Case Study

Translating Efficiencies for a Japanese E-commerce Giant

Relia group have succeeded in outsourcing a project of a client first time in their business, which realized 24/7 operation with improving customer satisfaction.

Challenge

With their cross-border business continuing to expand, a Japanese e-commerce giant wanted to lower their costs for bilingual customer support while maintaining operations quality and a CSAT target of over 90% and ensuring scalable hiring as the business grows still further.

Solutions

  • We helped the client migrate from in-house to offshore support in the Philippines, where English speakers are far more prevalent and thus more cost-effective to retain than in Japan.
  • With a broader pool of talent available, we assembled a team with substantial e-commerce-relevant experience to deliver the highest-quality performance for the smoothest transition.
  • Analyzing inquiry types, we identified three phases: (1) before the product arrives at the client's warehouse, (2) when the product is at the warehouse, and (3) after the product is shipped from the warehouse to the customer. Phase 3 was identified with the most complicated inquiries; we rolled out-migration from Phase 1 to ensure a stable launch.

Results

  • The client realized a very satisfying 50% cost reduction.
  • We enabled 24/7 operations, compared to the previous 9-to-6 weekday support in Japan.
  • Operation size expanded by 400%.
  • Not only were targets met, but CSAT improved by five points.

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