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Reduce call hold time and improve customer experience with self-service virtual agents using Amazon Connect and Amazon Lex

AWS Machine Learning

Government departments and businesses operate contact centers to connect with their communities, enabling citizens and customers to call to make appointments, request services, and sometimes just ask a question. Unless the hold music is particularly good, callers don’t typically enjoy having to wait—it wastes time and money.

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How DSW Reduced Their Average Handle Time By 19%

SmartAction

We realized a couple of years ago that we could no longer grow our contact center at the same rate in which we were growing our sales. When I started here eight years ago, we had 40 people that worked in the contact center. Every time we grow demand, we can’t grow people. Q: Tell us about IVA.

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Unleash Your Customer Service Team’s Full Potential with Virtual Agents

UJET

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick.

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Unleash Your Customer Service Team’s Full Potential with Virtual Agents

UJET

Contact centers have more in common with sports teams than you might think. And there’s a very simple way to unlock each of your customer service agent’s full potential—give them a rock-star number two player. Don’t worry, we’re not suggesting you double your workforce; we’re suggesting you give your agents a virtual sidekick.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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Making the Case for an Intelligent Virtual Agent

DMG Consulting

Making the Case for an Intelligent Virtual Agent. The challenge is that many companies successfully using interactive voice response (IVR) solutions to displace a large percentage of contact center calls don’t yet appreciate the greater potential value of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs).

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The Contact Center and Back-Office Automation Opportunity

DMG Consulting

The Contact Center and Back-Office Automation Opportunity. DMG estimates that 50% of the activities performed by a customer service agent while handling a call can be automated. This is independent of the percentage of calls that can be displaced by an intelligent virtual agent (IVA).).