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Voicebot: an essential tool to support customer care

16 October 2024

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Thanks to their ability to handle large numbers of calls quickly and efficiently, voicebots have become an indispensable resource for companies that want to offer quality, scalable, multilingual customer service.

The evolution of customer care: from human support to automation

While interactions between customers and companies used to take place exclusively through human operators, today automation plays a key role in improving efficiency and service quality.

Voicebots are a turning point on this path. With speech recognition and artificial intelligence technologies, these systems can autonomously handle a variety of requests, from basic information to more complex operations. This has enabled companies to reduce operational costs and increase speed of response while improving the customer experience.

Voicebot: a scalable solution for customer care

One of the main advantages of voicebots is their scalability. Unlike human operators, which have limits in terms of the number of calls they can handle simultaneously, voicebots can respond to a potentially infinite number of requests simultaneously without compromising service quality.

This is a valuable skill for companies that need to handle spikes in call volume in limited periods of time. Instead of hiring and training new operators to deal with the temporary increase in work, voicebots can be deployed quickly and scaled as needed, while maintaining a consistently high level of service.

Voicebots easily adapt to the needs of companies of all sizes, from small local businesses to multinational corporations. Their ability to handle an increasing volume of requests makes them an ideal solution for those organizations seeking to expand without proportionately increasing customer care costs.

Multilingual support: a competitive advantage for companies large and small

Offering multilingual customer service is a crucial competitive advantage for companies operating in international markets.

Voicebots can be programmed to handle conversations in multiple languages, providing personalized and localized assistance. This allows companies to expand their offerings to new markets without having to hire operators who specialize in multiple languages.

The benefits of voicebots for high-quality customer service

Voicebots improve operational efficiency and help raise customer service quality standards. Key benefits include:

  • 24/7 availability: Voicebots are always operational, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, ensuring assistance at any time, even outside canonical business hours.
  • Reduced waiting time: Voicebots can handle a large number of requests simultaneously, dramatically reducing waiting time for customers.
  • Natural interaction: Voicebots are able to simulate natural conversations, making interaction more pleasant and intuitive for customers.
  • Operational efficiency: Voicebots can handle simple requests independently, allowing human operators to focus on more complex tasks that require personalized intervention.

Integration with the human team: an hybrid approach to customer care

There will always be cases where human intervention is necessary, no matter how advanced technology andartificial intelligence are. The ideal approach, therefore, is an integration of voicebots and human operators, creating a hybrid system that combines the advantages of automation with the flexibility and empathy of humans.

Voicebots can handle the simplest and most repetitive interactions, while human operators focus on more complex tasks or cases that require empathic intervention.

In the case of requests that the voicebot cannot handle on its own, intelligent escalation is possible: the bot smoothly transfers the call to a human operator, providing them with all the information gathered up to that point, thus ensuring continuity and a seamless process.

This approach improves service efficiency and customer satisfaction, who feel supported at every stage of their interaction with the company.

Data analysis and continuous optimization through voicebots

Another advantageous aspect of voicebots is their ability to collect detailed data on customer interactions. This data can be analyzed to continuously improve customer service.

By collecting feedback, companies can monitor voicebot performance, identify areas for improvement, and adapt automated responses to solve problems more effectively and quickly.

Data analysis enables the identification of patterns and trends in customer requests, allowing companies to anticipate needs and proactively improve service quality.

Reducing operating costs and increasing corporate profitability

Voicebots have the great strategic advantage of significantly reducing the operational costs of customer care. With automation, companies can handle a high volume of requests with fewer human operators, saving on training, staffing and infrastructure costs.

In addition to cost reduction, the efficiency of voicebots helps improve corporate profitability. The ability to solve problems quickly and effectively, without errors, increases customer satisfaction, i customer loyalty and promotes a positive reputation for the company.

INGO’s solutions for BPO

With INGO ‘s services in Hybrid BPO, companies can improve operational efficiency and deliver a superior customer experience. INGO offers businesses the opportunity to fully leverage the potential of innovative technologies, taking their customer care to new levels of excellence.

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