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    IFS Customer Engagement

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AIFS Customer Engagement is based on the mplSystems Omni-Channel Contact Centre, now owned and supported by IFS since the August 2017 acquisition. It contains workforce optimization with messaging and email support emphasizing the needs of outbound call centers.N/A

    Vantage Point

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AVantage Point is a call center workforce management application from Pipkins in Chesterfield, Missouri.N/A
    Pricing
    IFS Customer EngagementVantage Point
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    IFS Customer EngagementVantage Point
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    IFS Customer EngagementVantage Point
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    IFS
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    Pipkins
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    IFS Customer EngagementVantage Point
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.9
    (5 ratings)
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IFS Customer EngagementVantage Point
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IFS
    There is genuinely not a lot to dislike about the application. Maybe it's due to legacy implementations and updates, but sometimes the request for service from the suppliers can take too long and is drawn out. IFS Customer Engagement is helping us to make sure we're able to get the right parts to the right resources with appropriate skills for each request. This saves time on resources in planning and optimization of routes. IFS has also allowed connecting to supplier APIs to be able to do real-time stock checks and order to enable us to reduce stock levels to the minimum levels whilst still hitting key targets.
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    Pipkins
    It's great if you have a small contact center and are very comfortable with Vantage Point's coding, and you don't use Macs. Outside of that it can be a pretty tough platform to use. If you are running a large contact center or anything that will change much, I wouldn't recommend Vantage Point
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    Pros
    IFS
    • Strong Supply Chain Module.
    • Asset Management Process is well addressed.
    • IFS Manufacturing Module.
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    Pipkins
    • Cheap - Vantage point is a very economic solution.
    • Strong WFM models - Modified Erlang is great.
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    Cons
    IFS
    • Quick response on emails is sought, chat staff sometimes takes time.
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    Pipkins
    • Predications are not accurate, much less than 80% they advertise
    • Price point is high
    • Try to charge you for indicators [that] would be free on literally any platform, MACD for example
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    Support Rating
    IFS
    No answers on this topic
    Pipkins
    We didn't have a clear operating agreement, and whenever we would call or email them they would tell us they were working on something, then we wouldn't hear back. We could have solved the problems ourselves if we had known we needed to - poor communication
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    Alternatives Considered
    IFS
    IFS Customer Engagement allows efficient manufacturing reporting for the business to select whether to use standard/default reporting or actual reporting or combined reporting. Since the system has business logic to look through the defined rules, there is minimum manual intervention. IFS Customer Engagement is working throughout the organization in different roles and it is being rolled out to additional countries as part of a replace and enhance strategy.
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    Pipkins
    We picked Vantage Point based on functionality and price. We wanted something that was purely wfm and not anything else. Vantage Point has an a la carte solution and is very economical. In some ways, the failure of Vantage Point for our application wasn't Vantage Point's fault. We didn't dedicate as many resources as needed. That said, we didn't feel we got any support from their team
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    Return on Investment
    IFS
    • Increased the customer satisfaction.
    • Increased the capacity and the effectiveness of the support agent team.
    • Decreased the time of managing and administrating the call prioritizing.
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    Pipkins
    • Not much impact.
    • Learned we needed to dedicate a full FTE to just program/manage Vantage Point.
    • We eventually built our own scheduling tool since it was not intuitive.
    Incentivized
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