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Intelligent IVR Replacement

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Overview

A regional utility company's phone system was driving customers to social media complaints. The 7-level IVR menu tree meant customers spent 3+ minutes navigating before reaching anyone. We replaced the entire IVR with a conversational AI that asks 'How can I help you today?' and understands natural language responses to route, answer, or resolve immediately.

The Challenge

Utility companies handle everything from billing inquiries to emergency outage reports. The AI needed to triage urgency, handle account authentication securely, process payments, report outages, and seamlessly escalate when needed — all while meeting strict regulatory requirements for utility communications.

Our Approach

We built a multi-intent classification system that identifies what the caller needs within the first few seconds of conversation. Routine tasks (balance checks, payment processing, outage reporting) are handled end-to-end by the AI. Complex issues are routed to the right department with full context. Emergency calls are immediately escalated with location data.

Key Features

  • Natural language intent detection
  • Secure account authentication via voice
  • Automated payment processing
  • Outage reporting with location detection
  • Priority routing for emergencies
  • Seamless agent handoff with full context
  • Real-time call analytics

Results

8%
Call abandonment (down from 40%)
55%
First-call resolution increase
< 15s
Average time to route or resolve
4.6/5
Customer satisfaction score

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Client Feedback

Our customers used to dread calling us. Now they actually prefer the phone over our website.

Category

Voice AI

Tech Stack

Amazon Connect OpenAI GPT-4 AWS Lambda DynamoDB Custom Auth System Genesys Integration

Quick Stats

8% Call abandonment (down from 40%)
55% First-call resolution increase
< 15s Average time to route or resolve
4.6/5 Customer satisfaction score

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