Redesigning the Customer Support Process for the Electronic Economy: Insights From Storage Dimensions

This paper provides insights for redesigning IT- enabled customer support processes to meet the demanding requirements of the emerging electronic economy in which fast response, shared knowledge creation, and internetworked technologies are the dynamic enablers of success. The paper describes the implementation of the TechConnect support system at Storage Dimensions, a manufacturer of high-availability computer storage system products. TechConnect is a unique IT infrastructure for problem resolution that includes a customer support knowledge base whose structure is dynamically updated based on adaptive learning through customer interactions. The paper assesses the impacts of TechConnect and its value in creating a learning organization. It then draws insights for redesigning knowledge-creating customer support processes for the business conditions of the electronic economy.

• 저널MIS Quarterly · 21(4) · 457–483
• 토픽Innovation and Knowledge Management · Strategy and Management
• DOI10.2307/249723
• 저자Omar A. El Sawy, Gene Bowles