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Validating Your Outsourced Customer Care Partnership: Is Your Incumbent “Still the One”?

BlueOcean

Let’s face it: Contact center metrics that measure customer service as if it’s some kind of race (think Average Handle Time) are frankly table stakes. Whether it’s from self-service to live chat to phone or some other combination, the reality is that the wider your omnichannel offering, the more complex the customer journey.

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50% of Call Centers Cite Jump in Digital Channels During Pandemic

NobelBiz

Voice is changing – average handle time is going up and calls are becoming more complex. The survey was conducted between May and June 2020. Power report speculates that Average Handle Time went up because of agents’ and customers’ needs to socialize more. Interesting, isn’t it? The result?

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How Can Payers Improve Member Experience and Efficiency at the Same Time?

Uniphore

Automate common, repetitive inquiries with personalized self-service via an omnichannel intelligent virtual assistant (IVA), supporting voice, web, and mobile channels, to offload interactions while accelerating resolution. Source: “3rd Annual Optum Survey on AI in Health Care,” Optum, October 2020. AI Adoption in Healthcare.

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AI Customer Service: Today’s Most Transformative Technologies

TechSee

In fact, Gartner predicts that by 2020, 85% of all customer interactions will no longer be managed by humans. Success lies in full transparency and comprehensive reporting that ensures a fair competition, which can be based on any activity tracked by the platform, such as resolved cases, average handle times, or timesheet submissions.

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5 retail strategies that are here to stay

Think Customers

At the 2020 National Retail Federation , on the eve of the pandemic, our writers noted that the future of retail was about removing barriers. Optimize the cloud for omnichannel support. Shopping channels are no longer static—customers can switch from voice, to chat, and messaging in just one interaction.

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How Chat Support Can Positively Impact Customer Satisfaction and Your Other Service Channels

GlowTouch

Reduced resolution time means reduced costs. While the industry-standard average handle time (AHT) for phone interactions is 6 minutes and 3 seconds , most live chat issues get resolved in 42 seconds or less — a huge difference! How to Select the Right Customer Support Channels for Your Company. Reduced Costs.

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2020 Is the Year of Digital Omnichannel. Here’s What You Need to Know

Comm100

It seems like just yesterday that the customer service industry began transitioning from a multichannel to an omnichannel mindset. According to Marketing Week, 15 years ago the average consumer used two touch-points when making a purchase and only 7% regularly used more than four. What is Digital Omnichannel? Reduced costs.