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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost. Does your spreadsheet do all that?

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Occupancy Rate: The Complete Guide

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The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Call Center Metrics Occupancy rate is rarely calculated on an individual level; typically it will be used to determine which times of day, week or year you will need to schedule more agents to handle call volume. Another danger is confusing occupancy with schedule adherence.

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The Role Of Employee Self-Service In Workforce Management

Playvox

Ensuring that employees can be a part of managing their schedule has big benefits. Improved Efficiency Getting your staffing levels right and creating a balanced workload across all of your customer service channels is crucial. Overstaffing means excessive costs, loss of efficiency, and low productivity.

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What is Call Center Performance Management?

Talkdesk

Performance Management and Customer Experience Call center agents, like retail workers, are on the frontline of customer interactions, and often face frustrated or angry consumers who are upset about a situation and place the blame firmly on the person in front of them.

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How to Calculate Occupancy Rate in a Call Center

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Why 80/20 is the Wrong Service Level for Your Call Center. ‘Occupancy Rate’ is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time). will require more agents, and often ties closely in with ASA and service level calculations.