CSM (Customer Service Management) is the intelligent management of customer service, integrating people, processes, and technology to ensure a smooth and effective experience. In this content, you'll understand what CSM is, its differences from CRM and ITSM, how it works in practice within ServiceNow, and the benefits it offers Brazilian companies. Learn about ServiceNow CSM if you want to optimize your service flow, reduce costs, and improve the customer experience.
The CSM
Customer experience has become one of the pillars of competitiveness. Organizations need to ensure that every interaction with the brand is simple, agile, and effective. This is where CSM, or Customer Service Management, comes in. It's a model that goes beyond traditional CRM and integrates the entire customer journey, from initial contact to final resolution.
The importance of customer experience in the digital age
Customer experience is one of the pillars of competitiveness today. Therefore, companies need to ensure that every interaction with the brand is simple, agile, and effective. In this scenario, ServiceNow CSM excels by connecting teams and customers on a single platform, creating intelligent, fully automated workflows.
In Brazil, 4MATT Tecnologia is a reference in ServiceNow implementation, helping organizations transform their processes and take service to the next level, thus being your best choice for IT Consulting.
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Customer experience in the digital age
Customer satisfaction is a fundamental part of a company's development. CSM emerges as a response to this need, enabling companies to orchestrate teams and workflows to deliver fast, comprehensive solutions. The goal is to ensure effective, continuous, integrated, and automated customer management.
Difference between CSM and CRM: Understanding the concepts
While CRM (Customer Relationship Management) focuses on sales and relationships, it faces limitations when it comes to solving complex problems. On the other hand, CSM connects people, processes, and technology, ensuring the team resolves each request end-to-end, with traceability and transparency.
What is the difference between CSM and ITSM?
While the ITSM (IT Service Management) focuses on internal IT support, while CSM focuses on serving external customers. However, the integration between the two is what truly enhances results, providing comprehensive, automated, and strategic management of the customer experience.
How does CSM work?
The Customer Journey: From Call to Resolution
In CSM, each customer interaction is treated as a case. Therefore, it can be initiated through self-service portals, chat, email, or phone.
Opening calls and cases in the customer portal
Customers (end users) access a dedicated CSM portal in ServiceNow where they can open requests.
User roles: end user, agents, and resolvers
ServiceNow CSM works with different user profiles, each with specific permissions and responsibilities. This segmentation ensures security, traceability, and efficiency in service processes.
- End User (Client / Final Consumer): Open and track cases related to questions, issues, or requests. However, they cannot open incidents or service requests directly. The entire process is centralized into cases, which simplifies the customer experience and prevents unauthorized access to internal processes.
- Agents (Customer Service Agents): They analyze, classify, and act on cases opened by customers. They can also convert cases into incidents or service requests, ensuring the correct workflow is followed.
- Resolvers (Resolution Groups / Expert Teams): They work directly on technical or operational problem-solving. This way, each business unit can have specific groups of resolvers to handle specific demands.
Converting cases into incidents and service requests
One of the differentiators of CSM in ServiceNow is the flexibility to transform cases into other types of records without losing history.
- Case Incident: When the issue involves technical failures (e.g., service interruption), the agent converts the case to an incident. This way, the original case remains linked to the incident. Furthermore, the customer continues to track the resolution through the case, even if the handling occurs in the incident flow.
- Case Service Request: When a customer requests something new (e.g., a plan upgrade, a report request, or an additional service), the agent converts the case into a service request. The request then moves on to the teams responsible for delivery, and the link to the case ensures transparency and end-to-end tracking.
Main benefits of CSM for companies
Among the main benefits of implementing CSM ServiceNow in your company are:
- Fast and proactive problem resolution
- Elimination of organizational silos
- Improving customer experience
- Reducing operating costs with automation
- Scalability in service without increasing headcount
Additionally, CSM provides strategic insights for data-driven decisions, increasing efficiency and predictability.
Why is ServiceNow a leader in CSM?
ServiceNow CSM is recognized worldwide for its end-to-end workflow automation, connecting front, middle, and back offices in a single platform. Furthermore, the platform offers real-time performance reporting and analytics.
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4MATT's role as a strategic partner in CSM
4MATT is a specialist in digital transformation and ServiceNow implementation, recognized as best ITx partner in Latin America acting as a strategic partner for companies that want to take their service to the next level.
With hands-on experience in complex projects, 4MATT supports organizations to:
- Mapping service flows
- Configure Self-Service Portals in ServiceNow
- Integrate CSM with other modules and corporate systems
CSM vs. CRM: Which Solution Should You Choose for Your Business?
- CRM is ideal for sales, lead and relationship management.
- CSM It is essential for companies that need to resolve complex cases with multiple areas involved.
In practice, many organizations adopt CRM + CSM, creating a complete experience for customers and employees.
FAQ – Common questions about CSM
1. What does CSM mean?
CSM is the acronym for Customer Service Management, or Customer Service Management.
2. Does CSM replace CRM?
No. CSM complements CRM, focusing on problem-solving and end-to-end service integration.
3. Which companies can use CSM?
Companies in any sector that want to improve customer service and automate support workflows.
4. Is the ServiceNow CSM customizable?
Yes. It can be configured according to each organization's processes and structures.
5. What is 4MATT's role in the CSM?
4MATT acts as a strategic partner in implementation, integration and technical support of the ServiceNow CSM platform.
The Future of Customer Service with CSM
Customer Service Management is a must for companies that want to stand out in the market and keep pace with transformations. By combining technology, automation, and customer experience, solutions like ServiceNow CSM enable problem resolution quickly, efficiently, and seamlessly.
With 4MATT's expertise, Brazilian organizations can accelerate this journey, connecting customers and teams on a single platform and ensuring excellent service. Talk to our experts and discover how to optimize the integration of processes and systems, the best way to accelerate in digital.
