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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

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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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How Contact Centers Can Better Report Agent Efficiency

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These include: Service level: This metric is defined as the percentage of messages and calls that are answered by a live agent within the organization’s target time frame. A high service level serves as an indication that contact center agents are performing efficiently.

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Bringing Automation to Customer Service – 5 Chatbot Examples for Any Industry

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The majority of customer service queries are repetitive and simple in nature, like ‘how do I reset my password’, ‘where is my delivery’, or ‘what time is your store open’. While these queries can easily lead to agent burnout, they also use up valuable agent time.

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Finding the Balance with Call Center Efficiency: 5 Tips for Improving Efficiency and Empowering your Agents

SharpenCX

Of course, some idle time is necessary to prevent agent burnout. When we talk about idle time, we’re not talking about bathroom breaks, minutes of rest and mindfulness, or your agent’s lunch hour. All those things are necessary to build a positive environment in your contact center (and help agents maintain sanity).

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How to Improve Call Center Productivity

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Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT). The Customer Satisfaction Score (CSAT) is an indicator of how satisfied your customers are. To measure the CSAT, you can add an after-call survey that enables customers to rate their support experience on a scale of 1 to 5 stars.

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This is our 1000th Post! A Look Back at Our Greatest Hits

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Some highlights: Contact Centers Focusing Less on 80/20 Service Level. Customer Service Lexicon. The migration of call centers from on-premise equipment to cloud services has been one of the mega-trends of the past decade. Why You Should Empower Your Customer Service Team. Customer Experience Trends.