Complaint-Handling Process Audit for a Small Business
Check whether your process responds fast, records everything and learns.
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Audit how my business handles complaints. My current process described in steps: [CURRENT_PROCESS]. Channels customers use: [CHANNELS]. Response times I aim for and actually achieve: [RESPONSE_TIMES]. Who handles what: [ROLES]. Complaint volume and common causes: [VOLUME_AND_CAUSES]. Rate from 1 to 5: ease of finding how to complain; acknowledgement speed; ownership (one named person); record-keeping; escalation rules; fairness and tone; remedies available; follow-up; and learning from patterns. Make a table with Area, Score, Evidence from my description, and Improvement. Design a simple one-page procedure: acknowledge within one working day, assign an owner, investigate, respond within an agreed time, offer a remedy, record, and review monthly. Provide a complaint log template and a monthly review table that counts complaints by cause and time to resolve. Keep it proportionate to a small team. Mark any legal duties for complaint handling as [VERIFY]. Treat this as writing help only. Quote no statute from memory. Use [JURISDICTION] and [RELEVANT_LAW_OR_POLICY_IF_KNOWN] as given. Remind me to verify the rules. Keep every draft calm and fair.
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Area | Score | Evidence Ease of finding how to complain | 2 | only in the footer Acknowledgement speed | 3 | 2 working days (aim 1) Ownership | 2 | no named owner Records | 1 | email only Escalation | 2 | no rule Fairness and tone | 4 | replies are polite One-page procedure: acknowledge in one working day, assign an owner, respond in five, offer a remedy, record, review monthly. Quick wins this month: add a complaints link to the top menu, name Sam as owner, and keep a simple sheet with date, customer, issue, remedy and days to close. Review the sheet on the first Monday of each month.
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