Eptica Customers Win Prestigious Awards

Customer service innovation across the world has been highlighted at the 2011 Eptica Awards, held as part of Eptica’s International Customer Service Summit.

Dixons, AirAsia and Ageas received awards for service transformation based around Eptica’s multichannel customer interaction management software.

Winners achieved outstanding results in the categories of multichannel integration, knowledge management, self-service, social media experience, integration and innovation.

Asia’s leading low cost airline, AirAsia, was awarded Best Social Media experience and now manages over one million customer service enquiries per month through its website, Facebook and mobile channels using Eptica’s multichannel Self-service portal.

Over 200 clients, partners and Eptica staff attended the 2011 International Customer Service Summit which was held in Paris on 7th October 2011 and focused on the key themes of multichannel customer service, social media and knowledge management.

The conference also celebrated Eptica’s tenth anniversary and its growth to become Europe’s largest multichannel customer interaction software provider.

Dee Roche, Global Marketing Director, Eptica, said:

"In today’s business environment delivering service that delights customers is the number one aim of every organisation.

"Eptica’s Customer Service Innovation Awards champion organisations that are achieving outstanding performance in service and delivering major benefits such as happier customers, increased revenues and more efficient operations. While we’ve highlighted nine winners, we know that all of our 350 customers across the world are leaders when it comes to customer service."

Now in its second year, the Eptica Customer Service Innovation awards were split into five categories, some with multiple winners:

Best Multichannel Integration Project

Ageas Insurance Solutions – integration of web, email, telephone, fax, letter and SMS into a single platform, resulting in a 50% reduction in customer handling time and a 23% reduction in inbound calls.

Rue du Commerce – combining email management, web self-service and Facebook customer service at France’s leading technology ecommerce site.

FIA-NET– delivering customer service across four channels by secure online payments subsidiary of Crédit Agricole.

Best Knowledge Management/Self-service Project

Knowhow/Dixons Group – underpinning the launch and operation of Knowhow, Dixons Group’s new delivery, installation and support service by capturing and sharing knowledge content across multiple channels. This is a central part of the company’s strategy to be known for its service and knowledge leadership alongside its strength and reach in providing electronics and electrical products across the UK.

Meetic – providing email and web customer service for millions of customers of French dating site, recently bought by Match.com.

Social Media Experience Award

AirAsia – achieving a 40% reduction in contact centre costs for fast-growing airline by integrating social media into customer service strategy. Its 1.9 million followers can now ask questions directly from its Facebook page, as well as through the web and mobile channels using its integrated, multi-channel self-service platform.

Vertbaudet – the first Eptica customer to implement Facebook portal for customer service, adding to the retailer’s existing email management channel.

Integration Award
 

Arval/BNP Paribas – integration of Eptica with Salesforce.com, enabling it to be used by hundreds of managers at car leasing company.

Innovation Award

La Redoute – awarded to the French clothing retailer for delivering comprehensive email and social media customer service through Eptica.

About Eptica

Eptica is the leading European multilingual solution for Customer Interaction Management including Web Self-service, Social Customer Service, Email Management, Chat, Fax-Letter- SMS and Knowledge management for Customer Service. Available on premise or SaaS, Eptica software enables website and customer service channels to improve quality of service, resolve enquiries faster, reduce costs and maximize every sales opportunity. Today more than 350 customers, including some of the world’s largest brands, in 15 countries, use Eptica solutions to deliver excellent customer service at much lower cost. Eptica’s customers include: Dixons, Domestic & General, Haven Holidays, Republic, Panasonic, Virgin Holidays, Capita and Ageas Insurance Solutions. Info: www.eptica.com.

 

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