Unified information serviceQuite often structural units of the same company are based at rather long distances from each other for various reasons:
ПIn situations like this it is inconvenient or impossible to post the phone numbers of all branches in an advertisement. A network of tour agencies, specialized in different areas is a vivid example. It is impossible to advertise a single phone number for the entire network. Most likely the customer calling at any of the agencies who has been referred to another branch will call a different agency rather than try to reach the appropriate branch at the numbers mentioned in the advertisement. In this case it is possible to use:
Apart from re-addressing calls, the secretary is competent to answer questions of general nature which do not relate to specific employees of the company. Due to its specific nature, the task of organizing the Unified Information Service cannot be accomplished through the hardware method. It is impossible to design logically which call goes to which object, and in case of errors the company may lose its customer. |