Self-checkout at IKEA
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.
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Foundational basic Patterns
Assign a responsible individual for handling each case type
Form cross-department teams for end-to-end case handling.
If capacity is insufficient, consider increasing the available number of resources
Order knock-outs by least effort and highest termination probability first.
Move activities to more appropriate places
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
Let customers interact with your organization whenever they want to.
Explore whether a process can easily be used for additional products or services
Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement