Zendesk, Inc. announced its completed acquisition of Tymeshift, an AI-powered modern workforce management (WFM) solution. Built exclusively for Zendesk customers, Tymeshift simplifies the management of complex customer experience (CX) workloads. “Companies of all sizes benefit from WFM tooling, so Tymeshift was a natural choice when looking to expand our product portfolio.

In the eyes of customers, you’re only as good as their last experience with you. This means that consistency is key – whether you’re facing economic headwinds or an unexpected spike in customers needing help. AI helps teams boost their productivity, increase efficiency and meet rising customer expectations at a time when many are being asked to do more with much less.

No two customers are alike. Just as no interaction with any one customer is always the same. Various factors, both within and outside your control, can influence a customer’s emotions and require a different approach. With artificial empathy, you can now tailor experiences to how a customer is feeling at any given moment.

Best-in-class customer service organisations are increasingly using AI as a competitive differentiator, especially as they face economic uncertainty and rising costs. Cost savings are just one benefit of AI in customer service. A recent report from Gartner, 3 Ways AI Benefits Customer Service Organisations,* explains how customer service organisations can use AI to move beyond cutting costs to adding value.

Great service relies on having a complete view of your customers. That means bringing all your support channels, workflows, customer data and apps into a unified workspace so agents have the context they need for every customer interaction. But businesses need to take the idea of a single customer view one step further.