{"id":15352,"date":"2021-04-22T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigniti.com\/blog\/?p=15352"},"modified":"2022-07-28T14:59:04","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T09:29:04","slug":"customer-experience-assurance-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/customer-experience-assurance-service\/","title":{"rendered":"CXaaS – Customer Experience (CX) Assurance as a Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
Building customer loyalty and satisfaction is the key for any customer experience leader to meet their\u00a0<\/span>company\u2019s<\/span>\u00a0business goals and improve return on investment (ROI).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n However, many companies fall prey\u00a0<\/span>to just trying to\u00a0<\/span>fix their existing pain points instead of creating new innovative customer experience projects that really make a difference.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to<\/span>\u00a0a recent research conducted by<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Gartner<\/span><\/i><\/b>, \u201c<\/span>Despite a mandate to create a differentiated and innovative customer experience (CX) strategy that will drive business growth, over 70% of CX leaders struggle to design projects that increase customer loyalty and achieve results.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It is imperative to\u00a0<\/span>comprehend<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>your<\/span>\u00a0customer better<\/span>\u00a0in order<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0pave the way for an effective customer experience.\u00a0<\/span>The odds are\u00a0<\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>high for a surreal customer experience if their needs are not met.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Here are a f<\/span>ew\u00a0<\/span>things\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>help\u00a0<\/span>you\u00a0<\/span>understand\u00a0<\/span>your<\/span>\u00a0customer<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0better<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While these factors certainly help understand your customer needs, the driving trends and\u00a0<\/span>ever-changing<\/span>\u00a0customer behavior\u00a0<\/span>seldom\u00a0<\/span>result in failing to meet their expectations.<\/span>\u00a0However, the challenges are more, especially, when the world\u00a0<\/span>stands\u00a0<\/span>still with the onset of the pandemic.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The pandemic has overwhelmed lives and livelihoods across the world as millions are furloughed and retreat into isolation.<\/span>\u00a0Digital adoption has become imperative and customer behavior is changing at a staggering pace.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to a recent\u00a0<\/span>PwC CFO Pulse\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Survey<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0amid worries of a second wave of COVID-19 infections<\/span>, \u201c<\/span>63% of CFOs plan changes to products and services; 41% look to alter pricing, among other revenue strategies. As they reinvent their businesses, nearly one-third of CFOs (32%) look to tech-driven products and services.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In the realms of uncertainty, most of the enterprises have started to adapt to the unpredictable by empowering resilient operations and flexing their customer workforce.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Researche<\/span>r<\/span>s have put forth four categories \u2013 Interaction Experience, Product Experience, Brand Perception, and Price, in measuring the customer loyalty. The findings indicate that Product Experience counts the most when compared with other categories.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to\u00a0<\/span>Gartner<\/span><\/i><\/b>, \u201c<\/span>Product experience has the greatest impact on customer loyalty, accounting for over 36% of the change in the attitudinal loyalty index, compared with 30.4% for interaction experience, 20.4% for brand perception and 13% for price<\/span><\/i><\/b>.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Customer Experience loyalty model pertaining to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>product experience include<\/span>s:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While it is a profound fact that product experience takes the driver\u2019s seat, every enterprise should consider\u00a0<\/span>providing customer experience assurance as a service to stay ahead of the competition and increase customer loyalty and satisfaction.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It is imperative for enterprises to take\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>customer focused approach rather than\u00a0<\/span>enterprise<\/span>\u00a0focused to\u00a0<\/span>find<\/span>\u00a0opportunities, ideate solutions, prioritize projects, and build customer assurance experiences.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n According to\u00a0<\/span>Gartner<\/span><\/i><\/b>, \u201c<\/span>Changing how C<\/span><\/i><\/b>ustomer Experience<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0teams listen to customer feedback to focus explicitly and exclusively on those issues and experiences that create memorable and meaningful impressions is then the first major step in building a\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>Customer Experience<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0strategy rooted in salience. Next,\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>Customer Experience<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u00a0teams must prioritize projects to pursue.<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The Customer Experience assurance as a service is ideally construed as a holistic platform that\u00a0<\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>deliver\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>superior customer experience by assuring overall quality of the applications.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Several e<\/span>nterprises have<\/span>\u00a0either<\/span>\u00a0built\u00a0<\/span>or started building\u00a0<\/span>Customer Experience Assurance as a\u00a0<\/span>cloud-based<\/span>\u00a0service enabling end<\/span>–<\/span>to<\/span>–<\/span>end automated customer experience testing and monitoring for their respective processes.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A robust solution would encompass\u00a0<\/span>testing\u00a0<\/span>all the facets of customer experience assurance<\/span>. In-depth analysis can be obtained by mapping customer experience maturity along with qualitative insights.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n It is also vital to have a quality assessment of applications harboring customer experience based on the usability, accessibility, compatibility, performance, and security.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Browser compatibility, accessibility testing, and functional tests can be automated by embedding script-bot based test automation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n While the features are many and flexible to adapt to different environments, it requires a\u00a0<\/span>robust\u00a0<\/span>architecture to reap in the actual benefits garnered by customer experience assurance as a service.<\/span>Page Break\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nUnderstand the Customer better<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
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Challenges\u00a0in meeting customer expectations\u00a0during the pandemic era\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
Improved Product Experience is the key to\u00a0Customer loyalty\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Providing Customer Experience Assurance as a Service<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n
Benefits of end-to-end customer experience\u00a0services\u00a0solution\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n