Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software


Charlotte County Utilities Passes the Savings to Customers

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The Challenge

Generate additional front- and back-office savings through customer bill production and online account management.

The Company

Charlotte County Utilities, a government-owned provider of water and wastewater treatment services on the Gulf Coast of Florida.

The Story

Under constant pressure from county legislators and citizen ratepayers to keep control of its costs, managers of this utility were able to achieve substantial savings after implementing Pitney Bowes Group 1 Software’s DOC1 and e2 solutions. By combining high-throughput production of bills, archiving of customer data and online account management, the utility was able to vastly accelerate its billing and payment cycle while lowering costs of customer service.

The Benefits

Faster, More Accurate Bill Production

Generating high volumes of personalized bills with minimum errors has enabled the utility to speed up its billing and payment cycles while reducing the number of calls its customer service representatives had to handle.

Better, Faster Customer Service

Customer service representatives can instantaneously access and view exact replicas of customer bills, resulting in a 20 percent decrease in cost and 20 percent increase in efficiency. Printing second copies of customer bills when necessary takes five to ten minutes less than in the past, delivering additional savings.

Lower Costs for Consumers

Because the municipal utility’s charter calls for cost savings to be passed on directly to consumers, the Group 1 solutions have helped it keep control of its rates and achieve higher customer satisfaction than ever before.

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