Intelecom delivers contact centre solution in the cloud to Domino’s Pizza

Helpdesk needed to shift up a gear to keep up with demand from this growing technically-aware generation
By: PR Artistry
 
May 15, 2012 - PRLog -- Domino's Pizza UK and Ireland is recognised as the leader in the fast-growing pizza delivery market.  It holds the exclusive master franchise to own, operate and franchise Domino’s Pizza stores in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Germany.  

In tune with today’s digital generation
Central to operations at Domino’s Pizza is its IT helpdesk service that underlines the company’s commitment to innovation.  The helpdesk includes a hosted contact centre based on the latest Connect technology from Intelecom.  

Tim Cawley, Helpdesk Manager of Domino’s Pizza, takes up the story, “Over the last few years, there has been a definite shift from telephone to online ordering with around 50% of delivered orders now placed over the Internet.  Many of our customers are young, in their teens or students who expect real-time interaction at all hours from a variety of devices including the latest Smartphones.  It soon became clear that our helpdesk needed to shift up a gear to keep up with demand from this growing technically-aware generation.”

Introducing flexibility to manage diversity
During 2011 the Domino’s Pizza helpdesk handled nearly 103,000 calls.  These included queries from stores with technical point of sale questions and a wide variety of calls from customers, for instance should they have difficulty ordering their pizzas from the website when using the latest Smartphones.  In addition contact centre agents take calls from franchise owners wishing to connect to their stores to download a wealth of valuable live data directly via the latest apps.  Call handling times vary from minutes for a simple pizza order enquiry up to an hour when a store’s point of sale system requires technical support.

The contact centre is open from 10.15 in the morning to the following morning at 5am to support the company’s diverse customer base as Tim Cawley explained, “You’d be surprised how many people order pizza in the middle of the night, mainly students or night clubbers who fancy a late snack and we are there for them.”

Happy staff, happy customers
The unusual opening hours of the contact centre have affected the company’s recruitment process.  The focus is on offering flexible shift patterns and remote working to help staff achieve an important work/life balance that keeps them and the customers happy.

Despite an estimated 40% rise in online orders, approximately 94% of enquiries are still handled by telephone making the inbuilt intelligence of Intelecom vital for routing calls to agents with the right level of experience to ensure calls are answered personally rather than going through to voicemail.  According to Tim Cawley, “This first point of contact resolution is essential in a company where we promise to deliver pizzas within a given period of time.”

Statistics make perfect business sense
Before Intelecom, Tim Cawley and his team relied on anecdotal evidence to back up requests for additional resources.  Recently, using Intelecom’s Sonar reporting functionality to produce accurate statistics that are based on hard data, Tim was able to present a sound business case for recruiting five extra staff to satisfy increased inbound call demand.

On an everyday level, Tim uses Sonar to track agent activity, everything from working hours, call waiting times to an hourly breakdown of how many calls are answered versus number of calls presented during the day and by queue. The reports are fed into a corporate dashboard and discussed at weekly meetings, giving senior management significant trend analysis data that is fundamental to resolving recurring issues and proactively improving service levels.

This corporate dashboard was created by simply integrating information held in the Intelecom helpdesk with a separate call logging system to highlight Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across all parts of the business.  These KPIs are then measured against specific individual and functional Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to monitor the performance of the entire business.    

Dynamic future
Domino’s Pizza plans to build on the success of the current helpdesk expanding it, with Intelecom’s cloud based support framework, to create a dynamic central service desk environment.  By ultimately linking the helpdesk into the company’s CRM system, Domino’s Pizza aims to provide a single point of contact for the entire company with the opportunity to offer a truly integrated service to staff, franchisees and customers capable of handling all queries for example enquiries via different types of media about IT support, pizza ordering and special marketing campaigns including vouchers and discounts.  

The newly introduced broadcast functionality from Intelecom is a taste of things to come.  Should a common incident occur, the contact centre records an announcement that informs customers via an automated response, that the situation is in hand together with the expected resolution time.  This approach increases customer satisfaction and dramatically reduces the pressure on the helpdesk during stressful times.

Tim Cawley concluded, “Intelecom is an important business tool, giving us instant and total visibility of agent and customer activity.  At a glance, we know what is happening across our helpdesk operations at the click of a mouse or when we are out and about on our personal mobile devices.  Intelecom empowers us to make informed decisions and take proactive steps that make a real, tangible difference to staff and customers.”

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About Domino’s Pizza
Domino’s Pizza UK & IRL plc is the leading player in the fast-growing pizza delivery market and holds the exclusive master franchise to own, operate and franchise Domino’s Pizza stores in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Germany. The first UK store opened in Luton in 1985 and the first Irish store opened in 1991. In April 2011, the Group acquired a majority stake in the exclusive master franchise to own, operate and franchise Domino’s Pizza stores in Germany.

As at 25 December 2011, there were 726 stores in the UK, Republic of Ireland and Germany. Of these, 575 stores are in England, 48 are in Scotland, 28 are in Wales, 19 are in Northern Ireland, one is on the Isle of Man, one is a mobile unit, 48 are in the Republic of Ireland and six are in Germany.

Customers in the UK can order online at www.dominos.co.uk, customers in the Republic of Ireland can order online at www.dominos.ie and customers in Germany can order online at www.dominos.de. In addition, mobile customers can order by downloading Domino’s free iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone 7 apps.

About Intelecom
Intelecom is a leading provider of location independent network based customer contact services.  With over 30 years’ experience, Intelecom was one of the first developers of cloud based contact centres.  Highly flexible and scalable Intelecom’s technology can be adapted to accommodate one to several thousand concurrent agents or callers to any telephone, any location and integrates to multiple applications seamlessly.

Intelecom’s hosted contact management portal Connect is tailored specifically to meet customer requirements and can be integrated to work within any software or hardware environment.  Connect delivers the option to manage phone, email, chat, sms, web and fax enquiries through one queue and one interface with real-time visibility of agent activity regardless of location.  Intelecom’s web based statistics tool Sonar provides users with instant access to pre-defined reports and bespoke report generation to support efficient business planning.

Today Intelecom is used by over 550 organisations and provides carrier grade contact centre services to more than 15,000 users worldwide.  

For more information please visit www.intele.com  

Mary Phillips/Andreina West,
PR Artistry Limited
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