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Since 1975, Harris Govern has provided integrated assessment and tax collection software suites for hundreds of local government agencies in the U.S. and Canada. Its systems help agencies such as county appraisal districts, tax offices, cities, and school districts increase revenue and efficiencies through workflow automation, GIS integration, and document management.
Harris Govern became part of the Harris family in 2012 and one of three business units located in three different cities—Allen, Texas; Ft. Collins, Colorado; and Montreal, Canada. To add complexity to the mix, some of the staff worked in each of the three offices while some worked remote. The three different help / support systems were built in three different software languages, making accessing data and compiling reports cumbersome, time consuming, and troublesome.
And when it came to serving its customers the company had a very difficult time even keeping track of customer issues, much less achieving resolutions in a timely, efficient manner.
The Business Challenge
At the time that Harris Govern—formerly True Automation—was acquired by Harris Computer, two other business units were acquired as well. All at once, one company was operating with three different help systems and various disconnected workflows. When it came time to create reports, it was an arduous process of creating queries and manually pulling data from three different sources, building a spreadsheet, and compiling the information in a cohesive manner. It was an all-day process every week.
Another source of frustration was the inability to search tickets and history via customer number, ticket number, or keyword. To make matters worse, when Angela Keeton, Vice President Client Services for Harris Govern, asked her then help desk solution provider for a search feature, she was nickle-and-dimed, being sold new products when all she needed was a simple solution to her problem.
