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    "title" : "Did We Do a Good Job? The Answer Is in Customers’ Business Outcomes |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"Did We Do a Good Job? The Answer Is in Customers\u0026#8217; Business Outcomes","summary" : "Earlier this week, I shared with my colleagues at EXIM the results of our 2016 export credit insurance customer survey. This is the third consecutive year that our largest customer segment has been asked to share their feedback with us.","date" : "2016-08-12T10:00:24-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"stephanie-thum" : "Stephanie Thum"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2016/08/2016-08-12-did-we-do-a-good-job-the-answer-is-in-customers-business-outcomes.md","slug" : "did-we-do-a-good-job-the-answer-is-in-customers-business-outcomes","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2016/08/12/did-we-do-a-good-job-the-answer-is-in-customers-business-outcomes/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eEarlier this week, I shared with my colleagues at EXIM the \u003ca href=\"http://www.exim.gov/sites/default/files/reports/2016-Export-Credit-Insurance-Customer-Survey-Final.pdf\"\u003eresults of our 2016 export credit insurance customer survey\u003c/a\u003e. This is the third consecutive year that our largest customer segment has been asked to share their feedback with us.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe appreciate knowing, through our customers’ eyes, how we are doing on our agency’s strategic goal to improve the ease of doing business. But what strikes me as most compelling is the story that has emerged over the past three survey years about our customers’ \u003cem\u003ebusiness outcomes\u003c/em\u003e and what they have achieved, in part, with EXIM’s help.  These customers are busy U.S. exporters—primarily small businesses—who need the peace of mind export credit insurance brings as they sell more goods overseas.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2016/08/600-x-400-Worldwide-purchases-delivery-and-logistics-concept-cybrain-iStock-Thinkstock-491619746-1.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Worldwide purchases delivery and logistics concept.\"/\u003e\u003cp\u003ecybrain, iStock, Thinkstock\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting on page 10 of the summary report, you will see, through their own ratings and qualitative remarks, the extent to which customers believe they have been able to leverage EXIM’s help to:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpand export opportunities\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGet a competitive advantage by offering payment terms to foreign buyers\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMake a positive impact on employment within their respective businesses\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo use an old phrase, “at the end of the day,” this is EXIM Bank’s mission. And through this survey, our customers have shared a very positive description, in the context of their own business outcomes, as to how we are meeting our mission.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2015/12/600-x-400-Feedback-Text-on-Small-Wooden-Cube-Gajus-iStock-Thinkstock-536974445.jpg\"\n    alt=\"The word Feedback seen on a small wooden cube sits on a laptop keyboard\"/\u003e\u003cp\u003eGajus, iStock, Thinkstock\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/12/22/after-the-survey-turning-customer-feedback-into-action/\"\u003eLast year’s survey report\u003c/a\u003e described how EXIM Bank has responded to customer feedback in the past. We will continue to incorporate customer views into our work—not just within our export credit insurance offerings, but also in our working capital guarantee and medium-term insurance and loan guarantee product lines, which are also used by many U.S. small business exporters. We know that we have work to do to improve our processes and the surrounding communication, as some of the survey scores show.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the hundreds of U.S. small business exporters who took the time to answer our survey, we thank you for your time and feedback. And to the cadre of approved insurance brokers who help us work with our end-user customers, we thank you for helping us reach those U.S. exporters. We are committed to listening and will continue working on ways to improve customers\u0026rsquo; experiences with EXIM Bank.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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