IKEA offers its customers the possibility to scan and pay products themselves at self-service checkouts. Using the self-service checkouts gives many customers pleasure and reduces their waiting time. As another example, Allianz offers customers the possibility to change and check their personal data in the online customer portal.
About the authors
Tobias is doctoral student and has created process-pattern.app as a side project. His research is on data-driven process improvement.
Find Tobias on @dtdi tobiasfehrerLet workers perform as many steps as possible for single cases
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
Reduce the number of contacts with customers and third parties
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources
Consider whether activities may be executed in parallel
Replace underlying resources with eco-friendly alternatives
Let customers interact with your organization whenever they want to.
First-contact problem resolution
Establish a one-contact resolution for customer issues
Expertise-based task assignment
Match tasks to experts' specialized skills for efficiency