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Analytics and Reporting

Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Workforce Management

Provides time & attendance capabilities to track staff time and performance/KPIs and coordinates scheduling in accordance with regulations & business needs.

Call Recording

Inbound and outbound calls are captured and retained in the platform, and can be appended with relevant metadata (such as callers, date/time, subject).

Omnichannel Support

Seamless integration of multiple communication channels (voice, email, chat, SMS, social media) for consistent customer experiences.

Interactive Voice Response (IVR) and Call Flow Designer

Enables callers to access information via a voice response system of pre-recorded messages without speaking to an agent.

Automatic Call Distribution (ACD)

Routes incoming contacts to the right agents following a rules-based setup.

Regulatory Compliance and Audit

Ability to adhere to laws, regulations, guidelines, and specifications relevant to the business. Ability to store documents and trails for audit access.

Multi Channel Queue Management

The solution provides a structured queue system for sequencing service requests from multiple channels.

Ease of Implementation

Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features

Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created

Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness

End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration

This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration

Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization

Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training

Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Quality of Features

Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support

The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.