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20,000 employees. One AI frontline agent.

Large Quebec public utility — 20,000 employees, high-volume IT help desk

2020 (deployment) + ongoing support

01 — The challenge

A large Quebec public utility needed to reduce the load on its IT help desk while improving the experience for its 20,000 employees. Repetitive requests were monopolizing human agents. A digital first-responder was needed — capable of understanding natural language, acting on existing ticketing systems and integrating with the Genesys call center platform.

02 — What SIA delivered

SIA developed a conversational AI agent based on IBM Watson Assistant and Watson Discovery, with 12 skills covering informational and transactional requests. The agent interfaces with the client's 3 ticketing systems and integrates Genesys to allow human agents to remain in their usual tool. Three custom avatars enhance the user experience. SIA established a center of excellence at the client site and a change promotion pipeline between environments.

03 — The results

24/7 first-line agent available to 20,000 employees

12 automated skills covering the most frequent requests

Full integration with 3 ticketing systems and Genesys

Client center of excellence established for future projects

KPI dashboard integrated with existing BI tools

Technologies

IBM Watsonx AssistantIBM Watson DiscoveryGenesysIBM Cloud

Studios involved

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