{"id":4272,"date":"2022-11-08T09:58:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.replicant.com\/?p=4272"},"modified":"2023-01-11T19:26:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T19:26:24","slug":"believe-the-hype-how-replicant-is-positioned-to-be-a-breakout-star-in-customer-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.replicant.com\/blog\/believe-the-hype-how-replicant-is-positioned-to-be-a-breakout-star-in-customer-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe the Hype: How Replicant is Positioned to be a Breakout Star in Customer Service\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Gartner recently published its latest \u201cHype Cycle\u201d for 2022 which identifies key areas <\/span>driving technology innovation in customer service organizations<\/span><\/a>. These \u201cfour pillars\u201d \u2013 as the technology consulting and research firm refers to them \u2013 are critical for companies with an ambition \u201cto enhance customer service, create a more seamless customer journey, and better design and direct future journeys,\u201d said <\/span>Drew Kraus<\/span><\/a>, VP Analyst at Gartner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The four customer service pillars highlighted by Gartner include:<\/span><\/p>\n Replicant, as the industry leader <\/span>in Contact Center Automation<\/span><\/a>, has a clear interest in these four pillars and has made strides to incorporate them into Replicant\u2019s platform. The success of Contact Center Automation becomes even more critical when taking a look at <\/span>another recent report from Gartner<\/span><\/a> that predicts investment in conversational AI will surge to nearly $2 billion this year \u2013 and by 2026, will ultimately reduce contact center agent costs by $80 billion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This pillar is all about \u201ccreating a seamless customer journey across assisted and self-service channels,\u201d according to Gartner, which points to cloud-based technologies as an important avenue to manage customer support and employee engagement. \u201cCloud enables organizations to focus on transforming customer experience (CX), rather than managing the day-to-day technology needs of users,\u201d said Kraus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Replicant tackles this critical pillar <\/span>through its omnichannel approach<\/span><\/a>. Not only does the cloud-based platform allow customers to receive support via whatever channel they\u2019re most comfortable with \u2013 whether it be voice, text or chat \u2013 but customers can also switch seamlessly between channels if necessary, without losing context. All customer information from these channels is processed by a single conversation engine that in turn informs automated interactions and resolutions across channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Automation is the focus of this key pillar, according to Gartner, as automation has improved to the point where supporting increasingly detailed customer needs is not only possible \u2013 but practical for contact centers facing budgetary <\/span>and staffing challenges<\/span><\/a>. \u201cThe emergence of sophisticated AI voice capabilities have made large-scale call center automation viable, with huge potential for savings and positive CX,\u201d said Kraus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Indeed, Replicant\u2019s game-changing <\/span>approach to conversational AI<\/span><\/a> has been employed to successfully resolve some 30 million customer service requests. Conversational AI allows people to speak or type naturally with a machine without being beholden to limited menu options and keywords. This is achieved through best-in-class conversation design and accurate machine learning and natural language processing models that ensure fast, accurate, and contextual conversations \u2013 that feel as natural as speaking to a human.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Customer and operational insights are the driver behind this category highlighted by Gartner. In other words, data and analytics. Gartner presents customer data platforms (CDPs) as an example of the type of software that can help a company unify customer data from multiple sources to better understand behaviors over time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Replicant provides <\/span>an out-of-the-box and customizable dashboard<\/span><\/a> to streamline the process of accessing valuable conversation data as a chief component of the powerful suite of tools to manage Contact Center Automation. Beyond automatically transcribing conversations for future analysis, data is compiled to help reveal key trends about the customer experience. Reasons for contacting support, top-performing conversation flows and frequent escalation issues are just a few of the insights that can be explored through Replicant\u2019s platform.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cNot only has Replicant allowed us to scale our call center operations, but it\u2019s given us insights into caller behavior at a much deeper level than we could have expected \u2013 which ultimately helped us improve the customer experience,\u201d said Mikel Bowman, director of customer support operations at ECSI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This pillar relates to technology as a means <\/span>to enhance and empower employees<\/span><\/a>. Improving workforce management by utilizing resources that help enhance employee engagement ultimately creates a stronger customer experience, according to Gartner. But there are also benefits for employees and companies as well, especially as adoption of automation expands in the coming years. Gartner projects that one in 10 agent interactions will be automated by 2026, up from 1.6% today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Replicant\u2019s innovative approach to Contact Center Automation<\/span><\/a> is able to resolve most common customer requests, which frees up agents to handle more complex problems that require a higher level of engagement and empathy. This creates a more meaningful work environment and reduces employee turnover. According to Daniel O\u2019Connell, VP analyst at Gartner, the efficiency gained by using automation to even just capture basic information like names and policy numbers \u201ccould reduce up to a third of the interaction time that would typically be supported by a human agent.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Learn more about how Contact Center Automation <\/span>is a transformative solution for customer service operations<\/span><\/a> across industries \u2013 and what a <\/span>roadmap to automation<\/span><\/a> looks like.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gartner recently published its latest \u201cHype Cycle\u201d for 2022 which identifies key areas driving technology…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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