Enterprise service management - whether in its pure form or supporting digital transformation strategies - is still one of the hottest IT service management (ITSM) or service management trends.
Coppel, one of the leading department stores in Mexico, has been awarded Best Service Desk Improvement Project at the 2021 IT Service & Support Awards LATAM. The Service Desk Institute's IT Service & Support Awards seek to highlight the achievements of IT organizations as well as leaders working in the Digital Service Management and Technical Support industry.
So you’ve got your service desk up and running. But how do you know that it’s running the way it’s supposed to be? Service desk performance is measured across many domains, so it’s not always clear-cut whether any optimization is necessary. Getting the right service desk benchmark can go a long way towards helping you make the best out of your brand new IT solution. Let’s talk about it.
As ITSM thought leader and consultant Doug Tedder has said, “Automate the obvious.” So what’s obvious? We shouldn’t have to think very long…
The Help Desk Manager position at any IT organization is absolutely essential to their longevity and success. They are, above all, team workers, insightful advisors, and solid organizers who are able to—of course, as their name suggests, manage workgroups.
Service level agreements (SLAs), if used correctly, can be one of the most important tools in a service-oriented organization. Done well, they communicate what’s expected of all parties and can go a long way to improving the relationship between the business and its IT organization. Some would even argue that good IT service management (ITSM) is built on a bedrock of SLAs (as well as continual improvement). Here are four tips for building more effective SLAs.
Gamification has become a go-to tool to improve participation and engagement in many contexts. Education is a big one: apps like Duolingo use game elements such as badges, streaks, and leaderboards to encourage learners and increase their engagement. With the shift to remote work, employers and HR managers have been looking into ways to improve employee engagement. Gamification is one of the best options for this.
Whether it’s managing workgroups in an efficient way or spotting and solving issues that might arise when dealing with large groups of team members and customers; Help Desk Managers are, above all, problem-solvers, motivators, and all-around natural leaders.
Peoples Bank is one of the leading locally-owned and operated community banks in Washington state, meeting the financial needs of businesses and families in Whatcom, Skagit, Island, Snohomish, King, Chelan, and Douglas Counties. The bank is closely held and operates three principal business units: business banking, retail banking and home lending.
Grupo Cepas, an Argentine company dedicated to the production of beverages, invested a lot of time and effort in the manual management of IT processes. The use of paper forms and ineffective communication through email created a bottleneck effect where processes were slowed down with any delay. They had a ticket system, but it was used to manage IT industry requirements, not end-user orders.
