10c. Presentation - SEA Quality Assurance Program

Item No. 10c_supp
Meeting Date: May 11, 2021
SEA Customer Experience
Quality Assurance (QA) Program

Why is Quality Assurance (QA) important?
QA aligns with the long-term vision for SEA:
To deliver a world-class customer experience,
as measured by ASQ and Skytrax.
To be the most Accessible Airport in the U.S.
Provides SEA leaders and airport tenants with
valuable insights for actions to:
Improve Customer Satisfaction
Reward Positive Behavior
Identify Training Opportunities

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What is QA, and how it can make a positive difference
Measures and reinforces
employee engagement
Is guided by SEA's Customer
Service Standards
SEA Brand Compliance


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How will the QA program work?
Will utilize professional
evaluators, referred to as
Confidential Customer
representatives
Anonymously pose as SEA
customers to engage with
frontline employees
Observations and Experiences are
reported.
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How will Quality Assurance Be Measured?
Confidential Customer
representatives will monitor
and measure service          SEA Customer Journey
excellence by SEA employees
across the customer journey.   Employee Engagement At Key Touchpoints
Parking &        Curbside&                         Dining &
Security                             Gates
Landside        Ticketing                          Services
QA programs are a common
best practice at US airports.

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A Layered Approach to Quality Assurance
New for 2021      Daily Facility      Airport Service    Skytrax Airport
Quality Assurance      Inspections       Quality (ASQ)     Ratings
Program                             Customer
Confidential                              Surveys
Customer



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S  T  A  R  S   Elevated Customer Experience Program 
Standards
SEA 5 Star
Training                                        Customer Service Training
Assurance Program (Confidential Customers)
Recognition
Stakeholder Collaboration

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Proposed Program Phasing
Frontline Employee Engagement 2021 4Q
Curbside-to-Gate
This year:
Departures curb
Ticketing
Wheelchair services
Custodial Services
Checkpoint queues
Security Screening
Customer Service
Representatives
Volunteers
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Proposed Program Phasing
Frontline Employee Engagement
+ Airport Dining, Retail, Parking, & Rental Car
Shuttles
The QA program will be expanded to
add these touchpoints in the
customer journey:
Dining
Retail
Parking Toll Plaza
Rental Car Shuttles
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Questions?



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