Case Study

Salesforce Service Compliance

Transforming Salesforce SLA management and reducing operational cost for a global retail organisation.

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Client overview

A global retailer needed Salesforce performance to protect sales and customer service

The client operates more than 40 brands worldwide and relies on Salesforce for core product fulfilment and corporate customer service through global call centres. Slowing Salesforce transactions were increasing call handling time, reducing sales capacity, and putting pressure on operational staffing.

ClientGlobal retail organisation
PlatformSalesforce service operations
Impact30 percent longer call processing
ApproachAutomated SLA and KPI compliance
Challenges

Salesforce performance issues were visible to users before they were visible to operations

Longer call processing

Slower Salesforce transactions increased call processing times by 30 percent, affecting sales volume and staffing requirements.

Availability-first monitoring

IT operations were focused on whether services were available, not whether the application experience was performing as required.

No transaction benchmarks

The service catalog did not define transaction-time benchmarks for Salesforce, making underperforming service elements hard to isolate.

Siloed root-cause analysis

Infrastructure, cloud, and application teams lacked a shared view for separating responsibility and fixing performance issues quickly.

Solution

Ikara made Salesforce service levels measurable across cloud, application, and infrastructure layers

Automate SLA reporting

Automate global SLA reporting with Ikara to separate infrastructure, cloud, and application service delivery performance.

Establish service KPIs

Benchmark expected transaction times for core Salesforce business functions across the IT service catalog.

Expose cloud misconfiguration

Identify an in-cloud proxy that had not been deployed according to vendor best practice.

Find DNS defects

Surface empty DNS records replicating globally and contributing to avoidable service degradation.

Test vendor performance

Show where a global infrastructure vendor's product was not meeting core functional specifications in operation.

Reduce incidents and MTTR

Use automated incident detection and compliance reporting to cut incident frequency and accelerate repair.

Results

Salesforce became faster, clearer to govern, and less costly to operate

Ikara helped the client reduce transaction-time impact, detect incidents automatically, lower MTTR, and maintain a clear separation of service KPIs across providers and delivery layers.

30 percent faster business transactions

Global Salesforce process transaction times improved, helping call centres operate more efficiently.

60 percent fewer incidents

Automated detection and compliance reporting reduced Salesforce incident occurrences.

88 percent lower MTTR

Clear service visibility helped teams repair issues faster and reduce lost revenue and productivity.

Conclusion

Service compliance turned Salesforce SLA management into an operational advantage

By establishing Salesforce KPIs, automating SLA reporting, and exposing root causes across service layers, Ikara helped the client improve call-centre efficiency and reduce operational disruption at global scale.

Faster transactions
Automated detection
Clear accountability

Make Salesforce performance accountable.

See how Ikara can turn application experience into measurable service compliance.

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