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John Eklund, Pro Mach

Guy Kawasaki on the Art of Customer Service

By John Eklund, Pro Mach | November 11, 2009


If you don’t know who Guy Kawasaki is you can pretty much learn everything you need to know about him from the title of his blog – “How to Change the World.” A big thinker,…

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Ray Neel, Roberts PolyPro

Responsiveness Can’t Be Left Up To Chance

By Ray Neel, Roberts PolyPro | November 5, 2009


With today’s lean operations and even leaner budgets for preventive maintenance, machines begin to experience performance issues over time. Line and maintenance personnel, who may or may not have been factory trained, typically respond to…

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John Eklund, Pro Mach

5 Essential Tips on Giving Great Service

By John Eklund, Pro Mach | October 28, 2009


Great client service consists of these five elements:

  • manage client expectations
  • maintain high availability
  • practice courtesy and respect
  • practice honesty in all communications
  • be proactive in your service

This is a summary of…

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Kim Pulliam, ID Technology

Support Technicians Need to Develop a Bedside Manner

By Kim Pulliam, ID Technology | October 21, 2009


Field service technicians are often independent self starters who thrive outside the company structure. These highly analytical individuals have a laser like concentration that focuses on repairing the machine. Their ability to concentrate on the…

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John Eklund, Pro Mach

Being Transparent With Your Customers

By John Eklund, Pro Mach | October 14, 2009


iContact, the email software provider of choice for the divisions of Pro Mach, had some serious issues a few months ago with downtime with their application due to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks across…

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Doug Newcomer, Fowler Products

Pursue Preventive Maintenance – Don’t Ignore It

By Doug Newcomer, Fowler Products | October 7, 2009


Preventive maintenance often resides far down the list of things to do. That seems to be even truer today as the number of maintenance personnel shrinks in proportion to total operational staff. Lately, we’ve seen…

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John Eklund, Pro Mach

It’s About the Customer, Stupid

By John Eklund, Pro Mach | October 2, 2009


An absolutely great video here from Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com. In case you haven’t heard Amazon is the model of success on the internet. They’re profitable, customer driven, and they just “get it.”

Amazon…

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John Eklund, Pro Mach

Welcome to ProCustomer

By John Eklund, Pro Mach | October 1, 2009


We’re excited to be launching ProCustomer today. ProCustomer represents over a year of research, planning and execution. ProCustomer is structured and consistent customer service, created with high standards that we are continuously working to improve.…

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