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Customer Loyalty Award Forum 2010

25-26 February 2009 - Hong Kong

Relationship Excellence is Your Way Forward!

Customer Loyalty Award Forum 2010 will be held on 25 & 26 February 2010 in Hong Kong. You will be able to learn the successful business cases from Market Leaders from competitive industries in the Region. You will also have the opportunity to put questions to the award participants and learn from best practices.

 

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Customer Service Quality Standard (CSQS) Roundtable

CSqs roundtable                   HONG KONG February 5 2010 10:00Am-12:30pm

Theme: Corporate Social Responsibility


Mr. Tom Mehrmann, Chief Executive, Ocean Park Hong Kong

Topic:

Corporate Social Responsibility
Speaker: Mr. Tom Mehramnn, Chief Executive, Ocean Park Hong Kong
 

Tom Mehrmann is the Chief Executive Officer of Ocean Park Corporation, Hong Kong’s sea-life and animal theme park hosting over 4 million visitors annually.

Mr Mehrmann started his career in the theme park industry at Knott’s Berry Farm in the United States as a park service attendant in 1977. From there, he spent the next 21 years working through the ranks eventually becoming Vice President of Park Operations and Entertainment.

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Ministry of Manpower, Singapore

Topic:

Organizational Excellence
Speaker: Ministry of Manpower, Singapore (TBC)

Fee:

FREE for Members; HKD110 for FREE 3-month Trial Individual Member

Venue: 

Ocean Park, Aberdeen, Hong Kong

Organizer:

Asia Pacific Customer Service Consortium

Supporting Organization:

Ocean Park

*** There will be a lucky draw after the Roundtable

Special benefit: APCSC Member could have a discounted rate of HK$200 day admission

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If you would like to join our roundtable, please click the button for registration


Panel Discussion moderated by Mr. Low Hock Meng, Executive Director
Singapore Productivity Association

The Key to Achieve Customer Relationship Excellence –

Henderson Land Group Property Management Department (Hang Yick and Well Born)

In this knowledge email, we would like to share how Henderson Land Group Property Management Department, the winner 2006 Customer Relationship Excellence Awards in the category of “Customer Satisfaction Quality System of the Year (Property Management)”, achieves Customer Relationship Excellence.

Suen Kwok Lam, MH, Managing Director of Henderson, pointed out that the revolutionary success of their company resided in performance management system, service level agreement and performance benchmarking.

Performance Management System

  • Measure company performance level, by using the KPIs, to plan for appropriate enhancement.

  • Perform customer satisfaction survey, home visit and owners’ organization questionnaire to measure the customer satisfaction level and use the findings as a reference for policy formulation

  • Adopt balanced scorecard to monitor four aspects of service quality, including the staff, operation procedures, customers and financial performance

  • Study the weaknesses on service quality by measuring the rate of complaints through a complaint handling system and make corrective actions on the weaknesses

Service Level Agreement

  • Keep customer aware of the service quality by issuing monthly report on fulfillment of performance pledge.

  •  Execute and manage a dedicated Service Quality System through certifications such as CSQS and ultimately improve the performance of customer service operations.

Performance Benchmarking

  • Modify of work instruction / work flow and identify areas where improvements can greatly improve customer satisfaction through internal benchmarking.

  • Implement external benchmarking program to facilitate and refine the benchmarking process for best practice, market trends and business process break through.

  • Upload the report on intranet to ensure greater focus on customer service throughout the entire organization.

"HP Henderson Land Group Property Management Department - Well Born Real Estate Management and Hang Yick Properties Management, is honoured to receive the “Customer Satisfaction Quality System of the Year (Property Management)” from APCSC. Having received the award 4 years in a row since 2003, Well Born jointly participates in this year’s competition with Hang Yick and continues to demonstrate our strength in customer service. The award is a proof of our strong commitment in satisfying our customers by delivering sophisticated after-sales services. In future, we will continue to strive for even better services in the pursuit of excellence."

Mr. Suen Kwok Lam, MH, Managing Director
Henderson Land Group

2009 Asia Pacific CRE Awards Ceremony
The most prestigious and well recognized awards on Customer Relationship Excellence internationally!

Congratulations to all the Winners for CRE Awards 2008!

 

The 2009 Asia Pacific CRE Awards Ceremony held on 26 June 2009. Please visit Corporate winner photo and winner statement.

 REGISTRATION          CRE Awards 2009         NOMINATION

The Application of CRE Awards 2009 is now opened!

The CRE Awards 2009 Welcome Pack can be downloaded from the following link:

CRE Awards 2009 Welcome Pack

Press Release: CRE Awards (26 June), People Site Certification (25 June), CSQS (25 June)

Latest Application Deadline:

24th January 2010 (Corporate)    24th January 2010 (Individual)

The Special Supplement: 

27 July 2009 The Standard (P.1 & P.2)   27 July 2009 Hong Kong Economic Times (P.1 & P.2)

Customer Service Quality Standard CRE Awards Assessment Model

Learn more about the Customer Service Quality Standard (CSQS) for CRE Awards Model and Assessment Process through the following Global Certifications: CCSA and CCSM

Certified Contact Center Manager (CCCM)
27-28 January 2010 Hong Kong (English) CCCM4029HK
Certified Customer Service Analyst & Auditor (CCSA)
25-26 January 2010 Hong Kong (English) CCSA4037HK
Certificate in Customer Service Management (CCSM) CEF Reimbursable 
25-28 January 2010 Hong Kong (English) CCSM4007HK   21C04911-5   

Certified Contact Center Manager (CCCM)

Hong Kong, January 27-28, 2010

This two-day CCCM course will cover the basic and advanced topics in Contact Center Management that enable the participants to increase their awareness and knowledge of the latest development of Contact Center in terms of technology as well as practical management solutions.

Key Benefits

  • Developing appropriate plans for immediate use in the existing organization to integrate the Contact Center within the organization

  • Elevating customer care and professionalism at the Contact Center and exceeding customer expectations through KPI Measurement

  • Sharing knowledge through Peer-to-Peer consulting opportunities and exercises to gain more insights and visions towards customer service excellence

  • Visiting past CRE Awards winners to learn their best practice and successful experience in achieving customer service excellence

  • Improving customer loyalty and enhancing customer satisfaction by linking performance measures to customer satisfaction

  • Achieving internationally endorsed and recognized Certificate on Contact Center management, brining higher prospect to career development

The Essential Topics

A Strategic Partner To The Business
• Contribution of The Contact Center
• Customer Contact Matrix
• Developing A World-Class Contact Center Framework
• Supply – Demand Ratio for Services

Managing Operation
• SLA and SLM
• Staffing Model
• Workforce Management
• Quality Assurance
• Best-in-Class CRM Benchmarking

Managing People & Performance
• Recruitment, Retention Strategies
• Training and Career Development Best Practices
• Rewards & Recognition Management
• Critical Coaching Skills

Managing Technology
• Today’s CRM & Contact Center Technologies
• Technology Selection & Vendor Assessment
• Knowledge Management
• Disaster Recovery Plan

Managing Customer Satisfaction
• Customer Satisfaction & Loyalty
• Linking Satisfaction to Business Results
• Customer Satisfaction Survey

Planning Customer Satisfaction Research
• Internal Planning
• Determination of Performance Attributes
• Satisfaction Improvement Initiatives

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• CRM Stages for Analytics
• CRM Implementation Foundation
• Managing CRM Project for Success
• Successful Business Case Study

Managing A Business Unit
• Competencies of a Contact Center Manager
• Building a Successful Team
• Managing Finance
• Creating Your Business Services
• Interdepartmental Linkage & Effective Communication
• Leadership Behaviors

View the brochure to learn more about CCCM



Testimonials

"With the keen competitions among the property developers, upgrading the existing Customer Service Hotline Center is the priority strategy in our company. After completing the “Certified Contact Center Manager” course, I find that there are still many parts in our hotline center need continual improvement. This course is valuable and provides many latest information and methods on running a successful world-class contact center."

Call Centre Manager, Hong Yip Service Co Ltd

"This (CCCM) course has provided solid up-to-date market info in terms of what the challenges are faced by Call Centre nowadays and how problems can be tackled. It offered room for thinking which may change the way we think to align with market trends. Meeting with people from other organisations has facilitated experience sharing which is something we cannot achieve solely by reading industry publications. I'm glad I've had a chance to take part in this course"

Program Planning Officer, Hong Kong CSL

"I find the CCCM course informative and comprehensive. And, the course instructor is resourceful to inspire experiential learning. I am more than happy to be a customer reference for the certification program."

 

Assistant Client Service Manager, HSBC Life (Intl) Ltd

"It is really a valuable experience to join the CCCM programme. I enjoyed so much in the class, especially the sharing of experience of various industries best practices and plan to join other programmes by APCSC for self development in future and recommend to my friends."

Customer Service Manager, Bank of East Asia

Global Certification Mini-Schedule

Certificate in Customer Service Management (CCSM) CEF Reimbursable
21C04911-5

25-28 January 2010

Hong Kong (English)

CCSM4007HK

Certificate in Service Excellence Leadership (CSEL) CEF Reimbursable
21C05006-7

25-26 February 2010 + elective module

Hong Kong (English & Cantonese)

CSEL4003HK

Certificate in Professional Customer Service (CPCS) CEF Reimbursable
21C05127-6
3-4 March 2010 + elective module Hong Kong (English & Cantonese)

CPCS4002HK

Certified CRM Director (CRMD) (inclusive of the CRE Summit and Award Dinner)
27-28 January 2010, 10-11 June 2010 Hong Kong (English) CRMD4011HK
Certified Contact Center Manager (CCCM)
27-28 January 2010 Hong Kong (English) CCCM4029HK
Certified Customer Service Analyst & Auditor (CCSA)

25-26 January 2010

Hong Kong (English)

CCSA4037HK

Certified Contact Center Supervisor (CCCS)
25-26 February 2010 Hong Kong (Cantonese) CCCS4036HK
Certified Telemarketing Supervisor (CTMS)
1-2 March 2010 Hong Kong (English) CTMS4003HK
Certified Customer Service Professional (CCSP)
3-4 March 2010 Hong Kong (Cantonese) CCSP4012HK
Certified Contact Center Professional (CCCP)
4-5 March 2010 Hong Kong (Cantonese) CCCP4047HK
Effective Telemarketing & Objection Handling (ETOH)
4 March 2010 Hong Kong (Cantonese) ETOH4047HK
Complaint Handling & Stress Management (CHSM)
5 March 2010 Hong Kong (Cantonese) CHSM4047HK

TESTIMONIALS                      REGISTRATION                  GLOBAL CERTIFICATION

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