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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Establish a case-based mindset
Remove batch-processing and periodic activities from your business process
Empower workers for more decision-making authority
Establish standardized interfaces
Consider a standardized interface with customers and partners
Let customers interact with the company wherever they want to
Constraint-based task assignment
Allocate tasks considering business process execution constraints
Experience-based task assignment
Delegate task according to experience: execution frequency, case involvement, interactions
Distribute tasks by interdepartmental interactions to enable or restrict involvement