures? Summary

Designing the seamless customer experience should take into account several guiding principles

Agenda What’s changed in the customer’s world in the past 5 years? What are the guiding principles of a seamless customer experience? What is the impact on multi-channel architectures? Summary

Design points to consider in the multi-channel architecture Gap Multi-channel Architecture Service Orientated Architecture

Multi-channel Logical Reference Architecture

1. MDM – Customer Data Integration

2. Single version of product catalog, order configuration, and pricing

3. Channel user interface

Typical Front Office End State Deliverables for Insurance Prospect Publishing Info Company Info Product brochures Quotations Illustrations Buying policy on net Online premium payments General Information on Insurance Career Customers Publishing Info & utilities on web Product Brochures, Quotations, Industry News, Illustrations View Portfolio Customer personal data Policy summary Proposal status Personal Profile maintenance Unit Statements Fund Switch Complaint registration Agents Publishing Info & utilities on web Product Brochures, Quotations, Industry News, Illustrations Agent Portfolio Commission data Client Diary – policy details/client details/reminders proposal status Lead Tracking Personal Profile maintenance Statements & Reports Complaint Registration Corporate Member’s Enquiry Change in Members Name Add/Delete Member Enquiry on due date Claim Detail Fund Status Employees Single Sign on Publishing Info & utilities on web Product Brochures, Quotations, Industry News, Illustrations, Industry/Co. News Career / E – Mails Pay Roll/E Travel Reimbursement Advance Settl. / Complaint Registration Discussion forum Knowledge Management Business Dashboards

4. Recording and tracking of customer dialogues

SOA and automation unlocks true value The AS-IS Process The TO-BE process MetricAS-ISTO-BEDifference Process elapsed time15-67 days12-42 days3-25 days Average TAT18.1 days16 days~ 11.6% Variance52 days30 days~ 57.7% Productivity (Apps/month)300600~ 200% Cost per appINR 1500INR 900~ 60% lower

Tracking Customer Service

5. Event based marketing and “Real time” analytics

These capabilities require a common, shared platform based on SOA

Agenda What’s changed in the customer’s world in the past 5 years? What are the guiding principles of a seamless customer experience? What is the impact on multi-channel architectures? Summary

A lot has changed in the last 5 years –Technologies –Channels –Customer expectations Our customers are more informed, collaborative, and sophisticated than ever before Customer dialogues span multiple channels – from research to order-taking to service and support And now, with a customer experience driven design (CEDD) and technologies such as web 2.0, SOA, MDM, and analytic engines, companies have the know-how to give customers what they are demanding…

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