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The assistant answers frequent questions; the operator takes the complex cases

The Problem

Every day the team spent hours on the same questions: availability, sizes, delivery, returns, and order status. At night customers got no reply at all.

What We Built

We set up an assistant for frequent questions. It answers by the store's rules, and if a question is ambiguous or the customer asks for a human, it hands the dialog to an operator.

3 hrs
of routine removed daily
80%
of frequent questions closed by the assistant
24/7
fast first reply

"The operator no longer answers the same thing for the hundredth time — they handle orders and complex customers."

Timeline

The pilot took 2 weeks: answer base, test dialogs, and operator handover rules.

Before the launch

Shoppers kept asking the same questions: is the item in stock, which size to pick, how much is delivery, can the order be returned. The team answered by hand and often couldn't keep up with their core work.

What we changed

We built an answer base and communication rules. The assistant answers frequent questions, clarifies details, and helps the customer get the information they need faster.

Operator handover

If a customer types “operator”, complains, asks a non-standard question, or the situation needs a human decision, the assistant doesn't argue or keep guessing. It hands the dialog to the team.

The outcome

The team removed about three hours of routine a day. Customers get a fast first reply, and the operator focuses on the requests where a human is actually needed.

Key Results

  • frequent questions are closed without waiting for an operator
  • complex situations are handed to a human with the chat context
  • the team freed up several hours a day for order processing
The assistant answers frequent questions; the operator takes the complex cases — UNIKA Case Study | UNIKA