Case StudiesImprove risk management in an expanding service environment

Customer sophistication is increasing product and service diversity and complexity but at the same time demanding more efficient service. This does not mean that risk control needs to be compromised.

In larger and more complex service environments, the ability to meet the challenge requires a special skill. Whether the organization outsources its product generation or not, the weakest links occur where the largest unautomated communication decisioning occurs, usually across divisional or business lines. Knowing where to find these weak links is 50% of the battle and how to manage them is the other 50%. Superior client service and business wealth creation then flows ad infinitum. Consider the serviced distribution operator

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Situation Solution Result
Financial institution superannuation environment with elevated risk exposure:

  • Price remediation above industry benchmarks
  • Reporting effectiveness below expectation
  • Poor visibility of end-to-end process performance
Restructure and centralization of core functions:

  • Automate process performance reporting (especially at hand-off points between functions) to identify process improvements
  • Improved/automated client service workflows
  • Restructuring of reconciliation points
Performance result:

  • More focus on problem solving
  • More adherence to procedures improving service levels
  • Significantly reduced pricing exposures