There are a wide array of opinions about measuring Service Deflection out there in the industry today, and as many methods to do so. In a study we did several years ago, we found that out of over 90 survey respondents there were almost 80 different measures of deflection being used.

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In a service organization there is always more service demand than can be met in a single day, week, or month. Incomplete service requests, “work in process,” backlog or case load are some of the common names for the work yet to be completed in the support center.

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No matter what stage of development your services organization is in, relying entirely on the product sales force to drive services is not a good idea. Discover how to tap into your hidden sales force—what it takes to get your technical talent competent, confident, and committed to seriously selling services.

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To a Worm in Horseradish, the World is all Horseradish

by bstephensMarch 8, 2010

I was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book and ran across this Chinese proverb and set the book down and thought about how this relates to service delivery… It took awhile but I came up with this…

I thought back many years ago when I worked for a large high tech company as a supervisor in the service organization. We were churning away working our cases, meeting our goals and all seemed well (I am the worm), but apparently the executives thought differently and had lost confidence in the service leader and replaced him. A new Director was hired to bring a “new way of doing things around here”…

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Get the Most from Your Staff – A Three Step Plan

by sbrandMarch 8, 2010

By Steve Brand, SGSA Ltd.
The overused war cry of “we need everyone to give 110%” is likely to fall on deaf ears when companies are cutting staff, bonuses and even salaries. When morale is low, managers struggle to reach 75% levels of productivity after normal deductions for sickness, vacation and training.
And what about training? [...]

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