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Helping AI Help Agents: A Better Way to Use AI Applications in the Contact Center

Upstream Works

After five years of providing what amounted to call center plumbing, we had really zeroed in on what call centers did and realized that the heart of a call center was and always will be the people that operate the phones. ” Then, an application called UpStart was born.

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Contact Center AI: How It Can Transform Your CX

Playvox

Infusing artificial intelligence (AI) into processes is top of mind for business leaders and managers in all industries and across all job functions. The Evolution of Contact Center AI Early uses of AI and machine learning (ML) showed up in call centers years ago in intelligent routing solutions and interactive voice response (IVR) systems.

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Streamline the Customer Journey for a Better Mobile-First Customer Experience

UJET

Public switched telephone network (PSTN)caller wait time dropped to less than one minute , and PSTN call abandonment fell a solid 8%. Omnichannel call center solutions have promised for years to reduce the inefficiency and frustration that occurs when your customers switch between channels in their attempts to resolve an issue.

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Use AI to enhance the customer experience journey.

Call Experts

Chatbots or virtual agents can address a wide range of features and questions to provide relevant analysis and efficient protocol. Design advanced, skill-based rules to manage customer interactions that change depending on real-time situations. Streamline your employee absentee process with a call out hotline.

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Implementing Virtual Agents: Where to Start, and How to Finish

Speaker: Brian Morin, CMO, SmartAction & Aarde Cosseboom, Director of GMS Technology and Product, TechStyle Fashion Group

How many hours do you think your call center agents spend answering repetitive, transactional calls that don’t require human assistance? Then you're probably well aware of the potential for using conversational AI to manage the calls that can be answered easily and quickly. Unsurprised?

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New KPI Metrics in the Era of Self Service

TechSee

Modern contact centers are made up of a complex combination of humans and virtual assistants – using both natural and artificial intelligence – operating over multiple channels and using a wide range of tools to solve customers’ issues.

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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. 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.