Customer Call
Select the “Customer Call” activity under the “Customer Call” business component.
The “Customer Call” page appears.
Note: Clicking this icon available near certain fields takes you to the help page of the respective field.
The system displays the following details in the header.
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Workflow Status |
The status of the document as per Workflow Applicability. |
Enter the following field details:
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Mode |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the mode of customer call. The options are “Search” and “Create”. The system displays “Search” by default on the launch of the page. |
When the Mode is selected as “Search”
Enter the following details in the header:
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Document No. |
The number identifying the document. |
Note: If you know the document number, enter the document number. On entering the document number, the “Search Criteria”, “Additional Search Criteria” group box details, and “Search Result” multiline are not visible. The system displays the “Document Details” and “Process Complaint” group box.
Enter the following details in the “Search Criteria” group box:
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Document No From |
The beginning sequence of the document number. |
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Document No To |
The end range of the document number. |
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Status |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the document. The options are “All”, “Fresh”, “Confirm”, “In Process”, “Clarified & Closed” and “Closed”. The system displays “All” by default on the launch of the page. |
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Call Date From |
The start date range of the call date. |
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Call Date To |
The end date range of the call date. |
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Customer Code |
The code identifying the customer. |
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Customer Name |
The name of the customer. |
Click the “Search” pushbutton to search the customer call details.
Note: The system displays the required details in the “Search Results” multiline.
Enter the following details in the “Addl. Search Criteria” group box:
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Unit |
The call unit. |
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SLA No. |
The number identifying the service level agreement. |
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SWO No. |
The service work order number. |
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Location |
The location at which the unit is installed. |
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Agreement Type |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the agreement type. The options are “All”, “AMC”, “O&M”, “Service” and “Spares”. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page. |
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Nature of Complaint |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the nature of complaint. This combo will be loaded with values as defined against ‘Nature of Complaint’ through ‘Maintain Codes’ activity under ‘Unit Induction’ component. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page. |
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SLA From Date |
The start date range of the service level agreement. |
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SLA To Date |
The end date range of the service level agreement. |
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Process As |
User the drop-down list box to process the complaint procedure. The options are “All”, “Under Warranty”, “Free Service”, “Pay Service” and “Clarified and Closed”. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page. |
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Contact Phone No. |
The phone number of the contact person. |
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Symptom |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the call symptom. This combo will be loaded with values as defined against ‘Symptoms’ through ‘Maintain Codes’ activity under ‘Unit Induction’ component The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page. |
The system displays the following:
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Document No |
The number identifying the document. |
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Call Date |
The date on which the call was recorded . |
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Customer Code |
The code identifying the customer. |
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Customer Name |
The name of the customer. |
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Unit |
The unit to be processed. |
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Status |
The status of the call. |
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Nature of Complaint |
The temperament of the complaint. |
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SLA No. |
The service level agreement number of the unit. |
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Agreement Type |
The agreement type of the Service level. |
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Processed As |
The complaint procedure process of the call. |
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Service Work Order No |
The service work order number generated for the call. |
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Problem Code |
The code identifying the problem. |
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SWO Sch. Date |
The service work order scheduled date. |
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SWO Status |
The service work order status. |
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Work Group |
The work group of the service work order. |
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Contact Phone No. |
The phone number of the contact person. |
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Symptom |
The indicated symptom of the complaint call. |
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SWO Close Date |
The service work order closed date. |
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Planned Duration |
The planned duration in hours or days of the service call. |
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Planned Duration Unit |
The planned duration call. It will be displayed as Hours or Days. |
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Total Duration |
The number of days or hours between the call date and service work order closure date. If the call is "Clarified and Closed", the total duration is displayed as the difference between the Call Date and the Call Closure Date. |
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Total Duration Unit |
The total duration unit. It will be displayed as "Hours" or "Days". |
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Check List ID |
The id which indicates the checklist. |
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Check List Result |
The status of the checklist. It can be ‘Pending’ or ‘Completed’ |
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Invoice No |
The number identifying the Invoice raised for the service work order . |
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Invoice Status |
The status of the invoice . |
Enter the following:
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Action |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the action on the selected document number. The options are “Create” and “Modify”. |
Note: During the create mode, this field is not displayed.
When the action is chosen as ‘Create’, the selected document number. becomes the template for creating a new call. (The Document number is not transferred to the Document No. field in Document Details section.)
When the action is chosen as ‘Modify’, the selected document number. can be fetched in the Document Details section for any further modification.
When the Mode is selected as “Create”
The system displays the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Document Number |
The number identifying the document. |
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Status |
The status of the document. |
Enter the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Call Date |
The date on which the call was recorded . |
The system displays the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Call Time |
The time at which the call was recorded. If not specified, the system default with system time. |
Enter the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Type of Call |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the type of call. The options are “Complaint” and “Request”. The system displays “Complaint” by default on launch of the page. |
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Customer Code |
The code identifying the customer. |
The system displays the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Customer Name |
The name of the customer. |
Enter the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Call Originator |
The name of the person, who first made the call. |
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Unit |
The unit for which call was raised. |
The system displays the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Unit Sl No. |
The serial number of the specified unit. |
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OEM |
The original equipment manufacturing of the unit. |
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Location |
The location in which the unit was installed |
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Nearest Land Mark |
The landmark of the location. |
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Contact Phone No. |
The phone number of the contact person. |
Enter the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Originator Phone No. |
The contact number of the person, who first made the call. |
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Nature of Complaint |
Use the drop-down list box to specify the nature of complaint. The combo loads with active codes defined against ‘Nature of Complain’ through “Maintain Codes” activity under “Unit Induction” business component. |
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Symptom |
Use the drop-down list box to indicate the symptom category. The combo loads with active codes defined against ‘Symptom’ through “Maintain Codes” activity under “Unit Induction” business component. |
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SLA No. |
The service level agreement number of the unit. The SLA numbers mapped with the unit is loaded in the combo. Use the drop-down list box to indicate the service level agreement number. |
The system displays the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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SLA Description |
The description of the service level agreement number. |
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Agreement Type |
The agreement type of the Service level. |
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SLA Expiry Date |
The end date of the service level agreement. |
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SLA Parameter Value |
The limit value of the service level agreement. |
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Parameter UOM |
The unit of measurement for the parameter value. |
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Free Service From |
The start date of the free service. |
Enter the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Failure Parameter Value |
The parameter value at which the unit failed. |
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Preferred Visit Date |
The desired visit date to carry out the services. |
The system displays the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Free Service To |
The end date of the free service. |
Enter the following details in the “Document Details” group box:
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Expected Response Time (Hrs) |
The expected response time for the call. |
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Preferred Visit Time |
The desired visit time. |
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Assigned To |
The name of the person to whom the call is allocated. |
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Tentative Completion Date |
The tentative call completion date. |
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Remarks |
Additional remarks pertaining to the call, if any. |
Enter the following details in the “Process Complaint” group box:
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Warranty Type |
Use the drop-down list box to categorize the warranty. The options are “Component”, “Unit” and “Unit and Component”. |
The system displays the following details in the “Process Complaint” group box:
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Warranty End Date |
The end date of the warranty. |
Enter the following details in the “Process Complaint” group box:
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Process As |
User the drop-down list box to process the complaint procedure. The options are “Clarified and Closed”, “Pay Service”, “Free Service” and “Under Warranty”. |
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Planned Duration |
The planned duration in hours or days of the service call. |
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Unit |
Use the drop-down list box to select the planned duration unit of the service call. The combo is loaded with “Days” and “Hrs”. The system displays “Days” by default on launch of the page. |
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Processing Remarks |
Processing remarks pertaining to the call, if any. |
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Clarification Reason |
Clarification remarks provided for the call. Mandatory if the call’s Process as is ‘Clarified & Closed’. |
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Confirm |
Check this box, to confirm the call details. |
Click the “Maintain” pushbutton to manage the complaint details.
The system displays the message as “Complaint updated successfully”.
Click the “Create Service Work Order” pushbutton to create the service work order.
The system generates the service work order. Only for the confirmed documents service work order can be created.
The status of the call gets updated as ‘In Process’.
Service work order number cannot be generated, if the Type of Call is ‘Request’ and Process As is ‘Clarified & Closed’
Note: Based on the “Function Parameter” defined for the “Customer Call” activity under “Service Work Order” component, the work order number is created for the status of fresh and scheduled documents.
Click the “Close” pushbutton to close the customer call.
Only the “Clarified and Closed” documents can be closed.
For other cases, the status of the document gets updated to Close on closure of the Service work order.
To proceed, carry out the following
Select the “Operational Checklist” link at the bottom of the page to maintain the operational checklist details.
Select the “Warranty Details” link at the bottom of the page to view the warranty details.
Select the “Attach Notes” link at the bottom of the page to specify notes details.
The system displays the following details in the “Data History” group box:
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Created By |
The login ID of the user who created the call details. |
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Created Date |
The date on which the call details were created. |
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Last Modified By |
The login ID of the user who last modified the call details. |
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Last Modified Date |
The date on which the call details were last modified. |