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Contact center workforce 101: IVR vs. chatbots vs. agents

Think Customers

The same is true for a call that begins with an interactive voice response (IVR) system. An IVR is an automated phone system technology that allows incoming callers to access information via a selected prompt of prerecorded messages without having to speak to an associate. What is a chatbot? What is an IVR? The best fit.

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5 Insurance Chatbot Use Cases Along the Customer Journey

Inbenta

And chatbots that harness artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing (NLP) present a huge opportunity. In a market where policies, coverage, and pricing are increasingly similar, AI chatbots give insurers a tool to offer great customer experience (CX) and differentiate themselves from their competitors.

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Future State of the Contact Center: ChatGPT in Customer Experience

BlueOcean

This is the underlying philosophy of our digital customer experience support solutions , driven by AI, machine learning, chatbots, and intelligent self-service. AI tools must be trained with relevant, highly tested datasets from across the company’s systems. Those first three are what we’d expect. Let me transfer you to an agent.”

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Uniphore & Jacada Help You Innovate Your CX

Uniphore

It does not matter whether you want to automate your customer experience or streamline your employee experience -- perhaps it is your IVR, a voice bot, a chatbot, or a simple decision tree that automates a process and guides your contact center agents. We have seen how lack of rapid and robust integration can hamper your efforts.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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Why AHTs Still Matter and 5 Ways to Improve Them

CSM Magazine

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. So, is Average Handle Time (AHT) still a relevant metric and what does it mean for contact centres today?

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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of February 26, 2024

ShepHyken

As the technology gets better, cheaper and easier to use — a far cry from the stiff, robotic chatbots of just a year or two ago — more companies will embrace it. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. My Comment: We start this week’s roundup with an article about AI. Imagine that!)

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.