Systems - Implement and monitor the following systems

1. Customer service systems
2. Customer feedback systems
3. Regular training of staff
4. Automated survey
5. Mystery shopper
6. Employee incentive to rewar
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   Pro-active Strategies

   Actively look at implementing some of these proactive strategies

   1. Supplying better quality goods or over-servicing
   2. Ensuring speedy delivery. If a customer orders today by direct mail, they are always impressed if the goods are there the next day. This sets the tone for the entire organization
   3. Offering after sales discounts
   4. Realigning product development to customer needs. This could take the form of a pro-active questionnaire that asks the customer what they liked and did not like. And then setting a product development plan from this feedback
   5. Access to additional services or goods as a reward for being a good customer
   6. Follow up with a simple customer service call - "we care about our customer"
   7. Supply a bonus gift with the sale

   People Strategies

   A set of guidelines should be developed for anyone that comes in contact with a customer. These guidelines should be backed by detailed training. The types of people that typically come in contact with a customer include

   1. Receptionist
   2. Sales people
   3. Technical people
   4. Delivery and warehouse people
   5. Secretary
   6. Telemarketers
   7. Accounts

   Review what type of customers that you have, the types of issues that these people deal with and look to develop a series of quality guidelines

   Systems - Implement and monitor the following systems

   1. Customer service systems
   2. Customer feedback systems
   3. Regular training of staff
   4. Automated survey
   5. Mystery shopper
   6. Employee incentive to reward
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   7. Offering after sales discounts
   8. Realigning product development to customer needs. This could take the form of a pro-active questionnaire that asks the customer what they liked and did not like. And then setting a product development plan from this feedback
   9. Access to additional services or goods as a reward for being a good customer
   10. Follow up with a simple customer service call - "we care about our customer"
   11. Supply a bonus gift with the sale

   People Strategies

   A set of guidelines should be developed for anyone that comes in contact with a customer. These guidelines should be backed by detailed training. The types of people that typically come in contact with a customer include

   1. Receptionist
   2. Sales people
   3. Technical people
   4. Delivery and warehouse people
   5. Secretary
   6. Telemarketers
   7. Accounts

   Review what type of customers that you have, the types of issues that these people deal with and look to develop a series of quality guidelines

   Systems - Implement and monitor the following systems

   1. Customer service systems
   2. Customer feedback systems
   3. Regular training of staff
   4. Automated survey
   5. Mystery shopper
   6. Employee incentive to rewar
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      r being a good customer
   7. Follow up with a simple customer service call - "we care about our customer"
   8. Supply a bonus gift with the sale

   People Strategies

   A set of guidelines should be developed for anyone that comes in contact with a customer. These guidelines should be backed by detailed training. The types of people that typically come in contact with a customer include

   1. Receptionist
   2. Sales people
   3. Technical people
   4. Delivery and warehouse people
   5. Secretary
   6. Telemarketers
   7. Accounts

   Review what type of customers that you have, the types of issues that these people deal with and look to develop a series of quality guidelines

   Systems - Implement and monitor the following systems

   1. Customer service systems
   2. Customer feedback systems
   3. Regular training of staff
   4. Automated survey
   5. Mystery shopper
   6. Employee incentive to rewar
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      ing. The types of people that typically come in contact with a customer include
      1. Receptionist
      2. Sales people
      3. Technical people
      4. Delivery and warehouse people
      5. Secretary
      6. Telemarketers
      7. Accounts

      Review what type of customers that you have, the types of issues that these people deal with and look to develop a series of quality guidelines

      Systems - Implement and monitor the following systems

      1. Customer service systems
      2. Customer feedback systems
      3. Regular training of staff
      4. Automated survey
      5. Mystery shopper
      6. Employee incentive to rewar
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         that these people deal with and look to develop a series of quality guidelines

         Systems - Implement and monitor the following systems

         1. Customer service systems
         2. Customer feedback systems
         3. Regular training of staff
         4. Automated survey
         5. Mystery shopper
         6. Employee incentive to reward high customer service
         7. Automated CRM and access by all staff

         Areas of Performance you should review

         1. Product quality
         2. Delivery
         3. Courtesy
         4. Professionalism
         5. Product knowledge
         6. Complaint resolution
         7. Ease of doing business
         8. Invoicing/Accounts accuracy
         9. Responsiveness to enquiries
         10. Stock availability
         11. After sales service
         12. Service versus expected service

         Indicators (lagged)

         1. Lost customers (churn rate)
         2. Average value sale
         3. Referrals
         4. Average life time value
         5. Product returns
         6. Complaints
         7. Customer re-order frequency