The reply takes four minutes to write; the search before it takes longer.
A request arrives by email, through the customer portal or as a note from a phone call. The service agent assigns it to a request type, looks up the terms in the knowledge base, checks the CRM for the customer's recent history and writes the reply. If the request belongs to another team, the case moves on and the next person starts the search from scratch.
480requests a dayThat is how many cases a mid-sized service centre handles.
12request typesAlmost everything falls into a small number of recurring requests.
120follow-up questions to customersA quarter of cases need a detail only the customer can supply, and wait for the answer.
1 in 5misroutedEvery fifth case lands in the wrong team first and waits there.
The service agent sees request, reference and customer history together on opening the case and closes it 60% faster.
The 60% gain in processing speed is this agent's headline figure. The daily volume of 480 requests and the one in five misrouted cases depict a typical day in a service centre; they are not based on any measurement.