November 2007 www.quaysoftware.co.uk
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Customer Satisfaction Survey

Our Customer Satisfaction Survey has been sent out by email to the principal contact at your company. We have received a good number of responses so far, but would still appreciate more feedback to ensure that we make improvements where you want to see them.

The responses received from our Customer Satisfaction Survey last year have greatly influenced improvements across our business and we are continuing to implement further changes to enhance our products and services for you.

Don’t forget - by way of a thank you, all completed surveys received on or before the 10th December 2007 will be entered into a prize draw to win a John Lewis Christmas Feast Hamper worth £100*.

If you have any questions about the survey, please send an email to :

clientcare@quaysoftware.co.uk

Information about the actions we are taking in response to this survey will be published in future editions of the Quay Monthly Newsletter.

* Only one entry per customer!

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Support Cover for Friday 30th November

Our Annual Company Meeting will take place on Friday 30th November and our offices will therefore be closed for the entire day, re-opening on Monday 3rd December at 9am.

For queries regarding Sales, Accounts or Training, please leave a message on the answerphone and the relevant department will come back to you on Monday.

To ensure that there is support cover for critical issues we will be setting up a temporary Support Desk at our off-site location. If your support issue is not of a critical nature please log your issue via e-mail to our Support Desk or by leaving a message on the support line and we will deal with your issue when we return on Monday.

Contact numbers for critical issues e.g. system failure, licensing issues and critical business processes are:

07929 007093

07824 868686

Please note that these mobile numbers are only available on the 30th November 2007.

If you have any queries regarding your support for this day, please do not hesitate to contact either the Support Helpdesk or our Client Care Team:

Support Helpdesk
Tel: 01279 756061
Email: support@quaysoftware.co.uk

Client Care
Tel: 01279 756083
Email: clientcare@quaysoftware.co.uk

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Support Service Levels


As part of our ongoing improvements to our Support Service, we would like to confirm our working practices and requirements to help us improve our response times to your Support calls. We have included a link to our Support Service Levels document, so that you know what to expect from us.

Logging a Support Call

A Support Call should be raised by a designated user who meets the minimum training requirements for the products being used by the client. For details of our training courses click here.

Calls are logged onto Quay Software’s Internal Administration System (IAS) and allocated to the appropriate Support team subject to the description of the issue provided by the user.

The IAS is regularly monitored and reviewed by both the Support Helpdesk Manager and Business Operations Manager to ensure that calls are being dealt with and, if necessary, escalated in a timely manner.


Critical Information

The following information may be requested when logging the call:

  • Product Details (e.g. Client Care Desktop, Network Administration System, Website, etc.)
  • Software Version
  • Location of User
  • User contact details
  • Remote access details
  • Definition of the problem including; error messages, navigation path, screen shots
  • Details of the IT Hardware/Software Platform (e.g. operating system, server specification, etc)

Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Support Call

If you raise a Support Call by email this will be acknowledged by us sending you an email which will include a Call Reference Number confirming that your call has been logged and is in the support queue. If you raise a Support Call by telephone your Call Reference Number will be given to you verbally once your call has been logged.

Support Call Diagnosis and Solution

Quay Software requires full co-operation from the user in order to resolve support calls. This includes a clear definition of the problem, access to personnel who can provide the required information, remote access to the affected systems, demonstration of the problem and access to backups if required.

Software Fixes

Where necessary software fixes, but not new features, will be produced by Quay Software in response to support calls as follows:

  • Some urgent priority calls may require a software fix to resolve them and in some instances these will have to be applied manually to the system by the Support Consultant in agreement with the user.
  • Some urgent priority calls may require a software fix to resolve them and in some instances these will be applied automatically to the system by the user running the Quay Software System Updater.
  • Some standard priority calls may require a software fix to resolve them and these will be included in a scheduled maintenance release requiring the user to upgrade their system, if required using the service provided by the Implementation Support Team. Where a client has a bespoke or custom version of Quay’s software, software fixes may be applied on a pre-arranged Support day by one of Quay’s Corporate Services Consultants.

Quay Modular Website (QMW) and Quay Web Builder (QWB) which are centrally hosted will be updated from time to time in response to support calls and other client feedback.

Support Service Levels

Please click here to download a copy of our Support Service Levels document which details our timescales for acknowledgement, initial response and resolution to your support calls.

Further improvements are on the way and we will continue to communicate these via the monthly newsletter.

If you have any questions regarding the above please contact the Support Team on 01279 756061

or send an email to: support@quaysoftware.co.uk

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Training Services

Earlier in the year we announced that Quay Software were providing classroom training courses in Coventry.

The training suite is in Synaptic Systems’ offices (acquired by Capita in November 2006 to complement the acquisition of Quay and Webline in November 2005) and is very well situated, being directly opposite the main train station and easily accessed from the M6 motorway.

This centre provides a viable solution for businesses that would prefer to be trained away from their own offices but for whom our Bishop's Stortford training suite is too far away. Our Coventry Getting Started courses have proved popular for new staff members starting at existing CCD client firms as well as with new clients, and these courses will continue to run throughout 2008.

If you are interested in training new staff, or further developing your firm’s skills with CCD, the following Public courses will be taking place in January 2008:

Course Dates Location
Getting Started Course January 8th and 9th Thorley Wash
Knowledge Builder January 10th Thorley Wash
Getting Started Course January 22nd and 23rd Coventry
Commissions & Fees January 24th Thorley Wash
Compliance January 31st Thorley Wash

The cost (per day) for standard classroom courses is £200.00 (plus VAT) per delegate , therefore the cost of the two-day Getting Started course is £400 (plus VAT) per delegate.

Private Courses:

Many of our clients hire out our training facilities in our head office at Bishops Stortford for private courses and this facility will also be available in the Coventry Centre. The cost of this is £750.00 (plus VAT per day*) and includes a light lunch and refreshments during the day and, of course, the trainer to conduct the session!

We can accommodate up to 8 delegates on a private course and we are happy to work with you to create an agenda for the training to ensure that the content of the day(s) you book meets your business needs.

Please note that all training days, whether classroom or private, are from 10.00–16.00.

Please contact our Training and Consultancy team to discuss your options on 01279 756086
or send an email to: training@quaysoftware.co.uk

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What would you like to see in your newsletter?

We always appreciate your feedback and would be very interested to hear what you would like to see in your Newsletter.

If there are items you would like to see included in your Newsletter, please feel free to let us know.

Please send your ideas and comments to clientcare@quaysoftware.co.uk.

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Who do I contact at Quay?

We are always keen to hear your thoughts and comments as to how we can make our service to you better. Additionally, we want to ensure that we keep you up to date with the latest news from Quay, such as new features within CCD, upgrades to new versions and general key issues.

Click here for contact list

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For further information on any of these stories, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Quay Software Solutions Ltd
Thorley Wash Business Centre
Thorley Wash, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 4AT

Tel: 01279 756 060
Fax: 01279 659 748

email: sales@quaysoftware.co.uk
Web: www.quaysoftware.co.uk

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