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M: We’ve actually realized significant training SW: What about the other levels of analysts— do
improvements that are tied to the eService Suite imple- they use the system too?
mentation.
Basically, our technical support team is divided M: Oh yes. The bulk of our organization is made
into three levels. A person can begin as a Level One up of Level Two Analysts whose jobs are to solve
support person and then advance to Level Two and customers’ problems 100% of the time. These people
Level Three status — so the training received at all basically live in our eService Suite database where they
levels is important. search for solutions for customers. We’ve integrated
Our Level One Analyst’s responsibility is to take a eService Suite with Remedy call tracking, so if the
phone call, get as much information about the solution to a customer’s problem is not in the system,
customer and about the problem as possible, enter it the analyst can go back into Remedy and work the
into the Remedy™ call tracking system and pass it off case in a more traditional fashion.
to the Level Two Analyst within about three to five Once the case is complete, the new solution is
minutes. The great thing now is — with the eService submitted through the eService Suite ‘contributor’
Suite implementation these frontline people can handle element with the push of a button on the Remedy
many of the simple problems themselves. screen. At that point the analyst reviews the informa-
tion, verifies that it is technically correct and if it is,
SW: How does this compare to life before you makes the new solution available to our internal tech-
began working with ServiceWare? nical staff only. It’s not viewable by the outside world
because it hasn’t been cleansed and scrubbed by an
M: Before we implemented the eService Suite auditor — but if someone calls with a similar problem
solution, our Level One Analysts never answered tech- five minutes later the analyst working the case will find
nical problems. They basically took a call, took down a solution.
some general information and passed all questions to
SW: How does this process affect the corporate SW: Ok, here’s the big question. What was the
culture at Marconi? implementation process like?
M: First and foremost, the eService Suite solution M: Actually the time it took to implement the
has made our people more self-sufficient. Our internal eService Suite solution was shorter than we expected. I
and field staff can log onto the Web interface and find would say the entire implementation took about three
answers to their problems without having to call in. weeks.
SW: Would you consider one of ServiceWare’s To learn how ServiceWare can help your
core competencies to be the team of project managers company develop an online support presence,
and the level of knowledge they’re able to bring in to point your browser to www.serviceware.com
solve specific problems. or call 1–800–572–5748.
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A YAMAHA GUITAR IS MUSIC TO THE EARS.
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vice is a top priority. Which is why for nearly
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