Client Profile:
- 1,225 locations in over 23 countries
- Boutique fitness studio franchise
- Headquarters in Boca Raton, FL
- Over 7,000 employees
Challenges:
- A large franchise, challenges with the current rollout of their Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
- Corporate had no visibility into franchise accounts with their current Unified Communications (UC) provider
- Corporate had limited knowledge of the information of each franchisee account
- It was difficult to resolve issues with the current UC provider and the systems they had in place
- Major disconnect from a service perspective; corporate couldn’t help sort out some of the issues
Process:
- Planned meetings with corporate IT department and executives
- Developed a plan so we could facilitate the process to carry out a solution with each individual franchisee
- Worked with corporate in a phased rollout for the CRM application and implemented the upgrade for 600 studios within one month
- Set up a separate escalation procedure with current UC provider in order to deliver a better customer experience and quicker resolution timeframes
Results & Benefits:
- Streamlined the process for all future studios so corporate has visibility and control over the data and information
- Created a positive franchisee experience, allowing each franchisee to grow revenue
- Created a dotted-line approach for corporate and each franchisee with the existing UC provider to provide ongoing support