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How Major UK Beauty Retailer Reduced Handling Times And Boosted Customer Satisfaction 

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Case Study

How Major UK Beauty Retailer Reduced Handling Times And Boosted Customer Satisfaction 

A client from 2013, leading Health and Beauty Retailer wanted a customer service solution that allowed them to support their customers in a variety of different ways, including self-service and agent-assisted.

Their existing FAQ capabilities were limited in content and laborious to manage. The Beauty giant wanted a solution that was easy to manage and that would provide them with analytics and feedback functionality to improve customer satisfaction.

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Company Profile

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2,200
Locations

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51,000
Employees

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11.7 Million
Loyalty Card Holders

Post-Implementation Wins

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Reduced inbound email volume by 35% Knowledge Base, Live Chat and Intelligent Forms.

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93% average customer satisfaction score.

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Agents resolved customer queries 8 times faster.

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Over 40% of customers chose live chat over filling in a form.

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Synthetix’s FAQ software helped 20% of website visitors find their answers first time.

Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Integration

Our open API enables seamless integrations between our clients’ most-used tools and our software, allowing for advanced Robotic Process Automation (RPA). This client wanted to streamline some of their common customer processes such as, requesting an order update and requesting a VAT receipt without them having to endure a huge wait in between answers.  

By integrating with their RPA tool, using our products, the customer simply gives the information required and the order status/ VAT receipt is returned at a significantly quicker rate than traditional methods.

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How Synthetix Helped Major Utility Company Significantly Reduce Call Volume And Chat Times

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Case Study

How Synthetix Helped Major Utility Company Significantly Reduce Call Volume And Chat Times

Working together from 2009, our Utility customer continues to provide excellent CX through a blend of Synthetix’s self-service and agent-assisted customer service channels. 

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Company Profile

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3,000
Employees

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Serving 1.4 Million
Homes & Businesses

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Multilingual
customer service

Reducing Calls And Chat Duration Whilst Boosting Customer Satisfaction

The customer experience was streamlined as a result of self-service channels that included multichannel capabilities and smooth escalation to agent-assisted channels – all of which contributed to high customer satisfaction. 

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28% Call
Deflection Rate

By providing customers with the tool to effectively self-serve, of those that used it, the number of phone calls regarding routine queries dropped, resulting in a reduction in contact centre costs.

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Live chat duration was reduced by 16%

Synthetix live chat integrates with Identification & Verification (ID&V) software and harnessed its predictive AI suggestions to reduce chat duration.
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Multilingual
self-service

Providing multilingual support, catering to many audiences’ language needs and improving customer satisfaction.

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Customers ranked the overall experience as a 9.2/10

The implementation of self-service software enhances the customer journey, improves CX and helps to maintain good customer satisfaction. 

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The implementation of self-service software enhances the customer journey, improves CX and helps to maintain good customer satisfaction.

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Across the industry, calls and emails can be 6 and 2.5 times as expensive as live chat respectively. As a general rule, prioritising live chat over these channels is a cost saving mechanism. 

Our Journey Together

2009
FAQ Self-Service Tool Launched

Our client chose Synthetix’s self-service software, Knowledge: For Your Customers to help manage customer contact, improve CX and reduce agent-assisted customer service interactions. 

2012
Live Chat And Intelligent Knowledge Base Deployed

In 2012, our Utility client implemented our live chat and internal agent knowledge software to quickly and directly solve customers’ online queries more efficiently than over the phone. 

2020
Multilingual Chatbot Implemented

To help serve their audiences effectively, our client deployed Synthetix’s customer service chatbot, Xan with multilingual capabilities.  

2022
Genesys Contact Centre Software Integration
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To help better serve its customers through the contact centre, Synthetix integrated our intelligent knowledge base software, Knowledge: For Your Team, with Genesys' contact centre technology. 

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Our Utility client continues to deliver excellent CX through the utilisation of Synthetix’s customer service tools. 

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Yorkshire Building Society And Synthetix: 17 Years Of Delivering Excellent CX

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Yorkshire Building Society And Synthetix: 17 Years Of Delivering Excellent CX

One of the UK’s largest building societies, Yorkshire Building Society provides financial services online, over the phone and via their 240 locations. Yorkshire Building Society deploys Synthetix’s customer service chatbot, self-service tools and live chat across its brand portfolio to streamline online CX and boost CSAT. 

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Company Profile

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£45 Billion
in assets

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240
Locations

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3.5 Million
Members

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3 Million
Customers

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4
Brands

“The technology and service provided by Synthetix has made a tangible improvement on our efficiency as a business and helped us deliver a better experience for our customers. “ 

- Debbie Hill, Change Manager (eCommerce) 

Our Journey Together

2005
Customer Service Chatbot Deployed
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A client since 2005, Yorkshire Building Society chose Synthetix to deploy their customer service chatbot. It would be used as a virtual mortgage advisor, guiding customers through their online journeys and resolving queries in the process. 

2010
FAQ Software Launched
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  • In 2010, they adopted Synthetix’s self-service software. Built using AI and harnessing powerful Natural Language Processing, the software automated routine queries online, improving CX. 
  • With our self-service software, they experienced, from their site visitors, a 30% reduction in inbound calls and a 53% reduction in emails. 
2010
FAQ Software Deployed To New Brand
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  • Soon after, Synthetix’s self-service solution was deployed to Barnsley Building Society, whereof those that visited their website, a 41% reduction in calls and 30% reduction in emails took place. 
  • This solution was also rolled out to Chelsea Building Society and Norwich & Peterborough Building Society
2014
Live Chat Software Implemented
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Yorkshire Building Society added live chat to their multi-channel customer service offering in 2014, followed by their subsidiary brand, Accord Mortgages. This allowed the seamless escalation from self-service channels for instances where human intervention is required to solve a query. 

 

2021
AI Chatbot Adopted By New Brand
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In 2021, Accord Mortgages, a brand of Yorkshire Building Society’s, introduced a customer service chatbot to help brokers resolve queries online

Now
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Our client continues to deliver exceptional CX and customer service online with the help of Synthetix’s products. 

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How Financial Services Provider Achieved Significant Contact Reduction With Synthetix Tools ​

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How Financial Services Provider Achieved Significant Contact Reduction With Synthetix Tools ​

Synthetix began working with one of the UK’s leading Financial Services providers in 2014, with goals to deflect routine queries to self-service channels and enhance CX. Since then they have implemented our CX suite including FAQ tools, chatbot, live chat and SEO-friendly help centre. 

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Company Profile

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1,500
Employees

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2.5 Million
Customers

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3
Brands

Trustpilot
4.3 Excellent

Score taken March 2022

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Self-Service Outcomes

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Our Journey Together

2014
Self-Service Software Is Deployed

Our Financial Services client deployed Synthetix’s self-service software, Knowledge: For Your Customers to help handle its brands' common queries and questions.

2016
Live Chat Implementation

In 2016, Synthetix implemented live chat for our client, providing direct, agent-assisted support to its customers. 

2018
Live Chat And FAQs Adopted By New Brand

Our client later extended Synthetix’s live chat software and FAQ tool to a new brand, contributing to contact reduction and CX. 

2020
Customer Service Chatbot Introduced
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In 2020, Synthetix launched a customer service chatbot for our client and its subsidiary brand, with seamless escalation to Live Chat for customers who require advanced support.

As part of their pandemic response to supporting remote work, they shifted many telephone agents to their live chat channel. Chat volumes grew 320% over this period.

2021
SEO Help Centre Was Launched
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We implemented an SEO-friendly help centre solution into our client’s customer service offering. By translating knowledge articles into crawlable web pages, customers can self-serve directly from Google’s search results.

After just one month, our client saw their FAQ articles ranking on the first page of Google search engine results, helping to minimise the steps in the user journey and boost CX.

Now
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Now using Synthetix’s AI-powered, digital CX platform, our client reaps the benefits of routine query automation and enhanced CX. 

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