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Taking place October 12 - 13, 2011 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, the summit theme is "Building Service Champions across the Organization." The event will examine how Best-in-Class enterprises differentiate themselves through product offerings and service quality provided to customers, integrating service with sales, marketing, network partners, prospects, human resources and product development.
Hosted by Sumair Dutta, Senior Research Analyst for Aberdeen Group's Service Management practice, and the service management research team, session titles include:
Day 1
"Straight from the Top -- The Champion CSO" highlighting how business leaders can build the level of communication, collaboration, and engagement required to develop service champions throughout an organization.
"From Logistics to Service Champions" examines how Dell leveraged supply chain efficiency lessons, applying them to overall service operations.
"I'm a CFO and a Service Champion" presents best practices in establishing a successful CFO-CSO relationship.
"A Service-Oriented IT Leader" presents business leader viewpoints supporting the premise that service success depends on the existence of a technology leader who can collaborate with their service counterparts.
"Preparing your Service Team to Support New Business Channels and Challenges" features Barnes & Noble executives sharing the steps taken by its service and support organization to replicate its in-store experience on all purchase and service channels.
"No Longer the Last Pick -- Championing Customer Service" featuring Dave McGillivray, Chairman of DMSE Sports, organizer of the Boston Marathon, sharing his thoughts and experiences on successful service strategies.
Day 2
"From Champions to Visionaries -- Meeting Evolving Customer Needs, What's Next for Service" will look into the ever-evolving role of service and support, and how to continue to deliver value to customers.
"Building a Champion Team -- From Hiring to Retention" focuses on best practices for developing the right service workforce and the changing skill sets the job requires.
"Champions on a Global Scale -- Innovative Partner Enablement Strategies to Drive the Service Mission" features Dave Dora from Kawasaki Motors presenting innovative strategies to drive the engagement with Kawasaki's partner network, and the impact of these strategies on the customer experience.
"Champions on a Global Scale -- Standardization, Risk Management and Other Key Topics" presents industry leaders managing global service operations, discussing the challenges and opportunities of managing a global service organization.
"Checking in on the Service Profit Center for 2012" will feature members of Aberdeen's Service Research Advisory Council answering audience questions about continued organizational focus on profit-centric service.
Sponsors and Partners of the 2011 CSO Summit: Building Service Champions across the Organization include ClickSoftware, FieldSolutions, SERVICEPower, TOA Technologies, Viryanet, Field Technologies and SupplyChainBrain.
For complete agenda information please visit: http://summits.aberdeen.com/index.php/Chief-Service-Officer-Summit/2011-cso-summit-agenda.html
Complimentary VIP passes are available for qualified Service executives. To apply for a pass, please visit:
http://vault.aberdeen.com/public/check-identity/summit/CSO9837143/event.aspx
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