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Virtual Agents in the Contact Center: Data Gathering Made Easy

NICE inContact

When it comes to reducing expenses within contact center operations, one of the best ways to do so is to reduce the amount of time that live agents spend on the phone. With that being said, one of the biggest time-consumers of live agent minutes comes from repetitive and tedious data gathering.

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2023 Customer Service Statistics for Contact Centers

Fonolo

Customer service expectations in the contact center continue to increase, and only the best businesses keep up. Statistics That Demonstrate the Value of Great Customer Service Excellent customer service in the contact center has always been job one. 14% of contact center leaders predict growth of more than 10%.

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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. 14% of callers request a live agent transfer.

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Step 2 of 5: AI Self-Service Without Compromise – Virtual Agents Need “Guardrails”

SmartAction

Delivery over the cloud has made integration with existing contact center systems easier and more seamless, as well. 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”.

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6 Signs Your Legacy Contact Center Software is Holding You Back

SharpenCX

In the contact center world, advancements over the last ten years have taken customer service to the next level. And agents have the same capabilities. Legacy contact center platforms were great in the past for the sole purpose they served. First, how do you know you’re on a legacy contact center platform?

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Better Digital Support with the Virtual Insurance Agent

Creative Virtual

In their whitepaper The Virtual Insurance Agent , ITL takes a detailed look at how conversational AI is allowing insurance companies to greatly improve their customer experiences while also reducing costs. Improve agent experience and boost productivity. Reduce contact center traffic and alleviate pressure on busy live agents.

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Buzzwords, De-buzzed: 7 Other Ways to (Not) Say Chatbot

Fonolo

Virtual Agent. Calling chatbots “virtual agent” is actually doing virtual agents an injustice, so please stop doing this. Virtual agents actually have a much broader use. Virtual Assistant. Webinar] 3 Critical Contact Center Trends to Watch in 2018.

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