BUSINESS BACKGROUND AND CHALLENGES
CES division is the back office to one of the largest and best-known insurance companies in the United States. It encompasses all call centers, accounting, inspections, and one of the largest printing shops in the country. It handles nearly twenty-two million phone calls, sells over 250,000 new financial products, and produces about three hundred million mailings. Historically, CES had been divided into two separate and distinct divisions. It duplicated accounting, customer service, and other services, plus related files and procedures. Because of this division, external clients experienced different responses from different people, missed follow-through due to miscommunications, and re-told their stories ...