NLP Challenges in the Contact Centre Industry

Hervé Leroux at Odigo explores NLP challenges in the contact centre industry.

There may be hype surrounding AI but many organisations have already made NLP investments in their contact centres.

How have they found the experience and what are the motivations driving them? Davies Hickman and Odigo reveal the reality and perceptions of European business executives in the second eBook in the 2022 AI for CX series.

An Introduction to the Findings of the Second AI for CX eBook

Natural language processing (NLP) is a technology that allows machines to understand human language, and contact centres sit at the hub of both digital and agent-led customer conversations.

Investing in contact centre NLP, therefore, seems like a powerful and logical strategy to refine not only self-service but other AI-driven processes too.

Do the responses from the AI for CX survey of over 1,000 business executives, conducted by Davies Hickman, support this idea? Read on for a quick summary of the findings to answer this question and pique your appetite for the rest of the data.

1) NLP Contact Centre Challenges

How often do things go exactly as planned? Learning from one’s own experience, or that of others, can be a huge benefit when it comes to realistic expectations and a well-executed plan.

The same applies to an NLP investment, and contact centres should be prepared for the work involved in getting projects up and running.

The survey results reflect what many technology providers know, that AI projects need nurturing. Fortunately, there are key areas of awareness organisations can factor into their roadmap for change.

When combined together, the experiences reported by European executives and the expertise of a solution provider can help get ahead of the learning curve.

Certainly, armed with experience, organisations are already on the lookout for ways to progress their NLP projects.

2) The Progress of NLP in Contact Centres

Who is driving NLP decision-making in 2022? Interestingly, the survey looked at a range of sectors and asked which executives are championing NLP decisions: business executives or those in IT.

The picture varies; overall, however, business executives make the majority of decisions. What’s more, these same executives paint a promising picture of the future, both for launching new NLP projects and progressing those already active in their contact centres.

3) NLP Support for Contact Centre Users

The potential applications for NLP are wide, so what are contact centres actually using NLP for and which areas hold interest for the future?

As NLP works to gain more details or data from text and speech, its main applications can be segmented into analytics, refining automated processes or informing actions.

Unsurprisingly, the survey shows high levels of interest in multiple use cases and, reassuringly, supporting users remains a priority.

Contact Centre Futures With NLP

How can contact centres benefit from the survey insights? It seems clear that setting out with commitment to the process and the right choice of experienced technology partner are key components to success.

Beyond that, contact centres should also consider the opportunity that NLP represents as part of a whole package of transformation when using a cloud-based software solution.

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