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How Artificial Intelligence is Changing CX in the Contact Center

Fonolo

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 Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

“Expect to see more focus on digital and self-service, less brick and mortar, more efficiency-builders for company and customer, and an increased call for the return of voice to handle the challenging stuff. Which Topics Are Most Important for Your Customer Service Department in 2017?

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How are you Improving Service in 2019?

OrecX

While customer self-service is a growing trend, and many business-to-consumer interactions are taking place more and more online (email, FAQs, online chat.), Additionally, customers are growing discontent with their vendors and suppliers and cite poor customer service as the reason. Aspect Software). Newvoicemedia.com).

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Five Steps to Strategically Choose AI For Customer Service

Natalie Petouhof

List the strategic metrics you are measured on every day and then think about how AI can help you to: Reduce call volume (call deflection via satisfying self-service). Reduce Average Handle Time (AHT). Faster time-to-value. MIT Sloan and BCG Study, 2017. Increase First Contact Resolution (FCR).

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3 Takeaways from Our Live Discussion on Top Call Center Metrics [Video]

Fonolo

The chart you see is from a 2017 study, with the metrics most commonly ranked as “very important” at the beginning. We can also see a low ranking for Average Handle Time – a metric that was been around since the earliest days of the call center. Another argument is that self-service options are getting better and better.

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KPIs for Managing your Contact Center

DMG Consulting

Below are list of KPIs to measure various aspects of a customer service contact center. The top metrics for customer effort are: Average wait time (for each of the channels handled by contact center). Self-service displacement (automation) rate. Email average handle time. Occupancy rate.

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Everything You Need To Know About Call Center Quality Assurance

JustCall

So, let’s take a consistent approach to the fundamentals of call center quality assurance: 62 % of US customers have stopped doing business with a brand because of poor customer service. Self-service channel. This can help keep conversations on track and find a solution at the optimal time. Identify Training Needs.