Customer
Service Benchmarking Association
is an association of companies that conducts benchmarking studies
to identify the best practices surrounding Customer Service issues
that improve the overall operations of the members. Members of
Customer Service Benchmarking Association are concerned
with establishing and managing effective Customer Service agreements,
as well as,
developing measures of real performance and processes for maintaining
relationships with customers.
Mission
To identify
"Best in Class" business processes, which, when implemented,
will lead member companies to exceptional performance.
Objectives
To conduct
benchmarking studies of important business processes.
To create
a cooperative environment where full understanding of the performance
and enablers of "best in class" business processes
can be obtained and shared at reasonable cost.
To use
the efficiency of the association to obtain process performance
data and related best practices from group of companies.
To support
the use of benchmarking to facilitate process improvement and
the achievement of total quality.
Membership
The
scope of Customer Service Benchmarking Association membership
includes those organizations that have or will implement benchmarking
of Customer Service issues as part of or in support of their core
business(es).
Company
membership will be considered with respect to compliance with Customer
Service Benchmarking Association mission, goals and operating
guidelines, as well as, qualification of the organization within
the scope of membership.
Participation
in specific efforts will be optional and open only to members with
costs shared by the participants.
We reserve the right to review membership applications
and to make the final decision whether or not to accept any application.
Consulting firms are ineligible for membership.
Benefits
of Membership
Studies:
Customer
Service Benchmarking Association will identify and present
to members opportunities to participate in Benchmarking studies
on various topics of importance to customer service issues.
There are two
types of Benchmarking studies provided:
- Consortium
studies are offered to the membership as a whole with costs divided.
- Single
company sponsored studies addressing the interest of one member
company can be offered to other selected members for no fee.
The
association will also support Customer Service benchmarking efforts:
- Research
- Access public and private databases.
- Identify
study participants - Top companies interested in benchmarking
Customer Service issues.
- Collect
data - Manage response collection with the participants as a third
party.
- Lead
site visits - Structure with best participants.
Roundtables:
Interest group roundtables will be organized throughout the year.
Members will pay a nominal fee to join real and virtual roundtable
discussions that address specific processes.
Cost:
Currently,
membership in Customer Service Benchmarking Association is
FREE! Costs of studies are shared by the participants.
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