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Virtual Agents in the Contact Center: Data Gathering Made Easy

NICE inContact

But there are dozens of other processes in which agents collect information from a customer over the phone, and these calls aren’t just long, they’re expensive. These repetitive calls often come in high volumes, but are low-value, tedious conversations that simply bog down live agents.

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Virtual Agents are Automating the Contact Center: Natural Language Greeting & Intent Capture

NICE inContact

This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Not only are cold transfers frustrating for customers who have to repeat themselves, but they also are the cause of large expenditures within call centers. fewer calls being transferred to live agents.

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DSW Successfully Incorporates AI into Customer Experience

NICE inContact

By combining NICE inContact with SmartAction’s AI-powered virtual agent, DSW ultimately found the right human-machine balance without compromising an ounce of CX. Today, live agents are optimized to help customers more quickly on complex needs. Average handle time (AHT) , a key CX metric, has fallen by two minutes!

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Bilingual Customer Support: Where Live Agents and AI Coincide

BlueOcean

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction.

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THREE TECH SOLUTIONS TO HELP WITH THE NEW CUSTOMER SERVICE LANDSCAPE

VDS

Emerging technologies help companies reduce average handle time (AHT), increase customer satisfaction (CSAT), and increase profitability. The idea is to let technology handle mundane tasks, nuisance calls, and authentication, so your agents can focus on everything else. Intelligent Virtual Agent (IVA).

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Build your business case to invest more in customer experience – Learn the metrics that move the needle

NICE inContact

In part one of the blog series, we looked at a framework for building a strong business case to invest in customer experience technologies. In this blog, we will take a deeper look at some of the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that drive enhanced customer experience and true financial benefits.

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How to Improve Contact Center Optimization with Customer Journeys

Pointillist

But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Contact centers are now considered more than just service centers. Without it, you risk frustrating them with interactions that require lots of effort, long hold times and costly escalations.