The low cost and ease of fabrication of the dies for three-dimensional foam cutting plus the wide variety of shapes, dimensions, and contours that can be tailor-made to customer requirements has made the technique useful for producing case liners, materials handling containers, packaging and cushioning devices, and such novelties as soap dishes, toys, head rests, arch supports, and gas pedal covers.

This is distinct from technical support and other lines which use ANI so that a computer can automatically display the customer's account on a " screen pop " for the next available customer service representative: the MCI number is intended specifically for ANAC use.

They are used in order for the agent in the call center to confirm the phone the customer is calling from, so that a computer can automatically display the customer's account on a " screen pop " for the next available customer service representative ; they are distinct from purpose-made toll-free ANAC numbers.

Any given bookmaker will weight their odds so that no one customer can cover all outcomes at a profit against their books.

Different bookmakers may offer different odds on the same outcome of a given event ; by taking the best odds offered by each bookmaker, a customer can under some circumstances cover all possible outcomes of the event and lock a small risk-free profit, known as a Dutch book.

Successful development, implementation, use and support of customer relationship management systems can provide a significant advantage to the user, but often there are obstacles that obstruct the user from using the system to its full potential.

An intuitive design can prove most effective in developing the content and layout of a customer relationship management system.

A fragmented implementation can negate any financial benefit associated with a customer relationship management system, as companies choose not to use all the associated features factored when justifying the investment.

Human response at all levels of the organization can affect the customer experience for good or ill.

Even one unhappy customer can deliver a body blow to a business.

An example would be Call Center software which helps to direct a customer to the agent who can best help them with their current problem.

CRM software can also be used to identify and reward loyal customers which in turn will help customer retention.

The amount of time needed for the development and implementation of a customer relationship management system can prove costly to the implementation as well.

* Help Option Menu: An outlet for quick assistance or frequently asked questions can provide users with a lifeline that makes the customer relationship management software easier to use.

Thoughtful and thorough development can avoid many of the challenges and obstacles faced in using and implementing a customer relationship management system.

Technical writing can help build a unified resource for successful documentation, training and execution of customer relationship management systems.

Test users can also provide feedback from a targeted audience: a software development team creating a customer relationship management software system for higher education can have a user with a similar profile explore the technology, offering opportunities to cater the further development of the system.

For example, a sales transaction can be broken up into facts such as the number of products ordered and the price paid for the products, and into dimensions such as order date, customer name, product number, order ship-to and bill-to locations, and salesperson responsible for receiving the order.

The DBMS can help prevent duplicate records via unique index constraints ; for example, no two customers with the same customer numbers ( key fields ) can be entered into the database.

DASS2 lines are provided to the customer on a 2Mbit / s link and can handle 30

Once a character is created, it can only be played on that server unless the character is transferred to a new server by the customer service staff, generally for a fee.

When available, cash out is convenient for the customer, who can bypass having to visit a bank branch or ATM.

Proper follow-through requires training your own sales organization, and your distributor organizations, not only in the techniques but also in good customer relations.

As Wozniak was the only person who could answer most customer support questions about the computer, the company offered Apple I owners discounts and trade-ins for Apple IIs to persuade them to return their computers, contributing to their scarcity.

* Alltel — In 2005 disclosed that only 15 % of their total customer base are still using the existing analog network.

In 2006 Coastel was the only carrier in the US whose entire customer base was still 100 % analog based.

The outcome of internal fragmentation that is observed and commented upon by customers is now visible to the rest of the world in the era of the social customer ; in the past, only employees or partners were aware of it.

Cash out is also cheaper for the customer, since only one bank transaction is involved.

As most home users only perform a small number of transactions each week, the single use issue has not led to intolerable customer dissatisfaction in this case.

If we only wanted the tuples for a specific customer, we would specify this using a restriction condition.

For example, a company may outsource only its software development, the manufacturing of hard goods, or customer support needs to another company, while handling the business management itself.

A customer is given a menu of choices for electricity tailored to his or her needs, such as evenings only, daytime only, 24 hour-supply or charge per lightbulb.

Although Sinclair started taking orders immediately, promising delivery within 28 days, first customer deliveries only started, slowly, in April.

However, according to an article by former Space Shuttle program Director Wayne Hale on his official NASA blog, the space shuttle program, in preparation for the 2010 shutdown, has already terminated many specialty parts and materials contracts, many with small businesses whose only customer may have been the shuttle program and who closed shop and retired upon receiving their termination letters ; as a result, it would be difficult and expensive at this point to extend the shuttle program, and there would be a lag of at least a year ( without flights ) before exhausted exotic parts and supplies could be replaced.

Caliri designed the M184, the team's prototype Formula One car ( intended as a dual purpose design for the new Formula 3000 ) around Alfa Romeo's V8 turbocharged engine but when engineer Carlo Chiti left Alfa Romeo to found Motori Moderni, Minardi became the only customer for his new V6 engine design.

In telecommunication, part 68 ( Subpart F obsolete ) is the section of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations of the United States governing ( a ) the direct connection of telecommunications equipment and customer premises wiring with the public switched telephone network and certain private line services, such as ( 1 ) foreign exchange lines at the customer premises end, ( 2 ) the station end of off-premises stations associated with PBX and Centrex services, ( 3 ) trunk-to-station tie lines at the trunk end only, and ( 4 ) switched service network station lines, i. e., common control switching arrangements ; and ( b ) the direct connection of ( 1 ) all PBX and similar systems to private line services for tie trunk type interfaces, ( 2 ) off-premises station lines, and ( 3 ) automatic identified outward dialing ( AIOD ) and message registration.

Despite having a loyal customer base ( primarily musicians and audio enthusiasts ), MiniDisc met with only limited success.

The strategy required staff to read a statement to customers explaining the situation ; Blockbuster claimed it was only " customer demand " due to the reduced availability.

The sketch ends with another customer asking for the pen, only for the audience to see that the employee now wears a large, weighty helmet with a chinstrap and a chain attached at the forehead, the other end of which secures the pen.

Since the core credit card product is essentially identical, the only remaining market differentiators are branding & customer service.

However, the great majority of DSL providers use only one VC for each customer, even those with bundled VoIP service.

Professional portrait and wedding photographers often stipulate by contract that they retain the copyright on wedding photos or portrait photos, so that only they can sell further prints of the photographs to the consumer, rather than the customer reproducing the photos by other means.

The US and India are the only countries which have all of Dell's business functions and provide support globally: Research and Development, manufacturing, finance, analysis, customer care.