Consumer-focused enterprises have used this to an extent with some combination of process automation, chatbots, emails, speech analytics and biometric security to drive efficiency and enhance customer engagement. Industries such as retail, consumer goods, e-commerce, telecommunications, travel and hospitality, and banking and financial services are some of the early adopters of automation technologies for customer engagement. However, the industry seems to be now ready to move to the next phase to harness the full potential of customer service using the power of artificial intelligence (AI) by going for a comprehensive Conversational Service Automation (CSA), according to a recent report by

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