Transforming the MTN customer experience
Tim Deluca-Smith, Vice President, WDS, A Xerox Company Tim is responsible for developing and executing the marketing strategy for WDS. He’s passionate about helping clients better engage with their customers.
Eddie Moyce, Chief Customer Experience Management Officer, MTN Eddie's role is to ensure that the operator provides best-in-class service for all subscribers; leveraging human resources and technologies to achieve this aim.
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Transforming the MTN customer experience
…how we increased satisfaction, protected the loyalty of high-value customers and improved the customer service experience in just six months.
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Percentage Point Change
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New opportunities, new customer service challenges High Value Prepaid
High Value Postpaid
26% of calls escalated
9% of calls escalated
12% asked to call back
10% asked to call back
16% of call-time spent on hold 2% of calls referred to OEM
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Low satisfaction 18% of calls referred to OEM
From network, to brand assets • •
As the mobile operator community struggles to differentiate on its tangible assets, it’s turning to its brand and customer experience assets. The role of the contact center is changing; from cost center to customer experience “guardian”.
Old World: Operational efficiency comes at the expense of a great customer experience. New World: Operational efficiency comes as a result of a great customer experience.
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From network, to brand assets •
Satisfaction with customer support is highly influential on the customer’s overall brand perception and intent to repurchase. Delivering a poor support experience is one of the worst things a mobile brand can do.
Where you satisfied with your support experience?
-50
Brand NPS
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+61 Brand NPS
64% of customers highly satisfied with their support experience were also highly satisfied with their operator’s overall brand
Don’t underestimate the value of a great support experience
Impact on support interactions (volume) on repurchase
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-40 Impact on support interactions (volume) on brand NPS
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MTN Smartphone Tool
High Value Postpaid: >R500 ARPU
Empower CSRs with relevant device knowledge. Deployed across high-value customer segments. a customer case study with
High Value Prepaid: >R160 ARPU Data Support
Financial Performance and CEX connection Operational Performance • Reduce handle time • Reduce internal/external escalations • Flatten contact center structure • Reduce agent training time
Improved cost-to-serve Improved Customer Lifetime Value
Improve customer experience • • •
First call resolution + Call duration High satisfaction +
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Improved satisfaction & loyalty
A single source of truth • • •
Upskill agents. Real-time knowledge management. The first local operator to launch email OTA set-up.
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Cost and retention benefits 34%
High Value Prepaid
84% FCR in Data Support.
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22%
4%
7%
5% 2%
36%
1% 1%
Tool contributed to an overall 10% reduction in AHT.
18%
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Is great customer service enough? Or are we just measuring the success of a failure?
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Is great customer service enough? Likelihood to switch by number of support interactions 100% 76%
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38% 38%
40% 32%
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26% 12%
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A customer who contacts support more than once in a six month period is x6 more likely to be at risk of switching.
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Is great customer service enough? Brand NPS is impacted by the frequency of support 15 5 -5
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Global Brand NPS = +5 -8
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The big data opportunity. Incremental improvements are not enough.
Focus on real-time cost avoidance. Increase responsiveness through analytics. Identify trending issues and take remedial action. a customer case study with
About WDS, A Xerox Company Companies looking to develop their digital [customer service] strategies are finding that existing deployments are unprepared to meet the change in customer demands; lacking the data analytics, sentiment analysis or machine learning capabilities required to meet ever aggressive call deflection and customer satisfaction targets.
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We make it easier for your customers to get the answers they need.
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Our intelligent solutions “automate and augment” your customer service channels, driving valuable customer insight and creating more meaningful experiences.
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We do this though a cognitive technology platform that continually learns from your customer care transactions to ensure that every experience is better than the last.
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