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title: CDM playbook stages and activities
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# CDM playbook stages and activities

The Customer Dispute Management \(CDM\) case includes stages and activities that guide dispute resolution from intake through closure.

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Stage

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Activity

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Activity details

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**Intake**Guides the agent to collect the information needed to create the CDM case.

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Capture initiator details

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Captures the details of the dispute requester, including contact information, communication channel, and involved parties.

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Capture CDM information

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Captures the details of the dispute, including affected product or service, complaint date, dispute description, and any additional information relevant to the dispute.

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Upload documents

</td><td>

Captures evidence related to the dispute.

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Notify customer

</td><td>

Displays the details of the email sent to the customer at the completion of the Intake stage.

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**Investigate**Enables the agent to perform initial troubleshooting on the case.

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Lookup record history

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Links the complaint case records related to the customer dispute.

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Analyze linked facts

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Analyzes the linked record details to understand the complaint.

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**Resolution and dispute analysis**Manages the activities for case resolution.

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Implement resolution

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Creates case tasks.

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Add dispute analysis

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Records the dispute analysis.

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**Closure**Shares the dispute resolution with the customer and closes the dispute.

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Add resolution notes

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Proposes a resolution for the complaint and sends the details to the customer.

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Resolution feedback

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Captures the customer response.

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Generate deadlock letter

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When the customer rejects the resolution, a deadlock letter is created and an email is sent to the customer.

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Notify regulator

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Displays the details of the sent email.

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Close CDM

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Closes the customer dispute.

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