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The AI-Powered Virtual Agent by Frost & Sullivan

SmartAction

The following is an excerpt from Frost & Sullivan’s white paper, “The AI-Powered Virtual Agent: Actionable Strategies for Contact Center Leaders.”. Read the full paper to find out how leading companies are using cloud-based virtual agents to automate more in their contact centers. Meeting High Customer Expectations.

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Applications that Improve the Customer Journey

DMG Consulting

Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) technology coupled with consumer preference for digital channels, is driving interest in and adoption of intelligent virtual agents (IVAs) and a related technology, robotic process automation (RPA). The acquired knowledge is assimilated and leveraged in future interactions.

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Steering the Shift to Conversational IVR

TechSee

Interactive voice response (IVR) allows a company’s computer system to engage with customers through voice and touch-tone telephone keypads. Today, it is evolving into the Conversational IVR model that offers much more than a simple customer routing system. Press 2 to speak to a representative.

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Expert Perspectives: Digital Insights from HfS Research Director

HGS

Melissa: Today’s customer service trends are being driven by customer expectations for really simple and straightforward communication. In many cases, this means self-service tools, although customers also sometimes need to pick up the phone and speak with a person.

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Driving Contact Center Change: Chatbots, OmniChannel, Cloud

Altivon

Because each one in its own way increases efficiency and decreases customer effort. But what about customer effort? Studies show that the majority of customers would rather have an effortless experience than a delightful one (CCIQ). From a customer experience perspective, it requires more than channel choices.

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How to Improve Contact Center Optimization with Customer Journeys

Pointillist

Initiatives include “training staff for interactions in new channels, optimizing AI and self-service opportunities and improving integrations between touchpoints.”. Current systems and workforce often limit your ability to understand customers as they move across channels. Why do they leak into agent-assisted channels?

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Step 4 of 5: AI Self-Service Without Compromise – Avoid Siloed Channels With a Unified, Omnichannel CX Platform

SmartAction

This is the fourth of a five-part blog series that outlines the Five Best Practices for AI Self-Service Without Compromise. Gartner predicts that customers soon will prefer using speech-driven interfaces to other forms of self-service when given a choice. Read Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 first! Building in Silos.