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Organisational success could be as simple achieving a sales revenue target. But if you read other pages on this web site you probably appreciate that success may be defined in many different ways and not all of them will be quantitative.

In order to see how the business is progressing it is important to define Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) which provide a useful feedback mechanism for all those with an interest in the business. The obvious quantitative measures include revenue, margin, and profit. In labour intensive businesses it is useful to consider cost per man-hour. In manufacturing businesses it may include warranty returns. Most of these figures can be obtained reasonably easily from simple accounting packages and spreadsheets. However, there are many other metrics which are equally useful but are qualitative rather than quantitative and therefore not so easily measured. This is where Sales & Marketing Services can help.

We can help businesses define suitable qualitative KPI's and conduct surveys of customer service levels using "mystery shoppers". We can test responses to telephone calls, web and postal enquiries, noting behaviours such as courtesy, technical competence, commercial awareness, and enthusiasm. We can test to see if calls requesting a service or product actually gets directed to the right person or department. All data is handled sensitively and reports produced indicating areas in which the business performed well and listing recommendations for improvement.

For a free no-obligation discussion please contact us.

We can help define & measure your success with qualitative surveys.



How does your organisation respond to enquiries via the telephone or web? How much business are you loosing because your customers didn't get a sensible response?

 


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