Customer support · Production

Forma deflects 39% of customer service tickets with Forethought AI as membership doubles

The problem

Forma's customer service team was spending excessive time on repeatable questions from both businesses implementing benefit plans and members learning to use them, and needed automation that could preserve the quality of the customer experience while freeing agents to focus on complex issues.

Workflow diagram · grounded in source
1
Customer contacts via Forethought
trigger
“13,800 people reached out to the Forma team through Forethought alone”
2
Workflow processing on knowledge base
ai_action
“They rolled out based on the information from Forma's knowledge base and learnings from the support team's past interactions”
3
Ticket deflection
output
“5,081 customer service tickets were deflected”
4
Human handoff on request
routing
“It's got to let customers quickly connect with someone if that's what they want”
5
Knowledge base improvement loop
feedback_loop
“We're currently working on our knowledge base to improve our workflows in the tool”
Reported outcome

Forethought deflected 5,081 tickets in January alone, growing Forma's deflection rate from 30% in October to 39% by March, while allowing the team to operate with 45 customer service representatives instead of the more than 60 they would otherwise need.

Reported metrics
customer contacts through Forethought (January)13,800
tickets deflected (January)5,081
deflection rate (October)30%
deflection rate (January)37%
Show all 7 reported metrics
customer contacts through Forethought (January)13,800
tickets deflected (January)5,081
deflection rate (October)30%
deflection rate (January)37%
deflection rate (March)39%
headcount required without automationmore than 60
current headcount with automation45
Reported stack
Forethoughtknowledge base
Source
https://forethought.ai/case-studies/forma-uses-forethought-ai
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Frequently asked questions

What did this team achieve with this AI workflow?

Forethought deflected 5,081 tickets in January alone, growing Forma's deflection rate from 30% in October to 39% by March, while allowing the team to operate with 45 customer service representatives instead of the mor…

What tools did this team use?

Forethought, knowledge base.

What results were reported?

customer contacts through Forethought (January): 13,800; tickets deflected (January): 5,081; deflection rate (October): 30%; deflection rate (January): 37% (source-reported, not independently verified).

How is this customer support AI workflow structured?

Customer contacts via Forethought → Workflow processing on knowledge base → Ticket deflection → Human handoff on request → Knowledge base improvement loop.