Flex Contact Center: Supporting rapid business growth with IBM Connections Cloud and IBM Verse
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- America
Country
- Brazil
Product
- IBM Connections Cloud S1
- IBM SmartCloud Notes
- IBM Connections Archive Essentials Cloud
- IBM Verse
Tech Stack
- Cloud Computing
- Social Business Capabilities
- Email Archiving
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Customer Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration
Applicable Industries
- Professional Service
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Collaborative Robotics
- Remote Collaboration
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The Customer
Flex Contact Center is a professional services company that was established in Brazil in 2009. The company offers a range of services including telesales, call-center, anti-attrition, back-office, helpdesk and collection services. With operations in 12 sites across two states and four cities in Brazil, the company employs more than 11,000 people. Since its establishment, Flex Contact Center has experienced rapid growth and has become a significant player in the professional services industry in Brazil. The company serves a diverse range of clients, many of whom operate in the financial services industry.
The Challenge
Flex Contact Center, a professional services company offering telesales, call-center, anti-attrition, back-office, helpdesk and collection services, has grown rapidly since its establishment in 2009. With operations in 12 sites across two states and four cities in Brazil, the company employs more than 11,000 people. However, the company realized that to prevent barriers to future expansion, it was essential to make it as easy as possible for its people to work together effectively—even if they were based in separate geographical locations. Traditional approaches to collaboration—based on email and phone calls—threatened to reduce productivity. Flex Contact Center wanted to enable better collaboration and communication across its workforce, but did not want to make large investments in infrastructure.
The Solution
To tackle the challenge, Flex Contact Center targeted a social approach hosted in the cloud. The aim was to adopt a collaboration platform that would reduce its reliance on email, eliminate the need for costly infrastructure investments, and offer employees faster access to the information they needed to serve customers effectively via an intuitive interface. The company realized that IBM Connections Cloud—a social platform offering integrated email and social business capabilities—would enable it to achieve its goals with a single solution. Delivered through IBM Cloud Marketplace, the solution enables the company to take advantage of enterprise-class features with low upfront costs and minimal complexity. To accelerate the migration of its on-premises environment to IBM Connections Cloud and to meet its compliance and e-discovery needs, Flex Contact Center used IBM Connections Archive Essentials Cloud.
Operational Impact
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