Teams | Collaboration | Customer Service | Project Management

What's new in Asana | April 2024

Welcome to the April edition of What’s new in Asana. First, create status updates faster with smart status. Asana Intelligence will start a draft status for you, pulling real-time work data in portfolios and goals and highlighting any risks, questions, and roadblocks. Next, save time by quickly duplicating entire sections of tasks within the same project. Finally, use today’s date in a custom field formula calculation to track the duration of progress or time spent on a task.

AI Agents: The next generation of AI-powered bots | Zendesk

💡 AI Agents: The next generation of AI-powered bots | Zendesk 🚀 Take care of your customer's entire request from start to finish, no matter the complexity. Do it all without a team of developers or massive budget, and constantly improve your experiences with robust analytics. Zendesk makes customer service better. We build software to meet customer needs, set your team up for success, and keep your business in sync.

What is quality assurance and why is it important for customer service? | Zendesk

👉 Watch the video to learn what quality assurance is and its importance in the world of customer service. We explain the quality assurance process, some of the best practices and methods for QA, and share an example of customer service QA. ⏳

What is workforce management (WFM)? | Zendesk

👉 Workforce management is about having the right people in the right channel at the right time, so they can take care of your customers, hit your service level targets and future goals, and help track employees' daily performance. Watch the video to see how it can benefit your customer service teams and business.

MS Teams unbundled from Office [+3 reasons why it matters]

In April 2024, Microsoft unbundled MS Teams from the rest of the Office package globally. This news comes almost six months after Microsoft unbundled Teams in Europe. Microsoft says that the global unbundling made sense to make pricing easier for global organizations operating in Europe.

The customer is always human | Zendesk

At Zendesk, our mission is to power exceptional service for every person on the planet. And we’re accelerating our ambition by building AI with the belief that the customer is always human - whether it's our customer or yours. Zendesk makes customer service better. We build software to meet customer needs, set your team up for success, and keep your business in sync.

8 Ways Technology Enhances Supply Chain Visibility

It's no secret that visibility in supply chain operations dictates the difference between successes and setbacks. With technology evolving at breakneck speeds, savvy 3PL service providers are racing to integrate cutting-edge tools that ensure nothing slips through the cracks. To showcase what’s at play, stick with us and we’ll introduce you to a group of contemporary tech solutions that are shaking up the supply chain scene from top to bottom.

Chronoworking: A smarter and healthier approach to work

In today’s workplace, the key to achieving greater results is not just working harder, but also working smarter. This is where the idea of “chronoworking” comes in handy, offering a new way to organize your schedule. Setting work hours to match people’s biological cycles, which control their natural energy swings throughout the day, is the idea behind chronoworking. This is meant to boost both output and overall health.