From Multichannel to Omnichannel – Challenges and Opportunities

Around 70 customer service executives from Israel’s leading companies gathered to discuss and learn what Omnichannel really means, where we stand today, and whether there is a gap between current service capabilities and customer expectations. We explored how to make…

No Show – and What to Do About It

No-shows are a major contributor to lower facility utilization, reduced service availability, and decreased profitability. As service providers, we manage fully booked schedules with careful planning. We schedule appointments well in advance to ensure that customers can secure a time…

Shifting Demand to Digital Platforms – Can We Control It?

In this article, Shimi Ezer, an omnichannel service expert at 7I’s, shares his experience and insights from his time as Head of Customer Service Operations at HOT. Shimi was one of the pioneering service executives to build and implement a…

Lean Supply Chain: The Cultural Change

The world of Lean and its principles is familiar to professionals working in operations and is implemented across organizations using different methods and at varying levels of depth. In most cases, Lean takes the form of a focused project aimed…

Operational Strategy to Advance Business Strategy

As a manager in a business organization, you are undoubtedly faced with the challenges of reducing costs, improving efficiency, shortening delivery and service times, and optimizing resources. You also know that an organization seeking to succeed in a constantly changing…

Effective Interface Management Using the Segment Method

A successful organization depends on its ability to manage interfaces effectively and build strong collaboration between adjacent functions within its core business processes. Most organizations tend to manage each unit independently, with its own set of metrics, objectives, and activities,…

Multi-Channel Service

The 21st century has brought with it a communications revolution. Since the beginning of the century, the use of multiple communication channels and online media has accelerated significantly. Traditional boundaries have been broken down, and the growing use of digital…

The Key to Efficiency and Service Excellence in Field Service Operations

Field technician scheduling is an area in which many organizations still have significant room for improvement before achieving an optimal balance between customer satisfaction, technician utilization, and company profitability. According to an Aberdeen Group survey of 220 companies, the top-performing…

The Good Way to Turn Information into Knowledge

Many organizations put themselves in an absurd position: every one of their work processes is computerized and they hold systems of every kind, such as ERP, CRM, budget control and others supporting every aspect of the organization's activity, and yet…