Outsourcing Insights

By Lafayette Moran | VP, Business Development August 2023 In a world where AI is disrupting the traditional customer service landscape, brands are leveraging it to reduce the need for live agent interaction. However, there are still many instances where customers require human assistance in resolving complex issues. When this...

Customer satisfaction has been on the decline recently in many businesses across a variety of industries. This dissatisfaction is likely due to a combination of factors, both internal and external By Rob Johnson SVP, Operations From a recent study by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), a sharp decline has...

“While we’re not back to ‘business as usual,’ we are starting to see business reopen and adapt to a new normal,” said customer service expert Shep Hyken. We tend to agree with Hyken’s assessment, but for contact centers specifically, what does “business as usual” in this “new normal” look like?...

Each year, new trends emerge that contact center executives must pay attention to, and 2020 is no different. For that reason, we thought it would be helpful to share our views on seven trends we believe will impact centers this year and the foreseeable future. Some, such as the use...

This post — part five of our Expert Interview Series — features customer experience strategy consultant Peter Ryan discussing 2020 CX trends. As we reach the cusp of the new year, what customer experience trends should enterprise brands and their outsourcing partners be watching? To answer that question, we spoke...

This post — part two of our Expert Interview Series — features Thom San Filippo, Vice President of Customer Service and Experience Design, Dow Jones. Blocking and tackling. It’s a football term that refers to the unglamorous roles played by those on the offensive and defensive lines, but which are...

Customer satisfaction with contact centers is down, according to the Contact Center Satisfaction Index 2019 from CFI Group, a market research firm. Customers are tired of long wait times, being passed from channel to channel or agent to agent, constantly repeating themselves, and, worse, not getting their problems resolved. Many...

I’ve been on a customer service trends kick lately talking about how changing customer expectations affect churn and customer satisfaction with contact centers is down. In the post, I focus on the ways customer service trends are changing in 2019, drawing highlights from Salesforce’s third annual State of Service report,...

The story of Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack accompanied by his sidekick Babe the Blue Ox, looms large in American folklore. One part of his story, popularized by Disney, involves a showdown between Bunyan, yielding his double-bladed ax, and a steam-powered chainsaw. A competition — “Man vs. Machine” — was...

Much has been written lately about the use of artificial intelligence and automation in contact centers. Our VP of business development Jason Sterns penned a feature article for Nearshore Americas entitled High-Tech Demands High-Touch: Why Advances in AI Won’t Replace Live Agents outlining ways technology will impact the contact center....