What is the Need for CRM in a Call Center?
Ashish Dwivedi
LifeTime CRM Developer | CTO & Founder at store.outrightcrm.com |Loves PHP Coding/SugarCRM Development(13+Yrs) | Founder of YouTube Channel youtube.com/outrightsystems
Anybody from a call center industry will tell you how hectic and stressful it can be, especially when a customer is on the other side waiting for you to fetch some information for him and you are unable to do so on time. In order to stay ahead of the competition, you need a detailed view of customer interaction and behavior. Customer service demands multi-tasking in a short span of time in order to assist endless customers nonstop. A customer has to have full faith in you otherwise it can seriously jeopardize your business, at any pint of time if the customer feels that he is not getting the attention he requires he will stop availing your services and your business can go downhill.
In order to better utilize your resources and increase productivity, you must introduce automation in performing your daily tasks when serving your customers. A customer relationship manager is the most suitable and ideal platform to achieve this goal of yours. With the assistance of a CRM Software representatives can attend their customers more efficiently and utilize the available information to their fullest potential.
Centralized Customer Database
As soon as the agents receive a call, they won't have to waste time looking for the relevant information. Agents will have access to complete customer information such as history and preferences. With the help of this information, agents can solve customer queries at a rapid speed. This way agenst can not only increase productivity but also deliver more tailored solutions for the customers on the other end. Since all the information is available in one place and no time is being wasted in looking for that information. Agents can utilize their time better and deliver a more accurate and precise customer solutions in a more tailored and personalized manner. This way agents can improve customer interaction and develop a long-lasting and enriching bond between the organization and the customers.
Keep a Track of your Growth
CRM also allows organizations to keep track of their overall growth and performance by providing real-time data. This allows the organization to compare their performance against the number of calls received, cases resolved and devise better strategies to boost sales and revenue. It is important for any business to know where they stand so that they can develop strategies accordingly and consistently improve their performance. CRM allows you to know exactly what you have achieved and what are your areas of improvement that require further development. This allows your organization to stay ahead of the competition and deliver excellent customer service in order to stay in demand.
Automated Call Routing
Customers should be addressed according to the complexity of their query and this can be achieved through the process of automation. As soon as the customer calls he will be connected to the concerned department according to the query. CRM allows calls to be transferred to the concerned department quickly without wasting any time. Now that there is no delay in transferring the calls to their relevant departments, customers can get their issues resolved in less time and agents can handle more customers and therefore resolve customer queries with great efficiency and precision.
Employee Performance
CRM also allows managers to track the performance of their employees. Accordingly, training sessions can be conducted for employees who are lagging behind. A call center cannot afford to avoid paying attention to such employees that are not up to the mark. Even a single weak link in the chain can make the whole set up fall apart and if not checked in time it can have seriously jeopardized the organization. So it is highly important to have these checks and balances in place, in order to make sure that there are no such mishaps in the future.
Integration with Third-party Applications
Since CRM is open-source it allows SuiteCRM Integration with third-party applications that can further increase productivity and performance. Integration with third-party application creates better synchronization between several departments like sales, marketing, and support.
Agents no longer have to go through the tiring task of opening multiple applications to locate relevant customer information. Agents can access all customer-related information one single platform and therefore attend customers with greater accuracy and precision.
In Conclusion
Customer service is the backbone of any call center and CRM allows agents to deliver results in a timely manner and utilize their resources to the fullest to get the desired results and exceed customer expectations.
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