Times are tough for a lot of retailers right now and we are all being forced, whether we like it or not, to live in the moment as the situation related to the coronavirus shifts hour by hour. Ideally, business strategies put in place are holding out even if details need to be adjusted day […]
COVID-19
As businesses around the world grapple with the impact of COVID-19 (more commonly known as Coronavirus), digital has the power to help organizations respond quickly while mitigating risk. Access Perficient’s latest insights into how you can leverage digital technologies, tools and channels to not only respond to the pandemic, but drive your operations forward and deliver experiences your customers need.
Preparing Your Company for the Next Crisis
While the world grapples with COVID-19, a novel coronavirus, many organizations are heads-down franticly trying to pivot and adjust on the fly, in order to continue operating in the dramatically shifting landscape. Information, and in some cases, misinformation is piling up. Markets are volatile. Your upstream suppliers are shutting down or reducing output. Your employees […]
State of Digital Health: Payer and Provider Perspectives in 2020 [Webinar]
Today’s consumers want to control their healthcare journey. As a result, forward-thinking organizations are embracing a customer-first approach that lays the groundwork to deliver integrated, relevant experiences tailored to the individual. Join Adobe and Perficient for a webinar on Wednesday, April 1 at 12 p.m. CDT. Our panel of speakers will discuss how payers and […]
Digital Lifelines, the Weakest Link and True Personalization—Debrief of Digital and COVID-19 (Wk 1)
Tremendous change continues to happen daily as COVID-19 forces all of us into a new reality. As people practice social distancing and are forced to work from home and stores along with other gathering places close, digital channels become a critical connection to the outside world for us as social creatures. Trends are already emerging […]
Perficient Launches Internal Hackathon Focused on Creating COVID-19 Response Solutions
This week, Perficient’s Customer Engagement Solutions team launched an internal Hackathon focused on creating COVID-19 response solutions. After seeing the immense pressure the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on healthcare systems, essential retail infrastructure, and on many organizations’ customer service operations, our team wanted to work on something that would meaningfully contribute to the crisis. Hackathon […]
3 Ways Retailers Can Remain Agile During Supply Chain Disruption
In the midst of COVID-19, we as individuals are faced with personal challenges, including keeping ourselves and our families safe. For businesses, and especially retailers, the challenges continue as you look to support the struggling economy and maintain sales while in-store traffic is significantly reduced. To remain agile during this time – and during any […]
How to Service Your Financial Services Consumers in the Middle of a Pandemic
When designing contact centers, some level of overhead should always be built in. It might be supporting a 120% estimated peak for incoming contacts, or the ability to rapidly add on 10–15% more representatives. But, very few organizations have built their contact centers to address the volume they see now from consumers. In this unprecedented […]
COVID-19: 7 Communications Strategies for Healthcare Marketers Right Now
Summary: For hospital systems, health plans and others are on the front lines of dealing with COVID-19, here are seven actions to take right now. The Perficient Digital Health Solutions (DHS) team of strategists organized and moderated a forum conversation on Friday, March 20. This forum brought together thought-leaders from many teams within DHS, including: […]
Did We Plan for This? A Look at B2B Ecommerce Disaster Planning
Do we have a disaster preparedness plan for this? Can we stop our customers from hoarding products? What can we do today? Due to some unfortunate circumstances, the answers to these questions are now needed for B2B businesses, especially those who depend on ecommerce for their day-to-day activities. Though we hope this COVID-19 outbreak will […]
Rapid Solutions for Contact Center Challenges in Response to COVID-19
Organizations are encountering unplanned challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic, also known as Coronavirus, continues to spread across the world. The current situation has presented a range of challenges across several industries, especially in terms of customer interactions. Here are some common challenges we have seen during crisis situations. Significant increase in sustained call volume and […]
Quick Tips on Successful Remote Working
The world is going through an unprecedented and challenging time. As part of the global effort to support our healthcare system and limit the transfer of the COVID-19 virus, many organizations are asking employees to work from home if they can. For those organizations that don’t have a mature practice or policy on remote work, […]
5 Ways to Preserve Employee Mental Health During COVID-19
Think your employees are taking this in stride? Think again. Every day, the world is glued to TV news outlets and websites watching the pandemic numbers rise. As the crisis worsens and businesses slow down and close, anxiety increases. Your workforce, your front line communicators to your clients, are nervously eyeing sinking retirements and basic […]