by Dianne Bayley | Dec 6, 2020 | Sustainability
“Due to COVID, it will take longer to answer your call… you are in a queue and we will try…” In recent months customers have become rightly frustrated with this response when trying to resolve a service problem or simply ask a question. Relying on a traditional phone...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 14, 2019 | Workplace 2020
Few South African companies can claim to have achieved consistent revenue growth since 2006 – particularly given the calamitous global financial crisis of 2008. Yet for INOVO, which entered the SA ecosystem with the intent to disrupt the local contact centre...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 20, 2017 | Features, Innovation
Today the Internet and digital communication offer a bounty of ways to interact. The concept of Omni Channel, where a customer’s preferences and desires are collated across several platforms, has become very real and enticing. Yet a new study from Verint and Opinium...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 10, 2016 | Innovation
By Nidal Kamouni, CEO, PCCI Group The essence of customer service can be traced back to when time began – but the method of delivery of the customer service experience must be continually updated to match the desires and expectations of an ever-changing customer...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 10, 2016 | Features
By Andre le Roux, Interactive Intelligence Managing Director, Africa Region Non-voice channels within the contact centre are rapidly edging into the territory once dominated by voice interactions. Far from being a threat to the traditional contact centre, this trend...