Q-nomy's Blog: Customer Experience And More

Managing your customer volumes and requests can be challenging at the best of times. Now you are faced with social distancing and capacity restrictions but still need to meet your communities’ service needs. New platforms and ways to interact with citizens need to be developed and deployed:  a digital omni-service approach to delivering government services.

Covid-19 has changed the way government provides service to the population, forcing agencies and municipalities to quickly develop processes and technologies that enabled service delivery despite the limitations of social distancing. The big question here is, which of these new processes and technologies would remain in service after the pandemic is over? and what will be their long-term effect?

A lot has been discussed about an omnichannel service strategy, which organizations should adopt for seamless sales and services experience. Omni-Service is a strategy focusing on human interaction thru various digital channels enabling the service agent, salesperson, and managers, to deliver outstanding customer experience in a straightforward way.  

"Zoom fatigue" is the tiredness, worry, or burnout associated with overusing virtual platforms of communication. Zoom fatigue is particularly hazardous when customer service agents are concerned. And yet, serving customers over video, particularly during times of social distancing, has many benefits. So how can a service provider alleviate agents' zoom fatigue?

Most service providers are now taking steps to reopen their customer service locations or shops under the strict regulations of public health and social distancing. When examined closely, it becomes apparent many of these steps make sense from a business perspective regardless of the current constraints.

We've previously discussed the outlook for queue management, and outlined some of the likely characteristics of "the new normal of queuing for customer service". We've mentioned that this will become inseparable from appointment scheduling. Now let's focus on this latter topic.

We've recently announced the release of several new Q-Apps designed to enable omnichannel customer service management. These applications, built on the robust software platform of Q-Flow 6, provide a wide range of capabilities, such as multi-channel customer communications, an integration framework, and integration with specific leading vendors.

Stores and service centers are now starting to reopen. Businesses and consumers are concerned that required safety measures would render the new customer experience unpleasant. Technology, such as Customer Journey Optimization, can help alleviate some of these fears.

When face to face interactions become impractical, service providers transition to digital, and particularly video interactions. Instead of shutting down the service branches, businesses can connect branches to virtual queues, and allow their staff to provide digital customer service.

As the world faces the implications of the coronavirus outbreak, customer service managers now have to deal with a particular challenge. Despite digital transformation strategies, many businesses still rely on face-to-face interactions to set essential activities in motion, such as signing important contracts or customer authentication. Q-nomy provides virtual and scheduled interactions to help companies continue to offer their services while keeping business and health top of mind.