Creative Virtual

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

We had more enquiries this year than ever before about using virtual agent and chatbot technology internally to support contact centre agents, relationship managers and other employees. It shortens the time they need to search for information so they can provide a better in-person service experience for customers.

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Virtual Agent Technology Average Handle Time Chatbots 52

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

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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Virtual Agent Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center 48

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Numerous internal transfers lead to increased and lengthy average handling times for live agents, which can be incredibly expensive for companies. fewer calls being transferred to live agents.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Average Handle Time Interactive Voice Response 48

SmartAction

OCTOBER 2, 2018

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. 14% of callers request a live agent transfer. 9% of callers hang up.

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Virtual Agent Average Handle Time Contact Center outsourcing 47

SmartAction

APRIL 24, 2019

This combination has led to the growing adoption of AI-powered virtual agents to automate conversations traditionally handed by live agents. Best Practice #2: Virtual agents need “guardrails”. There is a fine line between what should be automated by conversational AI and what should be transferred to live agents.

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Virtual Agent Self service Best practices Chatbots 46

SmartAction

JANUARY 25, 2019

This newly acquired accuracy means that call center virtual assistant solutions are now demonstrating their true power in a variety of interesting and beneficial ways. Here’s how two innovative companies are using AI-powered virtual agents to automate more in their contact centers. 5% fewer calls to live agents.

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Virtual Agent Self service Healthcare Contact Center 44

Connect

APRIL 18, 2024

By orchestrating first-line customer engagement with intelligent routing, the solution can allocate basic engagements and repetitive tasks to automated AI solutions like chatbots or conversational virtual agents.

Virtual Agent 86

Virtual Agent Chatbots Average Handle Time Engineering 86

DMG Consulting

JANUARY 10, 2022

Answer: Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs), which provide increasingly sophisticated customer-facing self-service capabilities, deliver quantitative and qualitative benefits to organizations, both of which have a business value. Question: What should we include in a business case to obtain an IVA solution?

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Average Handle Time Virtual Agent Self service Consulting 77

SmartAction

APRIL 20, 2022

There’s no need for human agents to perform mundane, repetitive tasks that can be easily automated through a virtual agent. Some CX experts believe average handle time is the worst metric for service , calling it “a relic of the old service world” and “a culture killer.” Rethink Call Center Metrics.

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Call Center Virtual Agent Average Handle Time First call resolution 92

Connect

DECEMBER 11, 2023

By orchestrating first-line customer engagement with intelligent routing, the solution can allocate basic engagements and repetitive tasks to automated AI solutions like chat bots or conversational virtual agents. Creating ‘ super agents.

Technology 93

Technology Average Handle Time Cloud contact First call resolution 93

Talkdesk

APRIL 14, 2020

Getting help from virtual agents Virtual agents and chatbots usage is increasing across all industries. Providing 24/7 service: Virtual agents reduce customer service pressure by providing service around the clock. The chart below shows this behavior.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Virtual Agent Chatbots Healthcare 81

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

As NLP, ML, and conversational AI evolved, modern contact centers embrace AI-powered chatbots, virtual agents or assistants, voice recognition, and other tools to deliver self-service options to customers. This frees up agents to focus on more complex issues and customer communications, reducing metrics like average handling time.

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Contact Center Quality management Interactive Voice Response Coaching 74

UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A customer calling to ask about store hours, for instance, may be routed to a self-service option or Virtual Agent , while more complex queries will be routed to a human agent. Automation Reduces Repetitive Tasks for Agents. After a call, agents spend extra time copying notes to your CRM tool.

Customer Service 82

Customer Service Virtual Agent Interactive Voice Response Gamification 82

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

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. Today, live agents are optimized to help customers more quickly on complex needs. Average handle time (AHT) , a key CX metric, has fallen by two minutes!

Customer Experience 55

Customer Experience Virtual Agent Average Handle Time Self service 55

Netomi

AUGUST 31, 2022

If your company uses autoresponders, you may need to define a new KPI that measures “first impactful response time.” The average is 12h 10 min. Average Handle Time (AHT). Bring AI Into The Organization In The Form Of Virtual Agents. ” 75% of customers expect a response in 5 minutes.

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Metrics Customer Service Virtual Agent Average Handle Time 75

UJET

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

A customer calling to ask about store hours, for instance, may be routed to a self-service option or Virtual Agent , while more complex queries will be routed to a human agent. Automation Reduces Repetitive Tasks for Agents. After a call, agents spend extra time copying notes to your CRM tool.

Customer Service 72

Customer Service Virtual Agent Interactive Voice Response Gamification 72

Connect

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Whether a customer engages with an AI-powered bot or AI-empowered super-agent, intelligent technologies will monitor key metrics in real-time, such as average handling times (AHT), first-contact resolution (FCR) rates, and call duration, among others, to make the contact centre more efficient and improve every measure of performance.

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Average Handle Time CRM Virtual Agent Metrics 72

Talkdesk

MARCH 24, 2020

Not limited to a specific interface, it leverages both traditional websites and conversational self-service tools like virtual agents , chatbots and employee or customer communities to make information as easily accessible as possible. Knowledge Base Administrators.

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Average Handle Time Self service First call resolution Virtual Agent 57

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. The quality of non-English interactions with virtual agents in a conversational manner in their primary language improves with machine learning.

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Customer Support Bilingual agents outsourcing Contact Center 124

DMG Consulting

JULY 8, 2022

Another way of saying this is that the average handle time (AHT) of customer service calls in most contact centers can be cut in half, with the right technology. This is independent of the percentage of calls that can be displaced by an intelligent virtual agent (IVA).). The issue is rather simple.

Contact Center 54

Contact Center Average Handle Time Virtual Agent Healthcare 54

TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

When a virtual agent fields a customer’s enquiry, collects all relevant details and passes it to a human agent for final approval, how should average handling time ( AHT ) be measured? Experts estimate that the current average total cost per contact across all industries is approximately $15.

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Self service Metrics Contact Center Virtual Agent 146

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Some have turned to AI to power virtual agents, chatbots and other self-service channels. Decreased average handle time by 10 percent. Decreased average handle time by 10 percent. Improved average speed of answer by over 50 percent at peak times. Saving over $300,00 per year.

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contact center solutions Cloud contact Contact Center Virtual Agent 48

Calltools

JUNE 24, 2020

This information helps the call center agent direct the conversation to reach an agreeable resolution. AI-Powered Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) Solve Minor Issues Easily Most people have interacted with chatbots on websites. Virtual agents function like chatbots that can speak and hear.

Call Center 52

Call Center Interactive Voice Response Virtual Agent Chatbots 52

SmartAction

MAY 23, 2019

It is their job to outline the business goals that need to be achieved, and generate excitement about contact center transformation via AI-powered virtual agents. To do this, Solutions Consultants spend their time digging into data – both quantitative and qualitative. Solutions Expert.

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Self service Virtual Agent Contact Center Engineering 40

Global Response

AUGUST 7, 2023

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.

Call Center 62

Call Center Agent Empowerment Average Handle Time Feedback 62

TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2018

Implementing decision support tools backs up the agent, putting the right information at the tip of their fingers, helping them work smarter and perform better in operational KPIs such as First Call Resolution (FCR) and Average Handling Time (AHT).

Contact Center 95

Contact Center Scripts Average Handle Time First call resolution 95

SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

TechStyle’s top call drivers are conversations like returns, order status, and billing–repetitive conversations that used to be handled by live agents but now handled by AI agents. Since TechStyle is no longer under the same pressure to replace live agent churn, they are able to hire for the culture they want.

Call Center 40

Call Center Virtual Agent Average Handle Time Upselling 40

Balto

MARCH 29, 2023

Conversation Augmentation As the company’s representative explains the issue to the human agent on the phone, an AI-enabled virtual agent is simultaneously listening to the call and pulling out key terms with Natural Language Processing (NLP) to quickly identify the possible causes of downtime and even propose solutions.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Coaching Virtual Agent 52

DMG Consulting

MARCH 1, 2019

Other interactions can be resolved by using presence technology, which allows the agent to reach out to an expert in another department, although the customer will be put on hold. But these approaches won’t be used as long as agents are measured primarily by the number of interactions they handle and their average handle time (AHT).

Customer Service 72

Customer Service Average Handle Time Virtual Agent Contact Center 72

Fonolo

APRIL 6, 2020

It can rout calls to the most qualified agent to handle each customer while reducing average handle times. It also helps to increase agent efficiency through the use of automation and it can also identity coaching opportunities by listening to phone calls.

Contact Center 108

Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center Multichannel 108

NICE inContact

MARCH 28, 2018

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. Average Handle Time (AHT) – This is one of the most significant metrics when it comes to driving down costs.

Metrics 48

Metrics Customer Experience Average Handle Time Self service 48

DMG Consulting

MARCH 10, 2023

Implementation time frames vary from a couple of weeks to two months; however, these solutions improve through usage and learning.

Contact Center 48

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Gamification Quality management 48

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Also driving this trend is real-time analytics. For example, agents should have real-time access to their average handling time and target performance. If the agent can see which goals they are fulfilling and which require improvement, they may adjust their strategy in real time.

Call Center 52

Call Center Chatbots Contact Center Cloud contact 52

NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Also driving this trend is real-time analytics. For example, agents should have real-time access to their average handling time and target performance. If the agent can see which goals they are fulfilling and which require improvement, they may adjust their strategy in real time.

Call Center 52

Call Center Chatbots Contact Center Cloud contact 52

Hodusoft

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A constant monitoring of call queues, agent availability, and quality of service, helps in efficient allocation and utilization of resources based on current conditions. These tools can be used to address common or routine customer inquiries, reducing the need for human agents’ interference.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Interactive Voice Response Contact center software Self service 52

OctopusTech

JUNE 8, 2022

AI-powered virtual agents use natural language processing (NLP) and backend data and then handle requests of customers within a few seconds. This process saves a lot of time and improves customer satisfaction. Eliminate mistakes and effectively route calls.

Call Center 62

Call Center Interactive Voice Response First call resolution Chatbots 62

JustCall

JANUARY 18, 2023

In general, inbound agents need to handle a high volume of calls promptly and efficiently while also providing high-quality customer service. Companies can take a few approaches to determine the appropriate number of calls for an inbound agent. Virtual Agents. Interactive Voice Response (IVR).

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outsourcing Scripts Call Center Interactive Voice Response 52