Computer Reseller News interviews TS TECH owner Todd Schorle about the MSP Model Move from Break Fix Services to Managed IT Services View Story Here:
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Todd Schorle Attended and spoke at the first annual Dental Integrators Association conference in Tampa Florida. Todd Schorle serves on the board of Directors for the Dental Integrators Association and heads the Standards Committee. During the conference Todd Schorle presented on "Ethics, Standards, and Quality."
Visit the DIA at dentalintegrators.groupsite.com
Todd Schorle Attended and spoke at the first annual Dental Integrators Association conference in Tampa Florida. Todd Schorle serves on the board of Directors for the Dental Integrators Association and heads the Standards Committee. During the conference Todd Schorle presented on "Ethics, Standards, and Quality."
Visit the DIA at dentalintegrators.groupsite.com
In 2008, we set out to gain feedback from our customers through a series of surveys after sales and service. The experience was both inspirational and humbling because, while we were commended on our positive attributes such as a personable, professional, and knowledgeable service team, we also learned that there was frustration with our billing and statements, and that clients desired a greater degree of communication regarding the status of service requests.
The result, after much internal analysis and brain storming, is our "Kaizen" program, which means “continuous improvement” in Japanese and is taken from the words “Kai” meaning continuous and “zen” meaning improvement and enlightenment.
n 2008, we set out to gain feedback from our customers through a series of surveys after sales and service. The experience was both inspirational and humbling because, while we were commended on our positive attributes such as a personable, professional, and knowledgeable service team, we also learned that there was frustration with our billing and statements, and that clients desired a greater degree of communication regarding the status of service requests.
The result, after much internal analysis and brain storming, is our "Kaizen" program, which means “continuous improvement” in Japanese and is taken from the words “Kai” meaning continuous and “zen” meaning improvement and enlightenment. We identified seven important areas to improve upon, and on January 1st 2009, we embarked on our Kaizen initiative: |
1. Update and create an interactive online Customer Portal 2. Increase Turn-around Time of Service Billing 3. Begin Chronological Billing Statements 4. Write Clearer Post-Project Invoices 5. Enhance the detail of Service Resolutions on invoices 6. Improve communication regarding status of service requests 7. Include the cost of Post-Project Support for 30 days 8. Offer a Service Guarantee |
On January 10th we adopted a system to provide more detailed Service resolutions on our invoices and in our service tickets. It is an S.O.A.P notes system that has been used with great success within the medical industry.
On January 19th we launched our Satisfaction Guarantee designed to include post-project support and a service guarantee.
On February 1st we went live with our new accounting software: QuickBooks, which will provide clients with chronological statements, better post-project invoices with new project costing capability, and an ease of access that will enable faster billing turn around.
On February 9th we launched TS TECH’s new online customer portal, as a significant answer to the request for greater communication about service tickets. The customer portal is a website with expanded features that gives clients greater visibility into their accounts, including service tickets, projects, agreements, and more. With this new portal and our automated email status notifications, our goal is to ensure that all customers have the ability to see and update the status of any support request ticket, in great detail and at their convenience.
Our Kaizen program is just getting started! Your feedback is very important, so please keep submitting those post-service surveys!