Contact Center

What is Contact Center?

A contact center is a centralized hub that manages all customer interactions across various channels, such as phone, email, chat, social media, and more. It serves as a critical point of contact between a company and its customers, handling inquiries, support requests, sales, and other interactions.

Key components of Contact Center include:

Multichannel Communication

Contact centers support multiple communication channels to accommodate customer preferences, including voice, email, chat, SMS, and social media.

Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)

ACD systems route incoming calls to the most appropriate agent based on factors like skillset, availability, and customer priority.

Interactive Voice Response (IVR)

IVR systems allow customers to interact with a computerized voice system to route their calls or find information without speaking to an agent.

Call Queuing and Routing

Contact centers manage call queues to ensure that customers are served efficiently and routed to available agents.

Unified Agent Desktop

Agents use a unified desktop interface to access customer information, communication channels, and tools needed to resolve customer inquiries.

Contact centers play a crucial role in enhancing customer experience, improving operational efficiency, and driving business growth. They enable organizations to provide seamless and personalized customer service across multiple channels, leading to increased customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Real-time Analytics

Contact centers use analytics to monitor and analyze performance metrics such as call volume, wait times, and customer satisfaction to optimize operations and improve customer service.

CRM Integration

Integration with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems allows agents to access customer information and interaction history, providing a personalized customer experience.

Workforce Management

Contact centers use workforce management tools to schedule agents, monitor performance, and ensure adequate staffing levels to meet customer demand.

Quality Monitoring

Contact centers monitor and evaluate agent interactions to ensure quality and consistency in customer service delivery.

Providers Available

Ø 8x8
Ø AudioCodes
Ø Avaya
Ø Broadvoice
Ø BullsEye Telecom
Ø CallTower
Ø Comcast
Ø Dialpad
Ø Edify
Ø Evolve IP
Ø Five9
Ø Genesys
Ø GigTel
Ø GoTo
Ø Gryphon.ai
Ø Intermedia
Ø Kore.ai
Ø Kustomer
Ø Lingo
Ø LiveVox
Ø Net2Phone
Ø Nextiva
Ø NHC
Ø NICE
Ø Observe.AI
Ø Ooma
Ø Outsource Consultants
Ø RingCentral
Ø Sangoma
Ø Sestek
Ø Sinch
Ø Talkdesk
Ø UJET
Ø Vonage
Ø Windstream Enterprise
Ø Yellow.ai
Ø Zoom Video
Ø Zultys