Kia Reference Guide
© 2014 Kia Canada, Inc.
Updated October 2014
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What Triggers Service Survey Hot Alerts?
A service survey generates a Hot Alert if the respondent answers, “Fair” or “Poor” to the following
question, “Overall, how would you rate your recent service experience?” and/or if the respondent
answers “Probably would not” or “Definitely would not” to the following question “How likely are you to
recommend this dealership to a friend or relative?” and/or if the respondent answers “No” to the
following question, “Was the work done right the first time?” Hot Alerts from the service survey are
posted to the Web site daily, Monday to Friday.
There is a Hot Alert Escalation process that allows a Hot Alert to be escalated when a dealer has not
begun working on a resolution. An e-mail notice will be escalated to District and Corporate employees in
order to engage the dealership problem resolution process. The process will work as follows:
Service Escalation Process
1
st
- Hot alert issued with email sent to Dealer Principal, General Manager, Fixed Operations
Manager, and Service Manager.
2
nd
- After 48 hrs (2 business days) of no action, an email is sent to District Parts and Service
Manager and cc 1
st
notified group.
3
rd
- After another 48 hrs (2 business days) of no action, an email is sent to Corporate Head
Office, Regional Manager and cc 1
st
and 2
nd
notified groups.
Survey Scoring
How Are The Survey Responses Summarized?
The following outlines how Maritz will score the data:
Aggregated scoring will be conducted daily, Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).
Scoring (counts/percentages) for Region, District and National levels are recomputed each day based
upon the current dealer organization hierarchy. In the event of an organization change, changes will
apply to historical data.
Online survey returns that have been successfully submitted are classified as a valid return and will
be the only surveys included in scoring.
Scores for all levels and scoring durations will be based on survey-level data. (e.g. a 1-month dealer
level score will be based on the individual responses associated with that score. Likewise, a 12-month
national level score will be based on the individual responses associated with that score.)
Terminated/Buy-Sell Dealers
o Terminated and buy-sell dealers are handled the same.
o The returns for the terminated dealer coming after the termination date are not processed and
scored. Historical scores (before the termination date) for the terminated dealer remain on the
system.
Question Score Calculations
o Response answers and their associated score – 5 point scale
Top Box (e.g., Excellent) -- 100
Second Box (e.g., Very Good) -- 75
Middle Box (e.g., Good,) -- 50
Second Bottom Box (e.g., Fair) -- 0