
How AI Improves Customer Effort Score (CES) in Contact Centers
CES measures how easy it was to get help. What raises effort in a contact center, seven ways AI lowers it, and how to prove the improvement.

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Hemant Warier works as the Head of Marketing at Orvera AI. Worked for Uber Eats for a year selling to restaurants in 4 different cities. After that worked in sales and growth positions at UrbanPiper and Ampyard. Also led marketing at HireSure.ai, CloudSEK and Matters.AI. Will be writing about AI agents handling customer calls and chats on this blog. How they can help and where humans need to step in and what you should know as a CX leader.
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CES measures how easy it was to get help. What raises effort in a contact center, seven ways AI lowers it, and how to prove the improvement.

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