The document discusses how Customergauge automates root cause analysis for customer feedback to improve net promoter scores (NPS). It outlines a method for organizing customer comments into categories to help identify major issues and streamline reporting and communication. The system allows for real-time analysis, enabling customizable surveys and reports to drive actionable insights for enhancing customer satisfaction.

1. CustomerGauge
Automating Root Cause Analysis for Net Promoter
Adam Dorrell
04 January 2011

2. Understanding Root Cause
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immature technology

3. Automating Root Cause Analysis
• CustomerGauge can help
automatically organise customer
comments into “buckets”
• Customer chooses issues him/
herself
• Benefits:
– Send to most appropriate person
– Assign values to issues
– Understand Net Promoter
Impact
– Major issues and
logistics CommUNI- CUSTOMER PRODUCT
sub-issues can be CATION SERVICE
reported on
LATE DAMAGE Returns
Delivery

4. Reporting on Root Cause
• CustomerGauge
does the hard
work of organising
comments and
reporting for you
• Simple charts help
your team Self-Select Issues – Root cause analysis Root-cause Waterfall Chart
understand
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impact on Net warehousing material in the US.
Promoter Score
• Automatically, in
real time
– Shows number of
comments, NPS,
monetary value etc

5. How it works / 1. Survey Page 1
• Ask standard Net
Promoter®
question
• Follow up with
questions for
Detractor (“How
can we improve?”)
and Promoter
(“What did we do
well?”)
Detractor PROMOTER
Net Promoter, NPS, and Net Promoter Score are trademarks of Satmetrix Systems, Inc., Bain & Company, and Fred Reichheld.

6. How it works / 2. Survey Page 2
• Ask “Self-Select”
questions
(depending on
Promoter or
Detractor)
• Customer checks
boxes on likes/
dislikes
• Comments back up
the selections

7. How it works / 3. Multiple Selections
Level 1
DELIVERY Contact
CENTRE
Level 2
SHIPPING PACKAGING ORDER
COST STATUS
Comment
NPS
(from previous
page)
• Reporting is handled in
back end
• NPS and order values
added

8. How it works / 4. Reporting & Assigning
Assigned to:
Level 1 David
Smith
DELIVERY
Logistics
Manager
Level 2
SHIPPING PACKAGING ORDER
COST STATUS
Comment
• CustomerGauge allocates List
For
comments, values and NPS “Shipping
Cost”
scores
– Also assigns to individual or
department for action or analysis

9. How it works / 5. Waterfall Report
Concept: Waterfall chart: Company A: NPS 41
Detractors%
Promoters Detractors Overall NPS
19
60
41
Promoters% Net Promoter Score
Promoters% – Detractors% = NPS
Level 1 & Level
2 reasons for
• Waterfall shows the detractors
“bridge” between and prompters
Promoters and
Detractors using Level
1 issues
– Shows % of impact on
NPS
• Drill down report to
Level 2 is below chart.
Waterfall chart: Company B: NPS -3

10. How it works / 6. Setup and Maintain
• Level 1 and Level 2 reasons can be
edited at any time to tune survey
– Multiple languages
– Customisable for segments etc

11. Summary
• Customer “Self Select”
checkboxes on survey
automatically fills reports
in CustomerGauge
– Allocated to individuals
– Allows detailed analysis of
root cause
– Drives actions
• Simple and in real-time

12. Next steps and further reading
• Try a sample survey
here:
– http://bit.ly/hjQPGF
• Ask about how
CustomerGauge helps
organise issues into
improvement projects
– info@customergauge.com