SmartAction

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

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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DMG Consulting

AUGUST 10, 2018

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). Customer Benefit. Intelligent virtual agents (IVAs). Technology.

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TechSee

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

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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Altivon

MARCH 20, 2018

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). Chatbots, Omnichannel and Cloud are three top trends for contact centers.

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HGS

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

Balancing self-service and digital—including human assistance, when needed—is a significant customer service focus area. Customer service solutions that pre-empt and solve customer inquiries—before requiring agent assistance—are driving self-service as a solution to decrease customer effort.

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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. With virtual agents, the process of gathering data can be fully contained within automation, so that live agents don’t have to do the boring and redundant tasks.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Your customers expect agents to understand their unique context, including: Why they contacted your organization The goal they are trying to achieve The steps they have already taken prior to contacting an agent. Compound enough poor quality interactions together and you may put customers at risk for churn.

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