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Cost of multiple call-backs from customers

When customer expectations are not met following an initial request for assistance, customers often need to make contact several times before final action is taken. With each follow-up call made by a customer, call-handling costs increase and customers become less satisfied with the outcome. (more >>) A customer experience tracking programme can help reduce these costs by identifying where and why multiple call-backs occur.

With each follow-up call made by a customer, call-handling costs increase and customers become less satisfied

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How much do multiple call-backs cost you? The following calculator can be used to calculate the potential cost of multiple call-backs in your organisation and also help provide an estimate of one of the potential savings that can be achieved by implementing a customer experience measurement programme. These savings are particularly relevant in situation involving complex and diverse resolution processes such as local government service requests and financial services complaints handling.


Step 1:		Enter your organisation's data or use our example			Research data

	Average number of requests per week:				per week
	Average cost of handling each customer contact:			$	dollars
	Average number of times that customers need to make contact to have their request actioned:					calls per request

Step 2:			"click" to calculate

	Annual excess call-handling costs from multiple call-backs:			$	dollars

Research also shows a significant drop in customer satisfaction and advocacy each time a customer needs to call back.

Internal methods of measuring "First Contact Resolution" (FCR) can fail to identify when a customer's issue is not completely resolved and how often they need to call back before final action is taken.

By closing the loop with customers after their requests have been actioned, organisations can identify incidents of poor performance and process failures that lead to customer expectations not being met.

What you could gain by reducing the need for multiple call-backs
Track your customers' experience with the service request process:	Identify where and why customers need to call more than once:	Reduce the number of call-backs that customers need to make:	Potential annual cost-savings from reduced call volumes:
A systematic programme to close the loop and track customer experience with service requests can help identify where and why customers need to call more than once.	The tracking programme can function as an operational management tool to help fine tune customer expectations, service levels and process performance - reducing the need for call-backs.	If this helped you reduce the number of customer call-backs by % it would reduce the average number of calls per customer request to...	This would and provide potential annual savings from reduced call volumes of...
		calls per request.	$ per year.
Step 3: Estimate the improvement you might achieve, replace the value in the yellow box and then Other direct benefits from reducing the need for customer call-backs include: Improved call centre capacity Improved customer satisfaction Increase in sales to existing customers through improved customer loyalty Increase in sales to new customer through improved advocacy and referrals For more information about improving customer satisfaction and reducing the costs from poor service, please take a look at our collection of case studies and working papers.

Cost of multiple call-backs from customers

How much do multiple call-backs cost you?

What you could gain by reducing the need for multiple call-backs

Track your customers' experience with the service request process:

Identify where and why customers need to call more than once:

Reduce the number of call-backs that customers need to make:

Potential annual
cost-savings from reduced
call volumes:

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Cost of multiple call-backs from customers

How much do multiple call-backs cost you?

What you could gain by reducing the need for multiple call-backs

Track your customers' experience with the service request process:

Identify where and why customers need to call more than once:

Reduce the number of call-backs that customers need to make:

Potential annual cost-savings from reduced call volumes:

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Potential annual
cost-savings from reduced
call volumes: