Standards Recognized as the Global Benchmark of Service Excellence
San Diego, CA [October 8, 2013] – Service Strategies Corporation, a leading provider of service improvement programs and the administrator of the internationally recognized Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards, announced today that the Association of Support Professionals (ASP), an international membership organization for technology services professionals, has endorsed the SCP Standards and the corresponding SCP Career Certification programs, thereby recognizing them as the global benchmark of service excellence.
Al Hahn, executive director of the ASP, said “more and more, we’ve been hearing about the need for a body of best-practice guidelines for customer service and support operations. Service Strategies has spent many years building a formal set of standards and career development programs in this area, and we’re glad to offer ASP’s endorsement and help in promoting their great work.”
Created by a consortium of leading technology companies and Service Strategies Corporation, the SCP Standards were designed to improve service quality and effectiveness. The standards, which address customer support, eservice, field service, and professional services disciplines, define best practices for delivering world-class service and support, quantify performance levels and establish a framework for continuous improvement. The corresponding SCP Career Certification programs provide training and certification for service professionals at all levels, including managers, supervisors and individual contributors.
“For many years the ASP has provided a forum to advance the technology services industry,” said John Hamilton, president of Service Strategies. “Their endorsement of the SCP Standards and SCP Career Certification programs confirms the decision of the global community of companies who have adopted these programs to drive service excellence.”
Service organizations around the world have adopted the internationally recognized standards to drive service quality, including Advent Software, Epicor Software, Fuji Xerox, McKesson Corporation, Schneider Electric, Teradata Corporation, Wind River Systems and many others.
For more information about the Service Capability & Performance Standards and SCP Career Certification programs visit www.servicestrategies.com. For more information about the Association of Support Professionals visit www.asponline.com.
About Service Strategies Corporation
Service Strategies advances service excellence by providing industry standards, training, consulting and certification programs that ensure delivery of consistent, high-quality service and support. Thousands of service professionals around the world have enhanced their skills through participation in the company’s training and certification courses. In addition, the world’s leading service providers have adopted Service Strategies’ Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards as their roadmap to service excellence and benchmark measure of success. For more information, call 858.674.4864, visit www.servicestrategies.com or email info@servicestrategies.com.
About The Association of Support Professionals
The Association of Support Professionals is an international membership organization for customer support managers and professionals. In addition to its annual “Ten Best” awards, the ASP publishes research reports on a wide range of support topics, including fee-based support, services marketing, financial ratios, and support compensation. The ASP also hosts open-access discussion forums and a job board on LinkedIn. For more visit www.asponline.com.
Press Contacts
Service Strategies Corporation
Greg Coleman
Vice President, Strategic Programs
Phone – 858.674.4864
Email – gcoleman@servicestrategies.com
Association of Support Professionals
Alfred Hahn
Managing Director
Phone – 503.668.9004
Email – ahahn@asponline.com
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