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10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center

Hodusoft

In this blog, we will discuss various practical strategies for reducing operational expenses associated with BPOs. A constant monitoring of call queues, agent availability, and quality of service, helps in efficient allocation and utilization of resources based on current conditions. without speaking to an agent.

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Bilingual Customer Support: Where Live Agents and AI Coincide

BlueOcean

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Other Approaches to Bilingual Customer Care Support But, as the title of this blog implies, a live agent model might not be the best option for all of your language requirements.

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How to Effectively Empower Call Center Agents

Global Response

If you measure your agents’ success solely based on, for example, average handle time or completed calls, agents might be motivated to simply complete calls as quickly as possible to meet those metrics. On the other hand, the right kinds of software can empower agents to do their jobs well and effectively.

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Virtual Agents in the Contact Center: Data Gathering Made Easy

NICE inContact

But there are dozens of other processes in which agents collect information from a customer over the phone, and these calls aren’t just long, they’re expensive. Many companies have been able to significantly reduce live agent minutes and the average handle time for calls by using virtual agents to take over the drudgery of data gathering.

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Electrolux Assesses Their First 6 Months with Virtual Agents

SmartAction

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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How to Improve Contact Center Optimization with Customer Journeys

Pointillist

Your customers expect agents to understand their unique context, including: Why they contacted your organization The goal they are trying to achieve The steps they have already taken prior to contacting an agent. Without it, you risk frustrating them with interactions that require lots of effort, long hold times and costly escalations.

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Virtual Agents are Automating the Contact Center: Natural Language Greeting & Intent Capture

NICE inContact

Customers want better and faster self-service options, especially in the voice channel thanks to the popularity and increased adoption of conversational home/personal assistants. This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. fewer calls being transferred to live agents.