In 2019, as Customer Experience (CX) becomes the key success factor for many Field Service Organizations (FSOs), tackling the talent challenge and deriving utmost value from technology investments becomes critical. Prediction #1: FSOs Will Get Creative To Fill The Talent Gap Talent: How can we find it, hire it, and then keep it onboard? This…
Adding artificial intelligence to the contact center is an important decision that involves a significant investment of time money, and resources. Because of this, when an organization is ready to implement AI, it’s absolutely critical to identify how and when the new technology will deliver a return on investment. There are a number of ways…
There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence is going to be more and more common in customer service and support interactions. Its versatility in expanding self-service options across channels, its ability to capture robust customer insights, and its efficiency in handling contacts make it a very attractive investment for contact center leaders. Customers realize this and…
With service organizations laser-focused on advancing their Customer Experience (CX) initiatives, self-service is a critical topic. You can’t provide a stellar CX without strong self-service capabilities, and the demand from your customers to take control of their service experiences is only going to increase. I spoke recently with Aly Pinder Jr, Program Director, Service Innovation…
If you believe industry watchers and analysts, the Field Service Management (FSM) market could as much as double over the next five years, to around $5 billion. That growth is being driven by businesses putting strategic emphasis on selling long-term services and guaranteed ‘outcomes’, as well as hikes in consumer expectations around service quality and…
Many analysts are making predictions on the adoption of artificial intelligence, messaging apps and the convergence of the two in customer service and support environments. These projections have many contact center leaders wondering what they should—and shouldn’t—be focused on when it comes to AI adoption in the coming years. What about AI is hype? And…
At a conference earlier in Q4, I asked the 300+ attendees “are you happy with your service organization and delivery?” Not a single hand was raised. Service organizations around the world know they are lacking key capabilities that would enable them to take their businesses to the next level. They may have first-time fix and…
One of the greatest stumbling blocks for organizations is the transition from an AI-based interaction to live agent assistance. When done poorly, the effects ripple across both the customer and agent experience. But when the right balance is achieved, and the two systems work in harmony, both the agent and customer experience are elevated. It’s…
We’re now just days away from the launch of our latest version of IFS Field Service Management, FSM 6. The IFS team is in the final stages of over 18 months of hard work and dedication, all with the intention of enabling our customers to provide the very best service in the market. Customer advice,…
With the imminent arrival of the latest version of our industry leading field service management solution, IFS FSM 6, I thought it timely to share with you some insight into our goals for this milestone release. Before we get into the details, I would like to highlight an evolution that we have seen taking place…
