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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

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Leveraging data for accurate forecasts is the foundation of call center workforce management, because it allows you to anticipate future call volumes. This helps with the second part of the equation, which is scheduling for the appropriate number of agents for the expected workload. Does your spreadsheet do all that?

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The Importance of Accurate Forecasting for Omnichannel Volume

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Inaccurate forecasts can also result in being understaffed, which is also very costly because it can create agent burnout and turnover, not to mention countless bad experiences because you don’t have enough people to serve the volume of interactions. How Does This Impact Omnichannel Forecasting? Complaints 2.