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Role of Inbound Channels (Unassisted) function as understood here is to sell to the customer in digital channels like e-commerce store or mobile app, and to service customer via web site, mobile apps, Chatbots and legacy channels like USSD. These are channels where the customer may initiate an interaction himself by visiting the web site or opening an app.

• The inbound channels (unassisted) are the second among the most crucial gatekeepers for CVM success in the organisation – many key Moments of Truth happen in digital channels. Therefore if the inbound unassisted channel team does not collaborate well with CVM, a large portion of results is not achievable.
• Digital interaction with web, mobile apps or legacy channels provides real-time insights into customer needs and preferences allowing CVM team to understand better how their idea works in reality. Inbound Channel (Unassisted) generates some of the biggest data streams and they have to be properly captured.

Lack of alignment with Inbound Channel (Unassisted) team results in dramatic under-performance of CVM.

• CVM team produces target groups, offers and supporting communication messages that are placed to the Inbound Channels (Unassisted) on a daily basis and are there for the customer to discover.
• CVM team is supporting such interactions by providing personalized recommendations for every customer based on customer historical data, boosting the performance of Inbound Channels (Unassisted) and directly impacting the commercial results.
• CVM team trains and educates the Inbound Channel (Unassisted) team on the CVM programs, their details, and ensures that they are implemented properly in the channel.
• CVM team tracks the performance of the Inbound Channel (Unassisted) team in terms of how well they execute various CVM programs.
• CVM team contributes to or designs many of the requirements systems in the Inbound Channel (Unassisted) to ensure that they are aligned with CVM programs.

• CVM team has decisive impact on the performance of the Inbound Channel (Unassisted) by steering the customer towards products and offers that contribute to the achievement of CVM KPIs.
• CVM team can make the work of Inbound Channel (Unassisted) team hard by requiring many ad-hoc adaptations in the channel with short deadlines. This should be replaced instead with work on the level of CVM programs/initiatives implementation in the channel that incorporate all requirements in iterative fashion during active development stage.
• CVM team may negatively impact SLA such as channel load time with poorly responding personalization integrations or detract from the overall UX by overloading the interface with too many options.
• Mistakes made by CVM team (e.g. errors in personalization output) may cause the digital channel to be perceived poorly (e.g. missing images, texts with errors).
• Success encountered by CVM team (e.g. a very successful campaign) may cause a flood of visits by customers, overloading the Inbound Channel (Unassisted) beyond its planned capacity.
• CVM team improves online sales conversions and customer experience by guiding the personalization of the digital channel.

Alignment with Inbound Channel (Unassisted) team is crucial for CVM success:

• Offer and message information – it is crucial to ensure that Inbound Channel (Unassisted) can receive personalized offers/recommendations and make them available for every customer
• Offer and message conversion tracking – it is crucial to ensure that Inbound Channel (Unassisted) can register conversions and provide feedback for CVM process improvements
• Campaign planning – it is crucial to align Inbound Channel (Unassisted) capacity plans with campaigns schedule to ensure adequate server capacity is available
• Roadmap planning – it is crucial to align Inbound Channel (Unassisted) development roadmap plans with CVM initiatives and to use CVM insights to tailor digital experiences, integrating customer feedback into unassisted channel optimization.
• Team education – it is crucial to educate Inbound Channel (Unassisted) about CVM initiatives
• Data collection – it is crucial to collect bound Channel (Unassisted) data as it is a gold mine of insights for CVM