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The Customer Complaint Response Kit HandbookChapter 16 of 21

Setting it up in thirty days

WeekDoToolsDone when
1Agree roles, the front door and the one-voice rule with the general manager. Set your response times. Put every open complaint on the log with an owner, the customer's dates and a status.B14One log; every open complaint owned and dated
2Adopt the letters; acknowledge every new complaint the same day. Record each customer's requirements: notification times, response formats, scorecard and status levels. Hold the first weekly review.B15, B16 CustomersLetters in use; customers' requirements written down
3Put the last twelve months of escapes on the register with their detection points and causes, from the investigation files. Enter twelve months of customer ratings and your own monthly results.B16Escape register and monthly results back-filled
4Check the last five closed complaints for effectiveness evidence; reopen any without it. Baseline the measures. Give the general manager the one-page summary and the first monthly view.B14, B16, B08Baseline agreed; monthly review on the calendar

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