Unified routing

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In 2022 release wave 1, we're enhancing unified routing diagnostics and default queues to simplify routing management.

Traditionally, organizations use queue-based routing, where they route incoming service requests to a relevant queue. Then, agents work on those service requests by picking them from the queue. Organizations can miss service-level agreements if agents pick the easier service requests and leave the higher-priority requests in the queue. To address this scenario, organizations either create custom workflows to periodically distribute service requests among their agents or have dedicated personnel to distribute the service requests equitably among agents while adhering to organizational and customer preferences. Both methods are inefficient and error-prone and need continuous queue supervision.

The intelligent routing service in Customer Service uses a combination of AI models and rules to assign incoming service requests from all channels (cases, entities, chat, digital messages, and voice) to the best-suited agents. The assignment rules take into account customer-specified criteria, such as priority and auto-skills matching. The new routing service uses AI to classify, route, and assign work items with full automation. This eliminates the need for constant queue supervision and manual work distribution to offer operational efficiencies for organizations.