At one large area business, help desk calls were consuming valuable staff time, which delayed important projects and caused project cost over-runs. End users were not happy because they rarely spoke to a “live” person, and usually had to leave a voice mail message describing the problem. Employee frustration increased and productivity decreased.
TechFirst was called in to address both problems. A "first-level" support team was engaged to provide more responsive service to end users and to free up technical staff to re-invest their time on important development projects.
The End Result...
As a result of the change,
user calls actually increased once people learned they would actually talk to someone on the first call.
customer satisfaction increased
technical staff members were better able to plan their days and be more productive
project development costs decreased and delivery time improved