Think Customers

MARCH 2, 2023

Workforce reductions are tempting in the face of economic headwinds but technology and customer experience experts urge contact center leaders to take the long view, and resist. ” “A lot of brands have a tendency toward what I call the ‘CX sacrifice,’ reducing staff and decreasing your time to serve.

2023 52

2023 Contact Center Average Handle Time Roadmap 52

TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

Once upon a time, measuring customer service success was straightforward. Hire some agents, train them, and use standard contact center KPIs to measure how well they perform. Total Cost Per Contact. Enterprises must consider staffing costs, call center management systems expenses and the cost of self-service tools.

Metrics 146

Metrics Contact Center Virtual Agent Net Promoter Score 146

Think Customers

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Chatbots and messaging each serve a vital role in the overall customer journey, and contact centers need to know when is the right moment to deploy an automated or human response. Find the right mix of technology and humanity. But these two platforms aren’t interchangeable. What’s a chatbot? What is messaging?

White Paper 52

White Paper Contact Center Omnichannel Average Handle Time 52

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Generative AI technologies truly have the power to change how we work and our ability to deliver a stellar customer experience (CX). What Is Contact Center AI? AI is also finding its way into contact centers, as technology allows machines or computers to process information in a similar fashion, but much faster than humans.

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Contact Center Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Omnichannel 74

Talkdesk

APRIL 14, 2020

Laying the foundation with the right infrastructure Contact centers are finding themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. Oftentimes in 24-hour contact centers, agents share desks and equipment – including headsets. Put simply, contact centers are perfect petri dishes for healthcare crises.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Virtual Agent E Commerce Average Handle Time 81

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. fewer calls being transferred to live agents.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center 48

Oracle

OCTOBER 1, 2019

That’s a particularly attractive solution when a chatbot — also called a “virtual agent” — is offered as the initial strategy, with a live agent available as needed. Gartner research found that 25% of customer service operations will use virtual customer assistants by 2020. Frictionless experience.

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Customer Service Virtual Agent Average Handle Time Retail 74

NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2018

In part one of the blog series, we looked at a framework for building a strong business case to invest in customer experience technologies. 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.

Metrics 48

Metrics Customer Experience Contact Center Average Handle Time 48