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What’s the State of Work-at-Home in Customer Care in 2017?

BlueOcean

They had been outsourcing their customer service to a call center with a predominantly “work-at-home” (WAH) model and one of the first questions they asked us was about work-at-home agents. The virtual classroom of 2017 is a thing of beauty. For non-tenured agents, the only negative we initially see is longer Average Handle Times.

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2017 Trend 3: The Beginning of Channel Guidance

Team HGS

2017 Trend 3: The Beginning of Channel Guidance. Earlier this year, HGS released a whitepaper on this year’s top 10 trends in customer service. In 2016, customer service professionals continued to work hard to figure out how to best integrate and connect all of the disparate communication channels. Here we dissect CX Trend No.

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Performance Management Takes Your Reporting to the Next Level

NICE inContact

According to a 2017 ICMI research study , 47% of surveyed organizations listed “consolidating reports” as one of the top challenges with performance management processes. Let me tell you – for the weeks it took to get the projections again, leadership was not happy, and we were hindered in our ability to make smart decisions.

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THREE TECH SOLUTIONS TO HELP WITH THE NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE LANDSCAPE

VDS

As companies scrambled to drive efficiencies and cut costs, they adopted new ways to improve the experience for both the employee and the customer. There are many innovative ways to improve the experience for both your employees and customers. More, customers want seamless, effortless experiences.

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Five Steps to Strategically Choose AI For Customer Service

Natalie Petouhof

Tweet AI and customer service; it’s a hot topic! But when I talk to customers, they say, “ I get there’s something to AI and customer service, but how do I deliver business results and value with AI? ” Reduce Average Handle Time (AHT). Improve CSAT, NPS, customer lifetime value (CLV)…. 1) First step?

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Measuring the customer experience: three key considerations

Eptica

Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Author: Taoufik Massoussi Measuring the customer experience: three key considerations. Author: Taoufik Massoussi Understanding how your company is performing in terms of Customer Experience (CX) is a key part of benchmarking against competitors and identifying areas for improvement.

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AI Customer Service: Today’s Most Transformative Technologies

TechSee

It seems like every company in every industry wants to harness the power of AI to enhance operations and positively impact the lives of their customers. of major companies around the world are currently using AI customer service technologies, the second most common use of AI after IT. Customer-facing AI technologies. Biometrics.