Mazda Training manual — part 114
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HO1 – CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS AND YOUR DUTY OF CARE
3.5 Managing
Complaints
Sorting out your customers’ complaints is only part of the process.
You must make sure the experience is not wasted.
You must learn from them.
Log the
complaint
Monitor
customer
satisfaction
Management
analysis –
common
factors or
trends?
Management
review – how
do we stop this
happening?
Continual
improvement –
better systems
and training
Deal with the
immediate
complaint
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AC5 – HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
Your contribution to:
Dealing
Logging
Analysis
Review
Continual improvement
Monitoring
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3.6 Resolving
Complaints
APOLOGISE
►
EMPATHISE
►
REASSURE
APOLOGISE
• The first thing you must do is to apologise for the failure identified by the customer.
• Listen carefully to what they have to say and apologise for the failure.
• Resist the temptation to apologise for something other than that identified by the
customer, even if you think the customer has got it wrong.
• This is not the right time to correct them.
• Make sure the customer sees that you are taking their complaint seriously – give them
your full attention and apologise in the right tone and with positive body language.
• The effect of an apology is to diffuse the situation and show that we will do everything
we can to resolve the problem.
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EMPATHISE
• The second step is to empathise with them – by confirming our understanding of the
problem and its impact on the customer.
• Acknowledge the error and express regret regarding the inconvenience that the
customer has experienced.
• If the right tone of voice is used this will show that their concerns are being taken very seriously.
Your Notes
These two steps are important because they show the customer that we value them.
However, they don’t prove that they should continue to do business with you. For that you
need the third step.
REASSURE
• You must now make sure that the customer is confident that something will be done
about the complaint.
• This reassurance can be in two stages:
1. FIRST fix the customer’s immediate problem – tell them what you are going to do
and then take corrective action.
2. THEN prevent future breakdowns – assure the customer that processes will be put
in place to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
This will reassure them that it will not happen to them again, and that other
customers will not experience a similar difficulty.
This second stage is very powerful – it can overcome major anger and frustration. It
shows that you value them and that they are helping you improve your systems.
Your Notes
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