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AI Customer Support and CRM Automation Terms

Understand ticket triage, routing, priority, SLA, knowledge grounding, response suggestions, sentiment, case summaries, CRM enrichment, escalation, and quality assurance.

12 matching terms

Intake

Ticket triage

Ticket triage

Meaning

Reviewing incoming requests to determine type, urgency, and next handling step.

When to use it

Automate common cases and send uncertain or sensitive cases to review.

Practical example

Classify ticket, detect language, set priority, and select queue.

Intake

Routing

Routing

Meaning

Assigning a case to the appropriate team, queue, or specialist.

When to use it

Base routes on product, region, entitlement, language, and risk.

Practical example

Billing disputes -> finance support queue.

Intake

Priority scoring

Priority scoring

Meaning

Calculating an urgency or impact score used to order work.

When to use it

Combine explicit business rules with model signals and review critical thresholds.

Practical example

Priority = outage impact + customer tier + deadline risk.

Operations

Service-level agreement (SLA)

Service-level agreement (SLA)

Meaning

A commitment defining response or resolution targets and service expectations.

When to use it

Use timers and alerts to prevent cases from missing the agreed target.

Practical example

Alert the owner when 80% of the first-response SLA has elapsed.

Responses

Knowledge base

Knowledge base

Meaning

A maintained collection of approved information used to answer questions and resolve issues.

When to use it

Retrieve current articles and preserve source links in suggested responses.

Practical example

Ground the answer in the current returns-policy article.

Responses

Suggested response

Suggested response

Meaning

A generated reply draft based on the case and approved knowledge.

When to use it

Show evidence, confidence, and editable text to the support agent.

Practical example

Draft a reply with the verified delivery status and next step.

Analysis

Sentiment analysis

Sentiment analysis

Meaning

Estimating emotional tone such as positive, neutral, frustrated, or urgent from language.

When to use it

Use it as a supporting signal, not the sole basis for consequential decisions.

Practical example

Flag strongly frustrated messages for a faster human review.

Analysis

Case summary

Case summary

Meaning

A concise record of the issue, relevant history, actions taken, and current status.

When to use it

Generate it for handoffs and verify critical facts against the case record.

Practical example

Issue / customer impact / attempted fixes / promised next step.

CRM

CRM enrichment

CRM enrichment

Meaning

Adding verified attributes or activity data to a customer or account record.

When to use it

Define trusted sources and do not overwrite authoritative fields without approval.

Practical example

Append latest support topic and product interest to the account.

CRM

Lead scoring

Lead scoring

Meaning

Assigning a score that estimates a prospect's fit or likelihood to take a desired action.

When to use it

Document inputs, exclusions, thresholds, and fairness checks.

Practical example

Score using consented engagement and firmographic fit.

Human control

Escalation

Escalation

Meaning

Moving a case to a person or team with greater authority or expertise.

When to use it

Trigger it for safety, legal, repeated failure, VIP impact, or low confidence.

Practical example

Escalate threats, regulatory complaints, and unresolved payment disputes.

Human control

Quality assurance

Quality assurance

Meaning

Checks that support handling follows policy, factual evidence, and communication standards.

When to use it

Review samples and all high-risk automated cases with a documented rubric.

Practical example

Check policy accuracy, empathy, resolution, and prohibited commitments.