Wavetec turns Air Mauritius

customer services into a pleasant experience

Leveraging above the industry standards Wavetec’s Electronic Queue Management Solutions (EQMS) resolved the customer queuing issues of the Air Mauritius Customer Care Office based in Port Louis.

Air Mauritius was also inspired by the lucrative results and three years of quality service for effective customer service solutions by Wavetec to Emirates in Mauritius. Booking staff, travelers, and overall customer flow process significantly benefitted from Wavetec’s Electronic Queue Management Solution.

The system was simplified by automating many different aspects of the stream of customers across multiple counters. The company is the fourth-largest carrier in Sub-Saharan Africa and has an important standing in the European, African, and Indian Ocean region markets; the airline won the “2011 Indian Ocean Leading Airline Prize”, making it the seventh year in a row for it to win the award. It has its operations extended across the whole region and caters to international services over 30 destinations with 80 flights per week.

Challenges

Air Mauritius wanted to pursue interpretive measures for the unpredictable inflow of passengers visiting the customer care center and predict peak and off-peak timings. 

Say ‘No’ to queues is the approach that Air Mauritius wanted to exercise in its Customer Care Centers.

Air Mauritius wanted to monitor and subsequently improve the competency of individual staff by reducing the staff idle time at the front office.

Enhancing customer’s experience has been the key objective which Air Mauritius wanted to achieve through better and comfortable customer services.

Air Mauritius had a unique challenge in which they wanted a multi-language (English & French) communication system for its customers.

The branch Manager had to be physically vigilant at all times to ensure that there are no bottlenecks in the customer flow - they wanted some automated notification in case of bottlenecks.

To ensure that the after arrival waiting time of the customers was reduced and that they experience engaging communication while waiting.

Access to statistical records for monitoring and evaluating each transaction time.

Wavetec’s Solutions

Smart TDU KIOSK with Dual Redundant Printers.

Digital Signage Solution (Status Display Unit).

15 Counter Display Unit with high energy efficiency.

15 Teller Station Units

How it works

The Ticket Dispensing Unit KIOSK helps customers' identify their required service ensuring the fair process of customer service delivery.

The LCD integrated with the digital signage solution makes the virtual queue a stress-free experience and reduces perceived waiting time. The LCD-SDU is also being used for media promotions.

The energy-efficient CDU and LCD-SDU notify the customer about the Waiting/ Queuing information.

The front office staff serves the customer with reduced transaction time and an increased number of transactions. The TSU helps the Front Office Staff to manage the calling of customers fairly, adding valuable efficiency in overall customer serving.

The manager is now also at comfort as there is no need for continuous physical movement and being vigilant about any bottlenecks in the branch. The pressure has been taken away by our Real-Time Reporting System.

Business Impact Queue Management

The Passenger Friendly Electronic Queue Management Systems allowed Air Mauritius to manage its operational activities, staff management and enhance its customer services significantly. This has lead to an increased number of transactions and reduced transaction times increasing valuable customer volumes and making the most of each passenger transaction.

Reporting System

Our Reporting System helped Air Mauritius in identifying the trends about peak and off-peak timings of customer inflow and subsequently adopt the best-fit approach according to the occurring situation.

The managers at the Air Mauritius Customer Care Center now do not have to be physically moving across the branch to ensure that there are no bottlenecks. Instead, our Real-Time reporting system allows them to monitor the whole customer flow while sitting on their chairs right in front of their computer screens.

Another facility which our Reporting System provided the managers was that even repeated computerized monitoring of the customer flow is not needed.

Managers can set automatic alert notifications according to their branch needs and our system will alert them if there is any bottleneck in the branch.

Customers’ Experience

The Passenger Friendly Electronic Queue Management Systems allowed Air Mauritius to manage its operational activities, staff management and enhance its customer services significantly. This has lead to an increased number of transactions and reduced transaction times increasing valuable customer volumes and making the most of each passenger transaction.

Relation

“Air Mauritius vision and aim is to transform Air Mauritius into a more performing international airline, with all its business being done with integrity dedication & professionalism.”

Wavetec gave wings to their vision and Air Mauritius now looks forwards to new levels of customer service performance. Meanwhile, the valuable results in form of an efficient workforce, cost reductions, interpretive measures for Staff Efficiency & Customer Flow have already started being witnessed by Air Mauritius.

Our technical teams have systematically trained the Air Mauritius staff and also ensure 24/7 vigilant technical support to our members of Air Mauritius if needed. The waiting customers are now notified about the counter number and the ticket being served on each counter. Now every client is bound to receive a fair process of customer service delivery.

We keep it simple for you “Best service within the best time by the best staff.” “Business is not just doing deals; business is having great products, doing great engineering, and providing tremendous service to customers.”