Introduction
Based in Bangalore, the company owns and operates a visitor and security
management app to help residential societies and apartments manage their
premises effectively.
The custom app designed by the organisation has user-friendly features for a
secure and stress-free life in communities. The society members using the app
could conveniently check the identity of people visiting their homes, including
house help, courier/online shopping/food delivery personnel, and personal
guests. The app also allowed them to manage their vehicle parking more
efficiently.
To handle its customers’ queries and record feedback through a dedicated phone
line, the company had to offer in-house contact centre services. It preferred a
digital setup to avoid the complexities of managing legacy call centre
infrastructure.
After comparing the features of multiple products available in the market, it
decided to go for the cloud communication suite devised in India by Tata Tele
Business Services (TTBS). Its years of expertise and experience as an Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) services provider were the key reasons for
selecting brand Tata over its competitors.
Business Challenges
With a rise in the number of gated communities and apartments in urban areas,
ensuring the security of residents and managing visitors to different units, was a
core responsibility for the administration team.
As a company offering digital technology for security management, the
organisation received many inquiries for its mobile application. It also had to
respond quickly to existing customers’ queries, and provide support of usage for
its app whenever required. It planned to upgrade its basic telephone line to a fullfledged helpdesk service, to meet the requirements.
The top issues that necessitated the adoption of a contact centre software were:
- The volume of calls was high, and their nature was diverse. There was a
need for an IVR, which enabled the callers to reach the best resource
and get their query resolved in minimum time.
- Managers could not monitor the calls handled by associates. This
prevented them from evaluating the quality of service provided and
customer satisfaction.
- The company’s CRM software had not been integrated with the phone
lines. Due to the siloed nature of these systems, the associates had to
ask for customer details and refer to multiple screens, leading to high
call handling time and poor customer experience.
SLA-backed uptime, dashboards to record call detail records, and security of
account logins were some other expectations from a digitalised contact centre.
TTBS Solution
TTBS offered Smartflo to set up the cloud-native contact centre that the company
needed. It could be used on any desktop or mobile device with a web-based login
secured by multi-factor authentication.
TTBS solution architects activated automatic call distribution and customised the
IVR as per the nature of queries handled by the company. Smartflo’s web-based
interface allowed the company’s managers/IT team to modify the IVR settings
whenever required.
With a digital contact centre, the associates could handle incoming calls and
participate in outbound campaigns for telemarketing or call-backs from any
location.
Smartflo’s deployment resolved the issues that the organisation was facing:
- Calls could now be routed to the relevant departments and associates
for the smooth resolution of queries. The calls were also automatically
distributed between available resources without the need for an
operator.
- Supervisors could barge into any call, record the interaction for future
reference, or give feedback to agents.
- Smartflo also gave supervisors the facility of call whisper to help any
new associate fumbling for an answer while talking to customers.
- The integration with CRM helped associates to access the required
information as soon as they connected with a customer, enabling
them to handle queries more effectively.
TTBS ensures uptime of 99.5% for Smartflo under a comprehensive SLA. All
communication channelised through this contact centre is secure with 128-bit
encryption. It offers daily details on IVR selections made by customers, call
handling time, staffed time, and agent break reports. And it is seamlessly scalable
without any investment in hardware or bulky equipment.