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Workforce Management in 2021: Better than Ever

DMG Consulting

Workforce Management in 2021: Better than Ever. In order to make this happen, companies need a much larger pool of trained agents, which has been the limiting factor for the process, until recently. During the past 4 years, WFM vendors have been enhancing their self-service capabilities.

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Contact Center Workplaces Are in the Midst of a Renaissance

DMG Consulting

The service world is also undergoing major innovation in the form of intelligent self-service solutions that customers find compelling and engaging and that are increasingly preferred over live agents to handle all but their most complex requests. Source: DMG Consulting, December 2021.

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Contact Centers’ Road Map to Success in the New Normal

DMG Consulting

May 25, 2021 Donna Fluss. It’s bizarre that it took a highly contagious virus to drive so much innovation in the world of service, but this is one of the positive outcomes of this challenging situation. Contact Centers’ Road Map to Success in the New Normal. View this article on the publisher’s website.

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8 Tips to Prepare Your Holiday Contact Center Agents

Calltools

That makes it easier for other agents to identify a customer’s needs. 87% of contact center agents worked from home in 2021 — up from 19% in 2019. You can leverage this workforce during the upcoming holiday season by asking remote (and hybrid) agents to take on additional hours. Enhance Agent Experiences.