
Chatbots: Automating internal customer service for a pharmaceutical company
Challenge
- Customers sometimes struggle through traditional channels to quickly access information
- Users tend to quit self-service and either call a service representative or churn
- Web re-design can improve accessibility but requires added development cost
- Web site user adoption is a continued issue
Solution
- Neal Analytics helped design an easy-to-use chatbot enabling internal customers to quickly surface data they need
- Bot Framework maintains conversation context and logic while customers engage through the companies web interface
- Conditionally calls a customer representative as needed
- Behind the scenes, all interactions are logged to SQL
- Logic engine updated by an administrator using data acquired from conversation history stored in SQL
- Additional channels can be added potentially engaging new users
Result
Creates the ability to:
- Increase customer satisfaction
- Decrease customer churn
- Reduce the burden on customer service representatives