BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Customer care QA processes are moving from limited sampling to real-time, holistic analysis thanks to emerging conversation intelligence technologies that impact every corner of the contact center for the better. The rate at which contact center technology has evolved accelerated during the pandemic years. She was blunt.

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Contact Center Industry Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 177

BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Are you in the middle of “contact center RFP season”? We segmented the questions into six key sections: Company Overview Agent Workforce Contact Center Reporting Project Management Technology Pricing Company Overview Get to know the history and organization of the vendor. Be realistic about your risk tolerance.

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Contact Center Employee Engagement Average Handle Time Culture 156

BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Are you in the middle of “contact center RFP season”? We segmented the questions into six key sections: Company Overview Agent Workforce Contact Center Reporting Project Management Technology Pricing Company Overview Get to know the history and organization of the vendor. Be realistic about your risk tolerance.

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Contact Center Employee Engagement Average Handle Time Culture 156

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

If you’ve manage an aging contact center, then you’ve probably identified several inefficiencies which limit your success. Maybe its call volumes that exceed contact center capacity. When you transform contact center inefficiencies into proficiencies you are transforming money “wasted” into money saved.

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Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 121

Calabrio

APRIL 26, 2016

And now that spring has sprung we see flowers in bloom, hear birds singing once again, and look forward to spending time learning about our new contact center software and solutions. We presented our subjects with an extensive list of potential contact center issues for 2016 and asked them to choose all that they felt applied to them.

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Contact Center Contact Center Software First Call Resolution Call Center 140

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It’s plain and simple, using plain language in customer interactions is good business for your contact center. You’re achieving higher first-call resolution (FCR) rates. You’re lowering call volume. This all leads to cost savings in your contact center.

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Contact Center Self Service First Call Resolution Case Study 136

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 10, 2016

No matter what action you take, the point is that your journey as a customer started before you made that call. But too many contact centers assume the opposite; that your journey starts the moment an agent picks up the phone. Is there anything stopping a frontline agent from having the autonomy to deliver first call resolution?

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Customer Journeys Contact Center Call Flow First Call Resolution 120

BlueOcean

AUGUST 15, 2016

It’s the same for contact center reporting. Reporting that provides a transparent window into your contact center data helps you gain actionable insight that can differentiate your customer experience and boost your bottom line. First Step: Smart Forecasting. First Step: Smart Forecasting. It’s a no brainer.

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Contact Center Report Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 120

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We’re making it easier than ever for contact center managers to bring together the most powerful solution to operate your contact center, to drive efficiency and productivity, and to give your agent a streamlined desktop with everything they need in one place. Easy-to-use, integrated agent desktop delivers productivity.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Self Service CRM 27

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

It’s plain and simple, using plain language in customer interactions is good business for your contact center. You’re achieving higher first-call resolution (FCR) rates. You’re lowering call volume. This all leads to cost savings in your contact center.

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Contact Center First Call Resolution Customer Journeys Interaction 120

NICE inContact

APRIL 13, 2016

The same is true of any industry including contact centers. You might be able to take phone calls with just phones, but you won’t be able to do a very good job with just the bare necessities. Here are five helpful tools that can solve common contact center issues and provide a better service.

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Contact Center Tools Management First Call Resolution 120

Comm100

JUNE 5, 2018

How AI can be Used in the Contact Center. AI has some viable uses in the contact center sphere that managers can employ to improve their CX and the efficiency of call centers. Out of these benefits, two concrete benefits of AI in the contact center stand out. Advancing Customer Service.

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Contact Center Call Center Self Service Chatbots 130

Vonage

MAY 23, 2017

As customer habits and expectations continue to evolve, contact centers must keep raising the bar on service quality. It’s also important to know if your contact center is meeting the industry standards – and where it falls short. Our upcoming webinar, “How Does your Contact Center Stack Up?”

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Contact Center First Call Resolution Call Center Social Media 120

BlueOcean

JUNE 21, 2016

One of our most popular blog posts is 52 Contact Center RFP Questions to Ask Vendors. Choosing a contact center outsourcer is a huge investment. We’ve compiled a list of 51 contact center RFP questions to help you ensure you’re making the most informed decision. Writing Your Contact Center RFP Questions.

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Contact Center First Call Resolution Culture Training 120

NICE inContact

JUNE 30, 2016

Speech Analytics has been a game-changer in this regard, allowing complete and in-depth analysis of 100% of customer interactions without the need for hiring a gigantic call Quality Assurance (QA) staff. Despite this, many contact centers are still struggling to find practical uses, and/or measure the ROI of the technology.

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Contact Center Analytics Technology Multi-Channel 122

TechSee

AUGUST 10, 2023

TechSee’s visual automation platform uses computer artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) to enhance customer and contact center engagements. TechSee’s Computer Vision AI and AR can improve issues facing customer contact centers around first-call resolution, average handling times, and truck roll avoidance.

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Connections Contact Center Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 206

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But if you are a contact center manager, you aren’t measured solely on your own personal performance. One powerful way is to integrate your customer relationship management (CRM) system and your contact center software. Average Handle Time: Integrating your contact center and CRM enable you to shorten call length.

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Contact Center CRM Contact Center Software Self Service 24

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Too often, efforts to improve contact center performance are based business goals like increasing labor efficiency, or lower operating cost. But contact centers are not built to serve managers, they are built to serve customers. Here are five key takeaways, in no specific order, to improve contact center performance.

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Contact Center Contact Center Software Self Service Chatbots 122

Pointillist

MARCH 1, 2019

For a business, that means high costs and inefficient call center operations. Call centers, therefore, want to improve first call resolution rate, reduce call volume, and excel at customer service while reining in high costs.

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First Call Resolution Self Service Call Center Effort Score 75

Pointillist

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Many call center leaders cite First Call Resolution (FCR) as the most important metric to track. Research firm Frost and Sullivan calls First Call Resolution the “home run” of call center metrics. As McKinsey & Company explains : The contact center.

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InMoment XI

OCTOBER 31, 2024

To show you can further improve the performance of your contact center, fill out the calculator below to discover your business’s ROI using InMoment’s conversational intelligence tools: Calculate your business’s ROI using InMoment’s conversational intelligence tools.

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Call Center Metrics Self Service Effort Score 195

NICE inContact

JULY 10, 2018

So how can businesses reap the rewards and achieve the most out of an investment in cloud contact center technology? You’ll be looking for a vendor that can provide this as well as who can help you optimize your cloud contact center in these five ways. Deliver omnichannel experiences. Measure performance.

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Contact Center Technology Contact Center Software First Call Resolution 24

MiaRec

JANUARY 5, 2023

Here at MiaRec, we have helped hundreds of organizations drastically boost script adherence by enabling them to utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) and, as a result, improve contact center KPIs such as first-call resolution rates, call duration, and much more.

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Contact Center First Call Resolution How To Resources 98

InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Call Center Dashboard vs Contact Center Dashboard A call center dashboard tracks performance by focusing on phone-based interactions. On the other hand, a contact center dashboard covers multiple communication channels, including phone, SMS, email, chat, and social media.

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Call Center Contact Center Social Media Effort Score 195

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Outsourcing Content and Ad Review to Your Contact Center. In customer service, that looks like average handle times, first call resolution rates, and customer satisfaction scores. In the next few paragraphs, we will make the case for content review having a natural home with your outsourced customer care provider.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Policies First Call Resolution 120

ViiBE Blog

MAY 4, 2021

First call resolution (FCR) is a metric used in call centers to calculate the percentage of calls where a customer’s issue is resolved within the first call to the center. So, in concrete terms, what does FCR show you about your center? FCR stands for First Call Resolution.

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Call Experts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Companies would have all the resources they needed to operate a BPO contact center in-house in a perfect world. Many companies migrate to BPO contact centers for their customer service needs. BPO contact centers help businesses increase productivity, grow their customer base, and improve customer experience.

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InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Why Channel Deflection is Critical to ROI-Fueled CX Every call in your contact center represents a breakdown in your customer journey. Customers don’t want to call; they want quick and easy solutions. The True Cost of Contact Centers The true cost of relying on traditional contact centers is staggering.

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Call Center Self Service Contact Center ROI 195

TechSee

AUGUST 14, 2018

This article underlines the value of DSS in customer service and focuses on the potential computer vision brings to call/chat centers, where providing a positive customer experience (CX) at scale is critical to success in the current competitive business climate. Current state of DSS in contact centers.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

As a contact center manager, you’ve got a lot of metrics to choose from as your key performance indicators (KPIs). In this blog, we help narrow down this long list to help you focus on the metrics that, when improved upon, will really help your contact center thrive. Service Quality.

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Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Self Service 120

TechSee

MAY 14, 2019

Analysis of Average Handling Time is deeply entrenched in the customer service field and almost every contact center manager wants to improve AHT. Measuring – and reducing – the duration of each call has long been seen as the most important way to ensure efficiency, plan headcount and reduce operational costs.

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Self Service Net Promoter Score 95

NICE inContact

JULY 12, 2016

It is a necessity that gives the contact center the flexibility, agility, and power required to optimize agent performance while responding to customer needs quickly and effectively. First Call Resolution (FCR) is a metric all contact centers are looking to improve.

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Data Contact Center First Call Resolution Return on Investment 120

ForeSee

JUNE 17, 2015

But “listening to the voice of the customer” takes on a very literal meaning when it comes to the contact center. Is your contact center experience living up to consumers’ heightened expectations? The post Improving the Contact Center Customer Experience: The First Call Resolution Myth appeared first on ForeSee.

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Experience Investigators by 360Connext

JANUARY 21, 2020

What does your contact center team need to know? Your contact center team SHOULD absolutely feel good about that.05% 05% increase in first call resolution – that’s a result you can build on! Focus on ONE story to tell to your selected audience. What about your CFO?

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Net Promoter Score NPS Contact Center First Call Resolution 225

NobelBiz

MARCH 21, 2023

When a problem arises, the customer expects a quick and efficient resolution. It isn’t easy to satisfy every customer on the first interaction. However, by studying customer experience metrics such as FCR, contact centers can create a balance between customer satisfaction and reducing service costs.

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First Call Resolution Call Center Contact Center Knowledge Base 52

Talkdesk

APRIL 14, 2020

Laying the foundation with the right infrastructure Contact centers are finding themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. Oftentimes in 24-hour contact centers, agents share desks and equipment – including headsets. Put simply, contact centers are perfect petri dishes for healthcare crises.

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Contact Center Virtual Agent Chatbots Average Handle Time 81

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 8, 2019

For example, your call center may want to set a goal to increase reduce first call resolution. Benchmarks can also be established by looking at other call centers like yours to determine what a standard is within an industry. He is the author of the book Benchmarking At Its Best for Contact Centers.

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