Support Management
Incident Management System
We use an Incident Management System to consistently log, classify and prioritise Client Incidents. Incidents are classified according to their nature and severity. Incident reports are classified Priority 1 (P1) to Priority 6 (P6), depending on the severity and customer impact. The classification into priority categories is based on the Client’s perception of the problem.
Hours of Operation
We handle all calls during business hours Monday to Friday and urgent calls during extended hours from 6am to 9am and 6pm to 9pm and between 9am and 6pm on week-ends and public holidays. We provide 24x7 coverage on demand by special arrangement.
| | Business Days | Weekends and Public Holidays |
| 6am - 9am | Urgent Calls (P1,P2,P3) | By Special Arrangement |
| 9am - 6pm | Normal Operations | Urgent Calls (P1,P2,P3) |
| 6pm - 9pm | Urgent Calls (P1,P2,P3) | By Special Arrangement |
| 9pm - 6am | By Special Arrangement | By Special Arrangement |
Triage Response Management
We apply a “triage management” approach to prioritising our support responses. Triage attempts to ‘do the most for the most’. Generally this is invisible to our clients, and we will be able to respond to your calls and keep our appointments as you would expect. At certain peak times and situations however, we may need to apply triage to accomplish the best possible outcomes across our client base.
We will respond to Incidents on a priority-driven basis. Generally speaking, we will stop what we are doing to respond to a P1 incident. We prioritise P1, P2 and P3 incidents above any other work, including prior on-site Client appointments. We will stay on a P1, P2 or P3 job, if requested by the Client, until resolved or downgraded due to effective workaround, even if this requires after-hours work, or at the cost of a subsequent appointment of lower priority being delayed.
So if we need to call you up to postpone or reschedule an appointment or to let you know a job may take longer than expected, please understand. Next time it may be you.
Based on your input, on first contact, we will prioritise your call into these categories:
| Priority | | Description | | Service Level |
| Business Days 9am-6pm | | All Other Times |
| P1 - Critical Problem | Critical business functions are unavailable due to system outage, no workaround available | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 15 minutes of call being logged | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 60 minutes of call being logged |
P2 - Serious Problem No workaround available | Critical business functions are seriously impaired due to system outage with no workaround available | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 15 minutes of call being logged | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 60 minutes of call being logged |
| P3 - Request for Assistance - Urgent | Client requires how-to-use assistance or support of an urgent nature | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 15 minutes of call being logged | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 60 minutes of call being logged |
| P4 - Serious Problem Workaround available | Business functions may be seriously impaired, but acceptable workaround available | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 4 business hours of call being logged | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 4 hours from start of next business day after call being logged |
| P5 - Request for Non-urgent Assistance | Client requires how-to-use assistance or support of a non-urgent nature | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 4 business hours of call being logged | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 4 hours from start of next business day after call being logged |
| P6 - Minor Problem | Business functions may be functioning with limitations or undesirable behaviour | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 4 business hours of call being logged | 90% of calls responded to by a technician within 4 hours from start of next business day after call being logged |