Connect

MARCH 5, 2025

CX innovation In response, contact centre operators are leveraging AI to craft conversational experiences with basic chatbots and more advanced virtual agents , driving the rise of immersive digital customer experiences (CX). By analysing sentiment and intent, AI-powered virtual agents can field more complex tasks and requests.

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Balto

MARCH 3, 2025

This creates a more efficient workflow and reduces customer wait times. This allows human agents to focus on more complex and high-value interactions that require empathy and critical thinking. Predictive analytics identify peak call times and staffing needs, enabling managers to optimize schedules and resources.

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Creative Virtual

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

We had more enquiries this year than ever before about using virtual agent and chatbot technology internally to support contact centre agents, relationship managers and other employees. It shortens the time they need to search for information so they can provide a better in-person service experience for customers.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

With all of the new improvements and changes in modern day customer service technology, it’s no surprise that customer expectations have evolved to follow suit as well. This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Now more than ever, customers want fast and efficient service.

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DMG Consulting

JUNE 27, 2022

Making the Case for an Intelligent Virtual Agent. Self-service has become the preferred form of customer support for many consumers, so long as it works. The financial justification is based on reducing the number of live agents, but this doesn’t mean having to fire agents or other employees.

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SmartAction

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Electrolux, the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world who sells under a variety of brand names worldwide like Frigidaire and AEG, made the transformation to AI-powered virtual agents six months ago to automate more in their contact center. Q: How difficult was the implementation and initial pilot?

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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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SmartAction

APRIL 20, 2022

There’s no need for human agents to perform mundane, repetitive tasks that can be easily automated through a virtual agent. Some CX experts believe average handle time is the worst metric for service , calling it “a relic of the old service world” and “a culture killer.”

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SmartAction

JANUARY 25, 2019

AI Self-Service Solutions Demonstrate Their Impact. This is no less true in the pursuit of an improved CX, where advanced speech recognition capabilities have finally allowed contact centers to access the vast cognitive abilities that Artificial Intelligence (AI) self-service has to offer. 5% fewer calls to live agents.

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Balto

MARCH 17, 2025

These systems can also detect when wait times exceed acceptable thresholds and alert supervisors in real-time. They utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) such as average handle time and customer satisfaction scores to help agents and managers make informed decisions, identify issues, and enhance operational efficiency.

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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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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI solves this problem by routing customers to the ideal customer service solutions quickly. A customer calling to ask about store hours, for instance, may be routed to a self-service option or Virtual Agent , while more complex queries will be routed to a human agent. AI Streamlines Agent Training.

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Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Additional metrics to consider include: NPS scores First response time (FRT) Abandon rates Hold times Average Handle Time (AHT) 4. Research conducted by McKinsey reveals that employees may spend up to 20% of their time searching for information about work processes.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

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. Moreover, AI-powered customer self-service has boosted their CX as customers no longer wait in queue for routine (now automated) transactions related to order management.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 24, 2020

An increasing number of customers prefer to use self-service channels to get their questions answered, and they want that information delivered in a truly personalized way. Knowledge Base Administrators. Knowledge base admins realize the same benefits from an AI-powered solution.

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Fonolo

APRIL 6, 2020

Service Hub includes a shared email inbox, live chat software, and self-service tools, all of which integrate seamlessly with Aircall for phone support. It can rout calls to the most qualified agent to handle each customer while reducing average handle times.

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UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

AI solves this problem by routing customers to the ideal customer service solutions quickly. A customer calling to ask about store hours, for instance, may be routed to a self-service option or Virtual Agent , while more complex queries will be routed to a human agent. AI Streamlines Agent Training.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 27, 2025

Five key KPIs help optimize efficiency: Average Handle Time (AHT) , Service Level , Abandonment Rate , Occupancy Rate , and Average Speed of Answer (ASA). Optimize Average Handle Time (AHT) AHT measures the average time spent on a customer interaction, including talk time, hold time, and after-call work.

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OctopusTech

JUNE 18, 2024

This saves on labor costs while providing good customer service. You will also be able to get such services on demand. Reduce Average Handle Time It is a good thing to provide your agents with knowledge management tools. Along with that, you may also consider offering real-time coaching.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2019

Other interactions can be resolved by using presence technology, which allows the agent to reach out to an expert in another department, although the customer will be put on hold. But these approaches won’t be used as long as agents are measured primarily by the number of interactions they handle and their average handle time (AHT).

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Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

As NLP, ML, and conversational AI evolved, modern contact centers embrace AI-powered chatbots, virtual agents or assistants, voice recognition, and other tools to deliver self-service options to customers. This improves customer satisfaction and net promoter scores, and other key customer service metrics.

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Netomi

AUGUST 31, 2022

If your company uses autoresponders, you may need to define a new KPI that measures “first impactful response time.” The average is 12h 10 min. Average Handle Time (AHT). What is a Customer Service KPI Dashboard? consumers have not seen any improvement in customer service over the last 12 months.

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Some have turned to AI to power virtual agents, chatbots and other self-service channels. Decreased average handle time by 10 percent. Decreased average handle time by 10 percent. Improved average speed of answer by over 50 percent at peak times.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2018

Integration with CRM and other applications provide a complete customer context in terms of profile, interaction and transaction data that helps agents solve customer issues right, the first time. Average Handle Time (AHT) – This is one of the most significant metrics when it comes to driving down costs.

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Balto

MARCH 29, 2023

Conversation Augmentation As the company’s representative explains the issue to the human agent on the phone, an AI-enabled virtual agent is simultaneously listening to the call and pulling out key terms with Natural Language Processing (NLP) to quickly identify the possible causes of downtime and even propose solutions.

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OctopusTech

JUNE 8, 2022

Call scheduling saves a lot of time for your company and call center representatives so that they can focus more on technical calls. Using a self-service tool such as a chatbot can be considered an automated interaction with customers and an AI-powered IVR is an example of automated interaction through voice.

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Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

When calls are routed to the right agent, it ensures faster issue resolution, reduced handling times, and increased customer satisfaction. Self-Service Options : Self-service options in call routing optimization are another effective way to enhance contact center efficiency.

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ROI CX Solutions

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Key takeaways Enhancing efficiency: AI tools allow contact centers to automate repetitive tasks, enabling major time and cost savings and allowing agents to focus more on high-value tasks. This workflow also provides major cost savings, since more time and money can be channeled toward your valuable human agents.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 10, 2023

Implementation time frames vary from a couple of weeks to two months; however, these solutions improve through usage and learning. Intelligent virtual assistants. Now that newer KPIs are being gamified, contact centers are experiencing a payback in nine to 12 months.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Also driving this trend is real-time analytics. For example, agents should have real-time access to their average handling time and target performance. If the agent can see which goals they are fulfilling and which require improvement, they may adjust their strategy in real time.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Also driving this trend is real-time analytics. For example, agents should have real-time access to their average handling time and target performance. If the agent can see which goals they are fulfilling and which require improvement, they may adjust their strategy in real time.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Initiatives include “training staff for interactions in new channels, optimizing AI and self-service opportunities and improving integrations between touchpoints.”. Without it, you risk frustrating them with interactions that require lots of effort, long hold times and costly escalations. Which behaviors impact key metrics?

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JustCall

JANUARY 18, 2023

Provide choices for self-assistance. If you can offer your customers (callers) the option of self-service, it will help them to solve their issues without the help of an agent. For instance, issues like knowing the status of their shipments or their purchase can be done without the help of a call center agent.

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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. We don’t want to automate that yet.”).

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