Robotic Process Automation

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15 Dec, 2023
INFOGRAPHIC: Seven Digital CX Trends in 2024

Rapid advancements in technology are redefining the ways in which customers and organisations interact. This infographic explores seven digital CX trends in the contact centre for 2024, that present opportunities to enhance customer experience. The Importance of Digital Conversations - 94% of consumers are frustrated by disjointed encounters with organisations. Messaging as a Primary Service Channel - 70% of UK consumers feel more connected to businesses they can message. Service Simplification Increased Personalisation - 78% of consumers express an intention...

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02 Sep, 2021
How AI has impacted the call centre

In the early 2000s when automation first started gaining momentum, call centres businesses saw it as an opportunity to reduce costs and improve agent efficiency and less about improving customer experience. However, this business logic has changed over the years as businesses now deem customer experience as the most important reason for investing in call centre automation. The change of mindset has been a result of two megatrends that have reshaped the business world for good. Firstly the widespread adoption...

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28 Apr, 2020
Top Tips for Combating Challenges In The Contact Centre During COVID-19

Our latest webinar, ‘Top Tips for Combating Challenges in The Contact Centre’ was packed with an array of knowledge, best practice techniques and even a very good list of suggestions on what to watch next on Netflix, thanks to our audience contributions! (Tiger King it is then!). To catch this webinar on-demand, check out this link:Top Tips for Combatting Challenges In The Contact Centre During COVID-19 Here are the top takeaways from the day: Demand V Customer Service COVID-19 has...

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27 Jan, 2020
5 Top Ways of Using Artificial Intelligence in the Contact Centre

Many organisations are turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve the customer experience. We’ve all heard about AI and what it could potentially do. But do we really know how it would work in real-life? Here are the top 5 ways you could be using Artificial intelligence in your contact centre. 1.Managing Big Data Contact centres accumulate vast amounts of customer data over time. Customers are aware of this and expect improved customer service in return. One of the common...

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11 Dec, 2019
Why we need Robots onboard

Computers have always been ultimately about automating repetitive human tasks, be that on the shop floor or the back office. And it’s a trend that has got a new, robotic face in the form of something called Robotic Process Automation (RPA), demand for which is set to hit $1.3 billion this year. There’s an unquestioned bottom-line benefit in replacing staff with a robot worker when it makes sense. According to Softomotive’s 2018 survey of medium-sized businesses motives and experiences of RPA adoption, 44%...

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11 Mar, 2019
An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation - 10 Things to Expect from Robotic Process Automation in 2019

Series 7 – 10 Things to Expect from Robotic Process Automation Welcome to Part 7, the last in the series of  - ‘An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation’. Here are 10 things to expect from Robotic Process Automation in 2019: 1. Cost of Errors to Decline  Humans make mistakes. And some of these mistakes can be costly. Mistakes can also be costly to customer satisfaction and the organisations reputation. Robots on the other hand, do not make the same mistakes...

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04 Jan, 2019
An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation - Cognitive Automation

Series 6 – Cognitive Automation Welcome to Part 6 of the Business Systems blog series - ‘An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation'. In this series: Cognitive Automation AI-Based Automated Customer Engagement AI & Process Automation Exception Handling It’s a wrap Cognitive Automation Series 2 talked about two different types of automation: Unattended: automates an entire routine process with no human intervention needed Attended: used for complex scenarios where parts of the process are handled by the robot and other...

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22 Nov, 2018
An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation - Achieving Automation Excellence

Series 5 – Achieving automation excellence Welcome to Part 5 of the Business Systems blog series - ‘An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation’ In this series: Robotic Process Automation Excellence Robotic Process Automation roles Robotic Process Automation Training Automation excellence In order to fully embrace automation in your organisation, consider setting up an Automation Workforce Team. An Automation workforce team: the ‘go to’ for anything automation related in your organisation. After the technology has been implemented, the centre can...

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26 Oct, 2018
An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation - Best Practice Automations

Series 4 – Best Practice Automations Welcome to Part 4 of the Business Systems blog series - ‘An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation’ In this series: Designing Automations Process Recording Automation Pitfalls Automation Reporting Designing Automations Robotic Process Automation (RPA), a form of call centre software technology, can integrate with almost anything to complete a task. This can get technical, so we’ve simplified the integration options below: Backend connectivity: automation accesses databases or web services under the control of...

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10 Oct, 2018
An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation - Beginning the Journey

Series 3 – Beginning the Journey with Robotic Process Automation Welcome to Part 3 of the Business Systems blog series - ‘An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation’. In this series: RPA – Do it in-house or out-source it? Building the team Identifying processes for Automation How to embrace change Keeping the RPA momentum going RPA – Do in-house or outsource it? What is the best approach for creating and staffing your automation team? Should you be outsourcing this work? Or...

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05 Sep, 2018
An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation - Automating Processes

Series 2 – Automating processes Welcome to Part 2 of the Business Systems blog series - ‘An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation’. In this series: Analysing desktop activities Attended Automation The difference between attended and unattended automation Analysing Desktop Activities Think of a customer service operation with hundreds of seats. Most of these employees will be on computers, all doing virtually the same thing. An operation ripe with the potential for performance improvement. The first step to achieving performance...

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11 Jul, 2018
An Insiders Guide to Robotic Process Automation - What is Robotic Process Automation?

Series 1 – What is Robotic Process Automation (RPA)? Welcome to Part 1 of the Business Systems blog series - ‘An Insider’s Guide to Robotic Process Automation’. In this series: The era of Robots Industries ready for Automation Realising the value in RPA Keeping on top of the robots The era of Robots Throughout the years, customer service operations, with the abundance of advanced functionality and multi-channel communications, have become more powerful resulting in your customer service team spending more...

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06 Feb, 2018
How to reduce cost in the Contact Centre

Contact Centre Managers face a real challenge when trying to reduce cost in the contact centre.  Maximising each and every customer interaction as well as keeping the day to day operation of the contact centre running, requires an almost genius balance of workforce planning, productivity, quality and efficiency in every day processes. So here are our top 4 ways technologies help contact centres reduce cost without compromising on quality: 1) Workforce Management Workforce Management (WFM) enables workforce planners to automate the...

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06 Apr, 2017
Robotic Process Automation in Customer Service

In today's digital world, robotic process automation (RPA) is experiencing a fast uptake, driven primarily by the abundance of data accumulated by organizations and changes in consumer behavior. As consumers, we have come to expect immediacy and accuracy for our typical dealings with companies, like seeking an answer to a question, placing or changing an order, or just updating our details. But, when faced with more complex issues, we look for empathy and understanding, and it is on these occasions...

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20 Jan, 2017
Top 5 technologies that will reduce cost in the contact centre in 2020

[Updated Dec 2019]Contact Centre Managers can face a real challenge when it comes to them trying to reduce cost in the contact centre. To make the most out of every customer interaction requires a balance of productivity, quality and efficiency in day to day operations. Here are our top 5 technologies that can help reduce cost in the contact centre without compromising quality in 2020: 1. Reduce Cost in the Contact Centre with Workforce Management Workforce Management (WFM) technology allows...

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12 Dec, 2016
The threat of being left (technologically) behind

If the role of technology in business sustainability across sectors is still questioned, the recent report from Marketforce, titled “The Future of General Insurance 2016”, sums it all up. And although the survey is for the Insurance sector, the conclusions have a much broader application. According to the report, 80% of the respondents believe that ‘digitally-enabled new entrants will gain market share through differentiation on factors other than price’. Haven’t we seen this already materialising in the Banking sector? And...

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