The same five questions, answered by hand, twenty times a day.
Inbound questions arriving across multiple channels
Clients ask questions through WhatsApp, email, the website form, phone calls, and sometimes in person. Each channel is watched by a different person (or not watched at all during busy periods). The same question gets answered several times a week, inconsistently.
- Volume
- dozens per day across the channels
- By hand
- several hours per day of front-office time; inconsistent answers
Recurring FAQs answered from memory or a Word cheat sheet
20-30% of incoming questions are the same handful of things: opening hours, pricing, whether a service is available, document requirements. The front office answers each one by hand. When a key person is off, answers get inconsistent.
- Volume
- daily
- By hand
- interruptions throughout the day; reduced focus on complex cases
Client status updates requested by phone and email
Clients call or email to ask 'where are we on X' — the status of a case, an order, a repair, a project. Someone checks the internal system and replies. The information is already in the system; the client simply has no way to see it themselves.
- Volume
- 5-20 status requests per day
- By hand
- hours per day of lookups; client friction; interruptions that kill deep work
Ticket handoffs losing context between shifts or team members
A support ticket started by one person gets picked up by another — at shift change, during holiday cover, or after escalation. The new owner re-reads the thread, calls the client back, and often asks the same questions again.
- Volume
- every handover
- By hand
- hours of re-reading per week; client frustration; mistakes when context is lost
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