Sitecore Experience Awards

Water_Corporation

Water Corporation

SEA category: Most sophisticated implementation
Project brief

Water Corporation has transformed its disparate information and systems to deliver a concise and seamless experience. Fast COVID-19 action helped many customers under financial stress.

About

Water Corporation

Professional Services

APJ

Products

XP

XM

CHALLENGE

Maintain website as the key source

  • Maintain website as the key source of truth for 1.3M customers; 2.65M visitors to access content, products and services
  • Bring three separate sites/portals together to meet customer expectations & serve business needs
  • Respond to additional demand for financial help following COVID-19 crisis
SOLUTION

Solutions used

  • Sitecore Experience Manager (XM)
  • Sitecore Experience Platform (XP 9.2)
  • Sitecore Experience Database (xDB)
  • Sitecore Email Experience Manager (EXM)
  • Path Analyzer
  • Sitecore Marketing Automation
  • Sitecore Experience Analytics Tools - xAnalytics
  • Sitecore Services
  • Integrations include:
    • Microsoft Azure PaaS
    • webMethods
    • Internal systems (billing, water usage etc.)
OUTCOME

Increased traffic and time on site

  • Increased traffic by 28% and time on site by 14% with 48% more pages per session
  • Improved ease of use and access
  • Drove down cost to serve, through less demand on call center resources
  • Improved engagement with 24% more log-ins
  • Self-service transactions up 29%
  • Raised positive rating for content from 39% to 77% over a month
  • Simplified key functions: e.g. account balance requests which was used 33K times after launch
  • Ensured a swift, efficient response to COVID-19 with introduction of additional financial services; 90% of requests fielded online rather than by phone. 
Insight

Insight

Delivering innovative user-experiences through a design-led approach