J.D. Power Announces Launch of J.D. Power VoX; Holistic Approach to the Customer Experience and an Innovative Technology Platform

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., March 25, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- J.D. Power today launches VoX (Voice of Experience), a holistic solution enabled by an innovative technology platform, designed for businesses to optimize their customer experience and drive financial results across industries.

Developed by J.D. Power, VoX leverages more than 45 years of J.D. Power experience in bringing together knowledge of the competitive landscape garnered from Voice of the Customer data, a wealth of industry expertise, and an international reputation as one of the world's most trusted and recognized brands in consumer ratings.

Enabled by J.D. Power's innovative platform, VoX displays interactive data in an intuitive user interface for all levels of an organization, from executives to the front-line staff interacting with customers, to determine how to improve the customer experience and drive loyalty, advocacy, sales and service. The VoX platform helps companies continuously measure and manage their performance to gather the right information needed to drive the right actions.

"J.D. Power's VoX is our approach to managing the entire customer experience, combining our industry expertise, proprietary benchmarks and our VoX technology platform to empower companies with clear, actionable analyses of how best to exceed expectations, create loyal brand advocates and drive profitable growth," said Rocky Clancy, vice president of financial services at J.D. Power. "Companies understand the importance of customer service and are searching for a set of solutions that generate quantifiable results."

Clancy noted that across business sectors, a measurable financial return and competitive advantage can be delivered for companies that repeatedly offer a superior customer experience. Businesses with higher satisfaction have customers who are more willing to buy additional products and services and who are likely to recommend and repurchase from that brand, Clancy explained.

"Most companies understand the customer satisfaction performance equation," said Clancy.  "Where many struggle is in trying to do too much, or focusing on the wrong things. As a result, they get frustrated with their lack of progress in delivering a higher quality customer experience, as well as in realizing the subsequent financial benefits associated with it."

Six Barriers Preventing Meaningful Improvements in the Customer Experience

While most companies acknowledge the link between the customer experience and financial results, J.D. Power findings from customer research and consulting across multiple industries clearly show that there are six obstacles companies face in delivering an outstanding customer experience.

1. Focusing on the symptoms rather than the primary cause of the problem, which is most often a culture that is not customer-centric.
2. Missing critical trends in customer preferences, changing customer demographics and competitive reactions because of a too insular view of their customer.
3. Not really believing—based on inadequately prepared business cases—that an improved customer experience will actually drive better financial results.
4. Inability to focus sufficient attention on and execute the critical handful of improvement opportunities that will have the biggest impact.
5. Failing to deliver an optimal experience at critical "moments of truth."
6. Measuring customer experience but not acting on the results and aggressively managing improvement.

"The J.D. Power VoX solution set with its industry benchmarks, customer experience consulting, channel interaction optimization services and range of tools for measuring and managing performance is specifically designed to help companies overcome these challenges," said Clancy. 

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