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What is call center technology?

ViiBE Blog

Customers often contact a call center when they are frustrated or experiencing an issue with a product or service. In the background, entire systems run behind the scenes to manage their call and put them in touch with a representative as efficiently as possible. So what exactly do call centers do?

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Why Every Contact Center Manager Should Consider Voice-Driven AI

SmartAction

Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides an unprecedented opportunity to revolutionize the call center experience for the 59% of your customers who prefer telephone communication. We’re not talking about the time-consuming interactive voice response (IVR) of the past that provided a less-than-optimal customer experience.

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The Future of Remote Agent Call Centers

Outsource Consultants

By being proactive — and highlighting the benefits of remote work — leaders have been able to refine processes and technologies to supercharge their output. Look for essential support functions to remain in office, particularly: In cases of compliance or security, where clients insist on in-office controls.

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How Can I Reduce Labor Costs for My Business?

Quality Contact Solutions

Assess the state of equipment and technology used to perform job functions. Is the equipment empowering the workforce to be as efficient as possible? The BPO outsourced call center provider must forecast and staff the correct number of resources for the job function. Is the time spent outside of the regular hours productive?

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Looking for an Inbound Call Center Outsourcing Partner? Keep These Tips in Your Glovebox

Quality Contact Solutions

Here are seven inbound call center outsourcing tips for finding the right partner to support your business. Why do they call? Is it a sales call, customer service, or a technical support call? Is there a need for multi-language support? What are the common issues?

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KPIs for call centers: 8 critical metrics to track

Global Response

The call center for this business handles a large volume of incoming customer service calls, often related to membership or subscription questions, technical support or general customer service inquiries. That’s why it’s important to measure this as an average across all calls. Average abandonment rate.

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Calling all Call Centers: Confessions of a Tech Support Agent

Fonolo

In addition to talking ‘call-backs’, he has a confession to make. Actually, I had a knack for technology in general. And like many others, this meant starting out in a call center, answering the phone calls of helpless software users, as a lowly, humble Technical Support Representative (TSR). .