In today's highly competitive business environment, a company's success hinges on its ability to provide effective customer support. A key aspect of this is team collaboration - the more effectively your team can work together, the better they will be at solving customer issues and delivering a superior experience. Let's discuss how team collaboration and customer intelligence can enhance your team's performance.

The March 2024 release of OneDesk has brought an exciting new feature — Odie the Ai-powered assistant! Odie (‘OD’) is a Chat-GPT-like AI tool integrated with OneDesk’s messenger and customer-facing applications. The AI uses advanced and modern technology such as large language models (LLMs) and generative AI to make suggestions, generate replies, and answer customer queries. Odie is a personalized assistant, meaning its answers are trained on your own content.

Companies are increasingly trying to promote customer experience into a key selling point. And for good reason—the Zendesk Customer Experience Trends Report 2021 found that 75 percent of customers will pay a premium to buy from brands that provide a great customer experience. Exceptional customer experiences require exceptional customer experience design. But what does that customer design really look like?

When a customer has an issue, all they want to do is solve it—quickly. In fact, 73 percent of customers say that speedy resolutions sit at the very top of their priority list. This should have companies paying attention. Why? Good support experiences have become critical drivers of customer loyalty and spend. Getting faster answers for customers often means scaling resources. But for smaller companies, adding new agents or technologies can be a tall order.

It brings us great joy to announce that InvGate Service Desk has obtained PeopleCert’s ITIL 4 Certification, showcasing our ongoing dedication to upholding the highest industry standards and delivering a reliable solution for our users across the globe. Following rigorous assessments, an accredited consultant from PeopleCert conferred the ITIL 4 certification upon InvGate Service Desk 7 (the latest version of the Service Management tool), acknowledging its alignment with the following practices.

To master the art of running a successful service desk, imagine it as a game of chess. Each piece, whether it's your team, the tools you use, or the strategies you implement, plays a crucial role in winning the game. There's no one-size-fits-all approach to how to improve IT support, but the tactics outlined in this article will undoubtedly boost your service desk's efficiency, enrich the user experience, and optimize the Return on Investment (ROI) of your tool.

The March release of OneDesk is now live!