SmartAction

AUGUST 5, 2019

While DSW has encountered tremendous growth, that has also meant mounting customer service pressure yielding millions of inbound calls per year. DSW turned to SmartAction in 2018 to collaborate on a self-service strategy to augment their NICE inContact platform with conversational AI. Q: Tell us about DSW’s growth.

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Average Handle Time Virtual Agent Self service Contact Center 57

SharpenCX

JULY 27, 2023

Our Logic+ platform allows our customers to build advanced self service solutions. At Xyngular, Sharpen worked with the team to automate 90% of customer interactions using self serve before handing the remaining interactions over to highly skilled agents 3. Better Self-Service. More Effective Agents.

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Self service Contact Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time 67

TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

With many of these channels and tools enabling self-service, old-school KPIs are no longer sufficient. When a virtual agent fields a customer’s enquiry, collects all relevant details and passes it to a human agent for final approval, how should average handling time ( AHT ) be measured? Call Deflection Rate.

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Self service Metrics Contact Center Virtual Agent 146

CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The drive toward self-service is a reality and with good reason, as customers want self-service. TWO-PRONGED APPROACH SAVES MORE COST WITH LOWER HEADCOUNT Companies are spending more money on self-service. It’s here to stay, and it will get better over time. It would mean a savings of $1.7

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Management Average Handle Time Self service First call resolution 195

CCNG

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The leaders of this space have already explored how AI can improve your organization’s customer service (or support center). The results have shown boosted employee productivity, enhanced accuracy, and improved self-service containment rate. This not only saves time but enables CSRs to handle more interactions with efficiency.

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Technology Customer Service Virtual Agent Self service 195

Aspect

MAY 7, 2018

If you have been following Aspect for a while, it is no secret to you that we believe in customer self-service as an important pillar of any customer experience (CX) strategy today. Accordingly, self-service capabilities are also a cornerstone of Aspect Via. Secure IVR. Context Continuity from Web to Voice.

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Self service Average Handle Time Interactive Voice Response Chatbots 73

AWS Machine Learning

MARCH 31, 2023

When a virtual agent successfully addresses a caller’s enquiry, the result is a happy caller, lower average hold times for all callers, and lower costs. Gartner’s Customer Service and Support Leader poll estimates that live channels such as phone and live chat cost an average of $8.01

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Virtual Agent Self service Transportation Customer Experience 92

ShepHyken

APRIL 2, 2021

Misconception #2: Customers only want self-service options. However, according to Stella Connect’s Customer Service Trends for 2021 report , 80% of survey respondents prefer to talk to a real support agent, versus figuring out the issue with self-service options. In the U.S. of all sales.

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Customer Service Metrics Self service Average Handle Time 293

ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A lot of them are still measured by metrics like average handle times, the number of resolutions per day, ticket queue, and backlogs. Why is customer self-service important? Do customers prefer self-service? Customer support teams are under pressure. Why is a knowledge base important?

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Average Handle Time Chatbots Self service Customer Support 183

TechSee

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Visual assistance allows users to instantly stream their mobile device camera or screen via web connection, for real-time, interactive visual engagement. Assisting customers using visuals can add efficiency and significantly cut costs in three areas of customer service: the contact center. field services. self-service.

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Customer Service Self service Average Handle Time Contact Center 207

CCNG

APRIL 12, 2023

Not average handling time or other internal metrics. If there are multiple transfers, long wait times with an agent, or other barriers then you know the answer. Taking time to map the journey your customer has taken to arrive at the right resolution is something that can be done through automation.

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Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing Average Handle Time outsourcing 195

TechSee

AUGUST 26, 2024

Similarly, call center agents are measured on their average handle times. These two metrics are closely related, as longer handle times will naturally result in longer wait times for customers. This can result in multiple follow-up calls and longer average handle times, exacerbating customer frustration.

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Call Center Customer Service Average Handle Time Interactive Voice Response 124

Fonolo

AUGUST 12, 2021

Average Handle Time (AHT). Average handle time is the average amount of time it takes an agent to wrap up a phone call or live chat. Lower average handle times usually mean higher productivity. Find out what’s stopping them from reaching customers promptly.

Call Center 148

Call Center Abandon rate Average Handle Time Construction 148

24-7 InTouch

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Improved Engagement Enabling chat-based communication can offer quick and convenient interactions, saving time and resources. Customer self-service can be improved with the help of interactive bots that offer features like FAQ documents and links within a contained conversation.

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Interactive Voice Response Customer Experience First call resolution Average Handle Time 52

Natalie Petouhof

APRIL 7, 2016

Customer self-service is one of the key capabilities of any company that actually cares about their customers. Companies contemplating a self-service customer care solution to support digital customer experiences should consider the following five steps: 1. Tweet It’s just not true. As organizations make.

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Self service Journey mapping Average Handle Time Government 53

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

If your efforts aren’t optimally performing, it may be time to jumpstart a self-service transformation project in your contact center. Contact centers collect, store, and manage vast amounts of fundamental data to measure things like average handle time, number of calls, agent engagement, and other key-performance indicators.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

If your efforts aren’t optimally performing, it may be time to jumpstart a self-service transformation project in your contact center. Contact centers collect, store, and manage vast amounts of fundamental data to measure things like average handle time, number of calls, agent engagement, and other key-performance indicators.

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Self service Best practices Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 59

JustCall

MAY 14, 2024

Average wait time vs average handling time Average handling time (AHT) is the time it takes an agent to complete a call. It’s calculated by dividing the total time taken on calls by the total number of calls. Implement self-service tools The best way to clear a call queue faster?

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Wait times Call Center Average Handle Time Interactive Voice Response 52

Myra Golden Media

APRIL 11, 2023

This involves using data and analytics to make informed decisions about your contact center operations and customer service strategy. One way to implement a data-driven approach is by measuring and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) such as average handle time, first call resolution, and customer satisfaction.

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Average Handle Time Contact Center First call resolution Analytics 156

TechSee

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Slash inbound inquiries with self-service. Implement self-service channels to reduce the volume of these requests by enabling customers to help themselves, without compromising service quality. Reduce second-time calls with better FCR. ” Techniques to optimize time.

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Call Center Self service Gamification Contact Center 196

DMG Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2022

Answer: Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs), which provide increasingly sophisticated customer-facing self-service capabilities, deliver quantitative and qualitative benefits to organizations, both of which have a business value. Question: What should we include in a business case to obtain an IVA solution?

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Average Handle Time Virtual Agent Self service Consulting 77

Zappix

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Optimize Every Agent Interaction: Digital tools empower call center agents to optimize every interaction by providing them with agent-initiated self-service tools. For instance, agents can access customer information instantly and initiate automated workflows, streamlining the call process and delivering timely resolutions.

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Call Center Agent burnout Customer Experience Average Handle Time 52

Hodusoft

JULY 19, 2023

Cost Savings: By automating call routing and leveraging self-service options such as IVR, businesses can reduce the need for additional staff and handle more calls with fewer agents. IVR systems enable self-service capabilities and help route callers to the right department or agent.

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call center software Call Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time 98

SmartAction

APRIL 24, 2019

This is the second of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Read Part 1 here >> Gartner predicts that customers soon will prefer using speech-driven interfaces to other forms of self-service when given a choice.

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Virtual Agent Self service Best practices Chatbots 47

Fonolo

APRIL 25, 2023

You’ll improve performance KPIs such as average handle time, too. When your agents are armed with the customer’s name, details and reason for calling, they won’t need to spend time collecting that information and can get straight to business.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Self service Technology 95

DMG Consulting

JULY 15, 2024

A Practical Approach to GenAI in the Contact Center View this article on the publisher’s website July 2, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI (genAI), is changing the contact center and customer service landscape for the better.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Self service Construction 48

Callminer

APRIL 20, 2018

As your customers demand to address less complex issues with self-service , for example, you should adopt self-service analytics using business intelligence to analyze self-service interactions via interactive voice response (IVR), self-service websites, and chatbots.

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Best practices Contact Center Customer Experience Interactive Voice Response 186

TechSee

JULY 10, 2024

Agent copilots helped reduce the need for manual service summaries and improved average handling times (AHT) and even first-call resolution rates. The real breakthrough lies in CX and service automation, not just augmentation. The impact on these organizations has been remarkable.

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Automotive Average Handle Time Enterprise First call resolution 124

NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Email, chat, social media, self-service: everything is going up. Voice is changing – average handle time is going up and calls are becoming more complex. Power looked at 124 customer service organizations spanning 13 industries in North America. Interesting, isn’t it? A new report from J.D. The result?

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Call Center Average Handle Time Contact Center Self service 52

Fonolo

JANUARY 17, 2023

Along with huge cost savings, AI will be a tremendous boon to customers longing for better self-service, and agents who need relief from repetitive taskwork. Metrics like first-call resolution and average handle time have historically been used to measure agent success and by extension, customer sentiment.

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Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Chatbots Average Handle Time 154

Interactions

JULY 9, 2024

How to assess your organization’s ability to fully harness the power of an IVA Today’s Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) bring an effortless ease and human-like interaction to customer service. Some questions you can ask include: Do customers have a smooth experience when switching service channels (e.g.,

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CRM Customer centricity Average Handle Time First call resolution 62

Interactions

JULY 9, 2024

How to assess your organization’s ability to fully harness the power of an IVA Today’s Intelligent Virtual Assistants (IVAs) bring an effortless ease and human-like interaction to customer service. Some questions you can ask include: Do customers have a smooth experience when switching service channels (e.g.,

CRM 62

CRM Customer centricity Average Handle Time First call resolution 62

Beyond Philosophy

MARCH 15, 2017

The article lists examples of organizations that were making it easy for customers by training front-line employees to remove obstacles in the Customer Experience and encouraging customers to use self-service channels. These organizations also helped the team members navigate the emotional Customer Experience a customer has.

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Average Handle Time Self service Consulting Consulting 303

SmartAction

MAY 23, 2019

This is the fifth of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Use this guide to automate your contact center and Customer Experience (CX) with AI self-service in voice, chat, and text. Best Practice #5: Human-Centric Design from a team of CX Experts.

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Self service Virtual Agent Contact Center Engineering 40

TechSee

MAY 14, 2019

Analysis of Average Handling Time is deeply entrenched in the customer service field and almost every contact center manager wants to improve AHT. AHT = Total Talk Time + Total Hold Time + Total Post-Call Work/Number of Calls Handled. Robust self-service options.

Contact Center 95

Contact Center Average Handle Time First call resolution Self service 95