Archive for May, 2012

The FCR route to Customer Satisfaction

According to a October 2010 Gartner study, first-contact resolution is a tried and true metric for the IT service desk with direct correlation to customer satisfaction, but many IT organizations still under-utilize it. It sounds quite intuitive when you think about it: when a customer’s problem is resolved the first time he calls the Service [...]

Fast-track your First Call Resolution Rates

How do you put in place a plan that addresses low FCR with a view to improving it? It begins at the top, with serious management commitment and goes down all the way to the floor. It is only when FCR becomes a way of life that your organization starts reaping its benefits. Here’s how: [...]

The Business Impact of Better FCR

What makes FCR the single KPI that affects any other meaningful Service Desk measure? When you start measuring FCR and put in place action plans that are address improving it, you are likely to see a host of ways it positively impacts your business: Reduction in operating cost – With your agents resolving customer problems [...]