Contact Center

Real-Time Statistics

Zultys Integrated Contact Center collects and collates contact center statistics including current agent status, the length of time spent in said status, the number of calls currently in queue as well as average and max wait times for these calls, the statistics on all answered and abandoned calls including the length of time the caller spent waiting before abandoning the call, and even call-back requests and completion are tracked by the system. While using Zultys SuperView™, Supervisors can see an inclusive real-time report on the status of all agents and calls in a single window while maintaining the ability to make calls without switching screens. The statistical information can then be used for labor optimization as well as better management thanks to up-to-date knowledge of each agent’s availability.

SuperView allows supervisors to set up notifications to alert when service-levels or thresholds have been exceeded, whether it’s a queue overflow or scarcity of available agents, when a preset condition is met, a pop up window will appear on screen to warn the supervisor that the situation might require direct action. There are two colors for alerts, yellow and red, allowing supervisors to set varying levels of emergency. The problem field will be highlighted in the color matching the alert to quickly draw attention.

Call Recording

Call recording is included with ICC and can be configured for full time and/or on-demand. With the proper rights, Agents and/or Supervisors using MXIE can initiate call recording at any time during a call for quality control and follow-up purposes. When an on-demand call recording is initiated, Zultys’ unique Call Recording technology will include the entire conversation regardless of when the Supervisor or Agent initiates the call record during the conversation.

Queue Management

The MX Administrator interface can be used to configure the Integrated Contact Center for queue overflow, based on time or number of customers in the queue. For example, if the average wait time of customers in the queue becomes greater than a set number of minutes, then the system can automatically send the caller to Voice Mail, an operator, another extension, an external phone number or another queue. The same can be done if a set number of callers enter a queue. In essence, precise algorithms of call overflow can be designed to handle busy queues.

Custom in-queue messages played to callers while waiting to be serviced by an Agent may use audio imported via .wav files, included system prompts or created via text-to-speech. These messages can be unique for each queue. In addition each queue may have a unique music on hold playlist defined. You may provide in-queue callers the option to leave the queue to route elsewhere in the system including leaving a voice mail or creating a call back request. When a Call Back Queue is enabled and a caller makes this selection, the system will confirm the caller ID to call back and allow the caller to input a different number.

Both Supervisors and Agents have access to view callers in-queue and Call Back Queue via ICC’s real-time queue monitors. Furthermore, Supervisors have the ability to move a call to the top of a queue, pull a call from anywhere in-queue and answer it, assign a call to a specific agent, transfer a call out of a queue, or direct a call in queue to the group voice mail box – all in real-time.

Large Contact Centers

Whether your contact center is part of a stand-alone MX system or part of a multi-site MXnetwork, ICC can be enabled on your system by simply adding a license. This provides the capability for any combination of ICC’s with Agents all in one building or scattered across up to 128 locations. Each location in an MXnetwork configuration can support up to 240 active calls. We provide options for both local system redundancy as well as site survivability.

Remote Agents

Agents can be located anywhere around the globe and function seamlessly as part of an ICC group by leveraging the benefits of the MXnetwork™ feature of the Zultys IP communications system. MXnetwork connects Zultys IP Phone systems into a highly survivable peer-to-peer network to provide organization-wide Unified Communications and ICC services to as many as 128 locations, supporting thousands of users. The Zultys MXconnect™ feature lets an agent use any phone in conjunction with the MXIE system – a SIP phone, analog phone or even a mobile phone – without requiring a VPN connection.

With MXconnect, full functional­ity of Zultys’ unified communications system is securely extended to remote agents no matter where they are located. All that is required is a computer running the MXIE software and a phone. Alternatively, agents may use the softphone included with MXIE (Mac and Windows).

MXarchive

The MXarchive option facilitates the automatic archiving of call recordings, voice mails, faxes, instant message conversations and call detail records to an external database. Managers query the database via the intuitive MXarchive Viewer application to quickly locate records of interest. Using Call Attached Data (CAD) call information may be cross referenced between business applications such as CRM and the MXarchive database.

Fax Server

A fully integrated Fax Server option is available to provide paperless sending and receiving of faxes. Incoming faxes are routed directly to the relevant call group to be acted on by an available Agent, they may also be automatically forwarded via email.

Wallboard

The wallboard feature allows supervisors to display information about the operation and current status of the contact center to the agents. The format of the wallboard is customizable and can be distributed for viewing on each agent’s computer screen or shown on an overhead LCD or a data projector. The wallboard uses Microsoft Excel and includes warnings and alerts, both visual and audible, which will be initiated when previously configured thresholds are exceeded.

The ICC software uses your pre-installed Microsoft Excel to pull data from the Zultys MX IP phone system for a specific ICC groups. This spreadsheet is referenced by MXIE and brought up as a wallboard display. Using Excel allows administrators to select the data that is displayed and customize the appearance of the wallboard. Changes to the format of the information displayed on the wallboard may be made at any time.

CDR Reports & MXreports

Zultys offers multiple reporting options to meet each organization’s reporting requirements. Supervisors can obtain historical reports on the groups that indicate abandoned calls, call back reports, ICC group performance, presence reports, and agent activity records. This information allows supervisors to plan and make decisions on how to improve their contact centers.

Included with ICC is CDR Reporting which provides thirty-eight (38) pre-configured reporting templates. The information is pulled from the Structured Query Language (SQL) database on the MX system and can be exported to several formats for further manipulation.

MXreport is an optional reporting package that is available in CDR and Contact Center versions. With MXreport, ICC managers can configure a customized reporting template via an intuitive drag & drop interface. With MXreport Contact Center Edition, Supervisor-defined service-levels can be included and measured relative to ICC activity. Once your report is completed, you may schedule to have the report generated daily, weekly, monthly in multiple formats and stored on a local or network drive as well as emailed to specific parties.

SuperView™

Included with the purchase of ICC software, is this powerful tool that provides call group supervisors with complete real-time statistics in a single window. SuperView consolidates the statistics for management of multiple call groups; group, agent and queue status; visual alerts and alert notifications. Monitor and manage agents while making a call without the need to switch screens; customizable configurations allows the supervisor to set up alerts and to color code information to make sure that they are always aware of what is happening with their agents and the status of all current calls.Whether your company has a handful of agents in a support group or every employee is an agent in a call center, the ICC solution from Zultys can scale to meet your requirements and supercharge your call center.

Call Attached Data (CAD)

Call Attached Data (CAD) is an incredibly useful feature that allows agents and supervisors to enter critical information and other notes into a pop-up window which is then attached to the log of the call. Specific data fields can be configured using the CAD Set-up tool in MX Administrator, allowing companies to create questions, content and notes fields for the pop-up window. CAD notes are attached to each unique call and will follow a call through the queue and call transfer processes, so agents and operators will be able to access them at every step of the way.

CAD information can be edited after the call has ended to permit more detailed post-call processing and additional follow-up actions. CAD information is also attached to every call log file, allowing agents to have a record of all related notes and other user-specific information. CAD can boost your contact center’s operations and ensure that all calls get the attention they require.

Platform Integration

The Zultys MX platform is built on Open Standards including SIP, MySQL, VXML, CSTA, TAPI, SYSLOG providing the ability to integrate ICC with Salesforce.com, MS Outlook and other 3rd party applications.

Using Microsoft Telephony Application Programming Interface (TAPI), MXIE Users can click-to-call directly from popular Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programs, including Microsoft Outlook or, using the ScreenDial™ feature, from any other document. ScreenDial lets users call from any application, allowing them to conveniently dial directly from a CRM, an Electronic Medical Record (EMR), a Word or Excel document, or a website.