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Everything You Need to Know About Adherence Reporting in the Call Center

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What is schedule adherence? To put it succinctly, schedule adherence is a metric that calculates whether agents are actually available during their scheduled times. Low adherence can be costly to your bottom line. Agent burnout. How to Improve Call Center Agent Productivity.

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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

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Effective scheduling not only ensures adequate coverage, but leverages agents’ skills and experience to maximize customer satisfaction and helps to avoid agent burnout. Administrative time is reduced because AI-powered software factors in staffing and call volume forecasts, agent availability, and business needs.

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Occupancy Rate: The Complete Guide

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Agents need time to take a breath and collect their thoughts between calls; If they don't get it, their performance suffers, followed by higher absenteeism and, eventually, agent attrition. Consider an agent who is engaged in call-related work for 45 minutes during a 60 minute period.