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klantcontact(en)

English translation: customer contact


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Dutch term or phrase:klantcontact(en)
English translation:customer contact
Entered by: Lianne Van De Ven
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23:49 Apr 22, 2009
Dutch to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) / Customer Relations
Dutch term or phrase: klantcontact(en)
I came across this term multiple times in job descriptions.

It does not (as it first might seem) relate customer contacts in the sense of business relations. The term is used in this context to mean actual instances when the employee comes into contact with the customer, e.g. when a customer telephones to make a billing enquiry, or writes a letter to make a complaint.

Examples
"­behandelen van klantcontacten via verschillende kanalen (telefoon, post, e-mail)"

"inbound/outbound contacten"

The heading: "Gerealiseerde klantcontacten"

"prognosemodellen voor contactvolumes"
Stuart Robertson
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:51
customer contact
Explanation:
I think customer contact is an option if you make the context right.
"Maintaining Customer Contact
Part of relationship selling involves maintaining regular contact. If you neglect a client who has trust in your integrity as a person and as a salesperson, that client may finally be forced to turn to your competitor."
http://communication.howstuffworks.com/sales-technique3.htm

If the context allows, client contact may be better.

I think btw that the same term is used for different meanings:
Client (or customer) contact using different media
Inbound/outbound contacts
Number of customers served
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a746869773~...
Call volume prediction models
Good luck.


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Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 02:51
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3 +5customer contact
Lianne Van De Ven
3 +1customer service(s)/contact(s)
Francina


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
customer service(s)/contact(s)


Explanation:
... offers a complete, internet enabled communication solution for handling customer contacts.
http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:OkYPGE49AdkJ:www.itcom.i...



    Reference: http://wgbhcollection.org/t-customerservice.aspx
    Reference: http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?...
Francina
United States
Local time: 02:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  Lianne Van De Ven: customer service can also be correct, not service in general but (the act of) providing service.
11 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
customer contact


Explanation:
I think customer contact is an option if you make the context right.
"Maintaining Customer Contact
Part of relationship selling involves maintaining regular contact. If you neglect a client who has trust in your integrity as a person and as a salesperson, that client may finally be forced to turn to your competitor."
http://communication.howstuffworks.com/sales-technique3.htm

If the context allows, client contact may be better.

I think btw that the same term is used for different meanings:
Client (or customer) contact using different media
Inbound/outbound contacts
Number of customers served
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a746869773~...
Call volume prediction models
Good luck.




Lianne Van De Ven
United States
Local time: 02:51
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 37
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Louis Vorstermans: Jan Carlzon became CEO of the problem-ridden Scandinavian Airlines. By 1994, he had turned the airline around by focusing on what he later called "moments of truth," the various points at which people with the airline came in contact with airline customer
2 hrs
  -> dank je

agree  vixen
5 hrs
  -> dank je

agree  Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
6 hrs
  -> dankjewel

agree  Sanmar
7 hrs
  -> bedankt

agree  Kitty Brussaard
8 hrs
  -> en bedankt
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May 6, 2009 - Changes made by Lianne Van De Ven:
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