[REPRINT] When Touchpoints Become Painpoints, it’s Time for a Muda, Mura and Muri Intervention

CASE-IN-POINT: When Touchpoints Become Painpoints, it’s Time for a Muda, Mura, and Muri Intervention

 

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[REPRINT} When Touchpoints Become Painpoints, it’s Time for a Muda, Mura, and Muri Intervention


Synopsis. Leaders and practitioners in customer-centric operations, CX, and other experience and service-intensive roles recognize that simply focusing on “getting the job done” is no longer good enough to consistently meet the new standard of delivering exceptional experiences. On the heels of establishing core infrastructure for CX measurement comes the really hard, ongoing work of aligning, optimizing, and rewiring customer and employee journeys to that elevated standard.


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