Contact Centers

ALSO CALLED: CIC, eContact Centers, Customer Interaction Centers, Enterprise Contact Centers, and Web-enabled Call Centers
DEFINITION: A contact center (also referred to as a customer interaction center or e-contact center) is a central point in an enterprise from which all customer contacts are managed. The contact center typically includes one or more online call centers but may include other types of customer  … 
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CONTACT CENTERS DEFINITION (continued): …  contact as well, including e-mail newsletters, postal mail catalogs, Web site inquiries and chats, and the collection of information from customers during in-store purchasing. A contact center is generally part of an enterprise's overall customer relationship management (CRM).

A contact center would typically be provided with special software that would allow contact information to be routed to appropriate people, contacts to be tracked, and data to be gathered. A contact center … 
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