Fuel cards have traditionally been big business. Poh Lee, National Card Manager at Chevron (which owns the Caltex and StarCard retail brands) shares the drivers of success and where future opportunity lies. Can you describe the type of customers you have and how you reach them? Our customers span a wide range of segments –….
Bruce Levine is the dynamic Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Australian Community Media (ACM) – Australia’s largest independent publishing group with more than 100 brands. In this exclusive interview with Matchboard, Bruce reveals strategies to combat the IT skills shortage, and a hot tip for managing large-scale data and digital transformation programs! What do you….
For insurance companies, one of the biggest costs is their claims team, and one of the biggest challenges is processing high volumes of claims in a time-efficient manner following disasters such as floods and bushfires, or other surge events. Partnering with an insurance claims outsourcing company can help solve for both pain points, reducing cost….
Have you ever wondered why B2B lead generation is so often outsourced? Let’s start with the fact that well-qualified leads are the lifeblood of a high-performance sales team. And in the world of B2B, the value of a sale is often a 5 or 6 figure sum – enterprise software and management consulting are two….
Accountants by their very nature are a cost-conscious breed! So it’s no surprise that outsourcing accounting services to low-cost countries offers instant appeal. We’re talking a 50-70% reduction in cost in the Philippines, for example, for common accounting services such as: – Accounts payable (A/P) – Accounts receivable (A/R) – Collections – Reconciliations – Bookkeeping….
The recruitment industry made its start in World War II, when there was a labour shortage caused by soldiers being called to serve. Since then, the industry has flourished and there are 7,300 recruitment companies in Australia today. Anyone can start a recruiting business – there are virtually no barriers to entry – and this….
Michael Dominish is Australia’s Head of Customer Experience at one of the world’s most recognised brands: McDonald’s. In this exclusive interview, Michael provides insight into how McDonald’s is leading the way with its adoption of a multi-channel, customer-centric approach to service, leveraging the expertise of its global network and collaboration with local franchisees. What are….
Bora Wiemann is Head of Digital CX at Team Global Express and Industry Lecturer in AI Strategy at RMIT University. We interviewed Bora about how Generative AI (“GenAI”) is changing the world of contact centres. What would you say are the top ways GenAI is making contact centre agents’ jobs better/easier? The biggest core benefits….
In this exclusive interview with Matchboard, Jeremy Larkins, Executive Director of the Customer Service Industry Association (CSIA), shares customer service best practices and trends in the Australian market. Can you share the vision and role of CSIA in supporting the Australian customer service community? CSIA sees its role as the facilitator for elevating customer experience and outcomes….
With so many Australians not speaking English at home, interpreter services play a key role in facilitating communication with Government and business. We sat down with Chris Ngo, Chief Operating Officer, ONCALL Interpreters & Translators, to find out more about this industry and how it has evolved. In which contexts are telephone interpreter services most….
For more than 20 years, Terence Alvares has been transforming customer operations in market-leading organisations. At fast growing energy retailer, Simply Energy, Terence is utilising seamless CX to catalyse innovation. In this interview, find out how. Could you provide an overview of your remit as GM, Operations at Simply Energy? I report to the CEO….
Namrata Agarwal was one of Cluey Learning’s earliest employees, joining in 2018, the year the online tutoring platform launched. Now a public company (ASX: CLU), Cluey has expanded beyond its home market of Australia and has delivered more than half a million tutoring sessions. In this exclusive interview with Matchboard, Namrata gives us an inside….
Most large organisations outsource at least some contact centre activity while maintaining the rest in-house. This may be referred to as a hybrid, or champion-challenger, operating model. Here is a list of 20 Australian companies that outsource at least part of their contact centre (in alphabetical order): – AGL (4.2 million customers) – Australian Super….
It’s not every day you come across an Aussie running a global CX function for a Fortune Global 500 company. Based in Sydney, Sam Youssif is Global Head of Customer Journey Digitisation at Schneider Electric (SE), and here he shares how he does it. What is it like being based in Australia running the global….
Telcos and utilities make up some of the most valuable brands in Australia. Yet not many telcos are able to deliver a customer experience that makes them shine. Surveys by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reveal that while a vast majority of Australians are mostly satisfied with the reliability of telco services, 29% of….