When artificial intelligence emerged from the labs and vendors started offering it as a component of their software, many contact-center buyers shied away from it. From their point of view, AI and machine learning tools were new, expensive, relatively untested and had an uncertain use case. This stance was understandable, as contact center professionals are traditionally expected to be risk-averse when deploying technology into their operations. Contact centers are, by design, supposed to be...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
agent management,
Customer Experience Management,
Field Service,
customer service and support,
AI and Machine Learning
Tools for contact center agent management have changed considerably in the past few years. The suite of software applications has grown from those that perform core functions in scheduling and quality control to include more advanced solutions for agent guidance, integrated desktops, and workflow and automation design. One area of intense investment by vendors has been analytics, specifically for assessing customer satisfaction and hearing the “voice of the customer.”
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
Contact Center,
agent management,
Customer Experience Management,
customer service and support
Customer support operations increasingly rely on automation and complex workflow processes to reduce costs and improve experiences. Automation also allows organizations to make their service processes richer, incorporating information and staff from back offices, for example, or embedding conversational tools into contact center processes.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
natural language processing,
agent management,
Customer Experience Management,
Field Service,
Process Mining,
Streaming Analytics,
customer service and support,
AI and Machine Learning
Ventana Research recently announced its 2021 market agenda in the expertise area of Customer Experience. Most organizations have some degree of focus on managing how they interact with their customers, but it is often a disjointed and constrained process. Developing an effective customer experience has become an investment priority in recent years as organizations increasingly recognize the importance of good experiences to profitability, customer longevity and advocacy on behalf of brands.
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Management,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Commerce,
agent management,
Customer Experience Management,
Field Service,
AI and Machine Learning