Richard Langen | Field Service Next West

Richard Langen

Richard Langen

Microsoft D365 Senior Business Development Manager Ludia Consulting
Richard Langen

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

1:55 PM Track B: Sponsor Workshop: From Bottleneck to Backbone: Transforming the Contact Center for Modern Field Service

The contact center is the front door for every service issue, and it should be the fastest path to resolution. But when agents are stuck fielding repeat questions, routing is manual, and systems don’t connect, everything slows down.

This session explores how leading field service teams are redesigning the contact center into a true operational backbone. By centralizing all activities, phone, chat, email, and more, and

linking the contact center directly to scheduling, asset data, and case history, teams are accelerating case resolution, reducing technician truck rolls, and cutting operating costs.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Cut response time by connecting service requests directly to scheduling and dispatch
  • Reduce time on the phone with real-time access to knowledge, case history, and asset details
  • Drive down repeat calls by making sure the right issue is routed to the right person the first time
  • Turn every case into a learning loop, capturing resolutions and turning them into frontline guidance
  • Consider how switching from traditional telco services to Microsoft can reduce costs on voice infrastructure

If your contact center still feels like a bottleneck, this session will show what it looks like when it becomes a centralized, intelligent asset that fuels every part of service operations. 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Richard.

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