Customer management:
Helping you achieve
your strategic objectives
with your customers
Helping clients unlock value
Vertex specialises in helping clients achieve their business   We measure and analyse customer satisfaction, resolution
objectives with their customers. We will help you provide      and value at each contact point to uncover valuable
excellent service to them, while delivering enhanced           revenue opportunities, from customer acquisition through
business outcomes for you.                                     to retention. Using our industry know-how and experience,
                                                               we’ll provide you with rock-solid operational performance
We do this by identifying solutions to your business
                                                               and deep sector functional expertise.
challenges and solving them, ultimately enhancing
your performance and our shared success. We will help          The result is that your customers will feel confident in the
improve customer experience, reduce cost-to-serve and          knowledge that you understand them, that you’re listening
increase revenues.                                             to their needs, don’t take them for granted and you go
                                                               beyond the transaction.
If you have a specific need, we have a tailored
solution – and deliverable business results. Our focus
is always on your customers and business operations.
We’ll work in the background to ensure you’re always
meeting and exceeding customer needs.




    How we
    work with
    clients
                                                                       Same side of the table
                                                                       partnerships
                                                                       • Shared risk and reward commercial
                                                                         contracting that provides mutual
                                                                         benefit and aligned incentives
                                                                       • Quantifiable business benefit from
                                                                         implemented solutions
                                                                       • Value-based approach focused on
       Electricity of new ideas
                                                                         teaming to develop effective solutions
       • Culture and capability to drive
         a continuous flow of new
         improvement opportunities
       • Drawing on the best customer
         management thinking – best tools,                     Deep practitioners
         emerging technologies and tested                      • Rock solid performance
         innovative approaches
                                                               • Operational focus on our clients’ brand
       • Systematically tapping into the                         projection and customer experience
         front-line perspective of customer
                                                                  > More than typical SLAs – metrics
         service employees
                                                                     focused on the customer experience
                                                                  > Targeting agents’ capabilities and
                                                                     developing effective programs to
                                                                     optimise performance and
                                                                     customer experience
What we do
At Vertex, our passion is to deliver customer management processes that positively impact our clients’ business performance.


                 We improve and operate these front                                              ...with these skills   ...targeting opportunities
                     and back o ce processes...                                                   and capabilities...        to deliver better...


  • Customer interaction                                                                       • Consulting &             • Brand experiences
    > Phone, email, white mail, SMS, web content management, web chat                            transformation
                                                                                                                          • Sales performance
  • Customer transaction processing                                                            • Business process
                                                                                                                          • Customer loyalty
    > Bill and correspondence print, payment processing, CRM/CIS
                                                                                                 & customer
                                                                                                                            and retention
      platforms, ticketing, sector specific processes, straight through                          management
      processing                                                                                 outsourcing              • Business
                                                                                                                            efficiencies
  • Customer workflow management                                                               • IT applications and
                                                                                                 services                 • Channel
    > Integrated, multi-channel problem resolution, product admin, claims,
      refunds and returns, debt collection, business process management                                                     optimization
                                                                                               • Decision science
  • Customer analytics                                                                           and interaction
                                                                                                 analytics
    > Database marketing, propensity (e.g. to buy) analysis

  • Revenue generation
    > Campaign management, sales thru service, retention and win back

  • Corporate services
    >   Finance and administration
    >   Income management
    >   HRO and payroll
    >   Shared services

  • Citizen services
    >   Licensing
    >   Revenues and benefits
    >   Parking
    >   Benefit case management




                                                                              How we do it


                                                                   LEVEL 1
                    CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FEEDBACK LOOP




                                                           Identify business challenges
                                                                and opportunities
                                                                                                            LEVEL 2

                                                                                                   Identify desired outcomes

                                                                   LEVEL 3

                                                             Develop and implement
                                                                    solution
                                                                                                            LEVEL 4

                                                                                                    Measure solution results



                                                                        Achievement of desired business outcomes
www.vertexgroup.com
Customer acquisition

   Customers won’t
   always find you
   • Need new customers? We identify
     them, their profitability and
     expectations
   • We share the knowledge and
     solutions to move you forward
   • We ensure acquisition channels are
     prioritised to match customer
     needs to your business capability


                                               Customer experience

                                                  Hearing your customers’ voices
                                                  • We listen. We act. We innovate.
Cost-to-serve                                     • 360º method for customer
                                                    lifecycle solutions

   Doing more for less                            • Customer satisfaction analysed
                                                  • We give you what you need – to give
   • Get it right first time, every time
                                                    your customers what they want
   • We’ll provide best practice operational
                                                  • Bringing your brand to life
     solutions that deliver enhanced
     customer service and experience
   • You’ll minimise your costs in doing
     so through solutions such as channel
     optimisation, smartshoring and
     homeworking
   • We develop high-performing people,
     who deliver great service and
     continuously improve your service
     to customers



                                               Cross-sell upsell
                                                  Optimising your customer base
                                                  • Gain customer confidence and trust
Customer retention                                • Remind the customer that you are
                                                    there for them, understanding their
                                                    requirements
   Keeping customers for life
                                                  • Offer insight-driven related products
   • Identify likely migration before               and services
     it happens
   • Understand attitudes
   • Tailor investments and loyalty
     approaches
   • We’re on your side of the table,
     sharing the risks and rewards
To nd out more about how we
can help your organisation,
call us on 0845 051 8400
or visit vertexgroup.com
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Vertex | Customer Managerment Outsourcing | Overview

  • 1.
    Customer management: Helping youachieve your strategic objectives with your customers
  • 2.
    Helping clients unlockvalue Vertex specialises in helping clients achieve their business We measure and analyse customer satisfaction, resolution objectives with their customers. We will help you provide and value at each contact point to uncover valuable excellent service to them, while delivering enhanced revenue opportunities, from customer acquisition through business outcomes for you. to retention. Using our industry know-how and experience, we’ll provide you with rock-solid operational performance We do this by identifying solutions to your business and deep sector functional expertise. challenges and solving them, ultimately enhancing your performance and our shared success. We will help The result is that your customers will feel confident in the improve customer experience, reduce cost-to-serve and knowledge that you understand them, that you’re listening increase revenues. to their needs, don’t take them for granted and you go beyond the transaction. If you have a specific need, we have a tailored solution – and deliverable business results. Our focus is always on your customers and business operations. We’ll work in the background to ensure you’re always meeting and exceeding customer needs. How we work with clients Same side of the table partnerships • Shared risk and reward commercial contracting that provides mutual benefit and aligned incentives • Quantifiable business benefit from implemented solutions • Value-based approach focused on Electricity of new ideas teaming to develop effective solutions • Culture and capability to drive a continuous flow of new improvement opportunities • Drawing on the best customer management thinking – best tools, Deep practitioners emerging technologies and tested • Rock solid performance innovative approaches • Operational focus on our clients’ brand • Systematically tapping into the projection and customer experience front-line perspective of customer > More than typical SLAs – metrics service employees focused on the customer experience > Targeting agents’ capabilities and developing effective programs to optimise performance and customer experience
  • 3.
    What we do AtVertex, our passion is to deliver customer management processes that positively impact our clients’ business performance. We improve and operate these front ...with these skills ...targeting opportunities and back o ce processes... and capabilities... to deliver better... • Customer interaction • Consulting & • Brand experiences > Phone, email, white mail, SMS, web content management, web chat transformation • Sales performance • Customer transaction processing • Business process • Customer loyalty > Bill and correspondence print, payment processing, CRM/CIS & customer and retention platforms, ticketing, sector specific processes, straight through management processing outsourcing • Business efficiencies • Customer workflow management • IT applications and services • Channel > Integrated, multi-channel problem resolution, product admin, claims, refunds and returns, debt collection, business process management optimization • Decision science • Customer analytics and interaction analytics > Database marketing, propensity (e.g. to buy) analysis • Revenue generation > Campaign management, sales thru service, retention and win back • Corporate services > Finance and administration > Income management > HRO and payroll > Shared services • Citizen services > Licensing > Revenues and benefits > Parking > Benefit case management How we do it LEVEL 1 CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FEEDBACK LOOP Identify business challenges and opportunities LEVEL 2 Identify desired outcomes LEVEL 3 Develop and implement solution LEVEL 4 Measure solution results Achievement of desired business outcomes
  • 4.
  • 5.
    Customer acquisition Customers won’t always find you • Need new customers? We identify them, their profitability and expectations • We share the knowledge and solutions to move you forward • We ensure acquisition channels are prioritised to match customer needs to your business capability Customer experience Hearing your customers’ voices • We listen. We act. We innovate. Cost-to-serve • 360º method for customer lifecycle solutions Doing more for less • Customer satisfaction analysed • We give you what you need – to give • Get it right first time, every time your customers what they want • We’ll provide best practice operational • Bringing your brand to life solutions that deliver enhanced customer service and experience • You’ll minimise your costs in doing so through solutions such as channel optimisation, smartshoring and homeworking • We develop high-performing people, who deliver great service and continuously improve your service to customers Cross-sell upsell Optimising your customer base • Gain customer confidence and trust Customer retention • Remind the customer that you are there for them, understanding their requirements Keeping customers for life • Offer insight-driven related products • Identify likely migration before and services it happens • Understand attitudes • Tailor investments and loyalty approaches • We’re on your side of the table, sharing the risks and rewards
  • 6.
    To nd outmore about how we can help your organisation, call us on 0845 051 8400 or visit vertexgroup.com prop/0083/ds/01/oct09/je