Category: Amazon Connect

At the end of an interaction with a customer, agents have to create follow-up work items with other teams in order to provide the best end to end customer experience. Some examples include customer requests to mail specific product or services brochures, mailing a physical copy of a maintenance contract the customer has agreed on […]

Single sign-on (SSO) is an authentication mechanism that allows users to access multiple applications securely with a single set of credentials. Users no longer need to remember multiple usernames and passwords, allowing them to maintain a singular experience for authenticating into multiple applications. Contact Centers applications are no different and require the ability to utilize […]

Agents are a core part of a contact centre. At peak times, they manage long queues and look through multiple systems for the information requested by their customers. During a call, agents may need to reconfirm information with the customer that they already gave in the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system. This may include the […]

UPDATE: The solution presented in this blog is now available natively in Amazon Connect. Please refer to the Amazon Connect Administrator Guide for details on how to add and edit users in bulk in Amazon Connect.

In the contact center world, agents frequently transfer calls, whether it is because the customer is routed to the incorrect department, or the customer’s situation requires an escalation. In some of these cases, the contact information collected by the first agent is not always available when a second agent or supervisor is talking to the […]

When a customer contacts your contact center, understanding their context is key to providing a great experience. To help you deliver more efficient and personalized customer service, Amazon Connect Customer Profiles helps you create a unified view of a customer’s profile with the most up to date information, to provide more personalized customer service. With […]

Automate agent workflows with Salesforce CTI Adapter CTI Flows Many applications offer the ability to automate the agent workflows, however, this is an esoteric task that requires specialized coding skills. Starting with version 5, the Amazon Connect CTI Adapter for Salesforce introduced the concept of CTI flows. CTI flows is a graphical user interface similar to […]

At this time last year, AWS saw more than 5,000 new cloud-based contact centers spring up to deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Customers chose Amazon Connect because it is easy to set up, use, and scale. One of those customers was the Government of Canada, launching a cloud-based call center for its […]

Contact center administrators managing skills-based routing profiles often struggle to keep up with rapidly changing business requirements. New queues, labeled as skills traditionally, are required to meet changing routing and reporting needs. Adding or updating queues, associating or disassociating quick connects, and updating hours of operation for queues are some of the most frequently performed […]

Contact centers are commonly seen as cost centers—and have evolved over the last few years into multichannel customer service platforms that also drive service and sales. Organizations try to optimize the costs of running contact centers down to fractions of percentage points. The largest expense is usually human cost, a blend of employee salaries and […]