NICE inContact

OCTOBER 3, 2017

When defining your service recovery processes, there are a few things to consider. It might be time for your contact center to shift its focus from obsessing over issue avoidance and focusing on issue resolution! Agent empowerment is part of the process. All channels are not created equal.

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DMG Consulting

MARCH 27, 2024

AI is key to modifying and enhancing WFM solutions to enable them to properly address the needs of advanced contact centers and other operating environments that handle voice and digital synchronous and asynchronous interactions.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

To gain some insights into the strategies and tactics call centers can use to boost efficiency and arm you with effective strategies you can put to use, we reached out to a panel of call center experts , managers and leaders and asked them to answer this question: “What is the most effective way for a contact center to increase efficiency?”.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 3, 2017

When defining your service recovery processes, there are a few things to consider. It might be time for your contact center to shift its focus from obsessing over issue avoidance and focusing on issue resolution! Agent empowerment is part of the process. All channels are not created equal.

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Agent Empowerment Benchmark Contact Center Coaching 48

DMG Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

Workforce management (WFM) solutions remain essential contact center productivity tools, but today they are as important for improving the customer experience (CX), and the newest generation of applications also help to boost employee engagement. But this is just the start of many innovations being introduced into the WFM market.

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bold360 Blog

AUGUST 31, 2020

Customer self-service (CSS) is a win-win for all involved in today’s uncertain business landscape, one where remote work and digital-first interactions have become the “new normal.”. CSS tools, unlike human agents, are available 24/7 across multiple channels. CSS Tools Go Beyond the Chatbot.

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DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

These applications have always been one of the leading productivity tools in contact centers. AI technologies are being used to create smart applications for agent self-service to find the right balance between employee and contact center needs. Most of this is about agent empowerment and engagement.

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Toister Performance Solutions

APRIL 30, 2020

And if your contact center is doing this to customers, you're also wasting precious handle time by not empowering your agents to serve people faster. But first, let’s look at how contact centers are wasting time. How do contact centers waste time? How do contact centers waste time?

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Altivon

JANUARY 16, 2018

Many are reorganizing and redefining their operations, including the contact center. Can efficiency actually be gained when services are as wide-ranging as local governments provide? Tersigni has more than 30 years of experience in telecommunications and contact center technologies and is Chief Customer Officer at Altivon.

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teleopti

JUNE 5, 2019

This has consequently elevated the role of the contact center and its crucial position in creating customer-brand connections. Forming the frontline between an organization and its customers, the work of contact center agents can easily make or break a customer relationship. For more info, read the press release!

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Talkdesk

MARCH 2, 2018

Agent performance is, itself, a major challenge for contact centers. Even if all the strategic and systemic stars align, there is no guarantee the agents will actually be able to achieve optimal results. Internal systems/tools can have both positive and negative impacts on agent performance,” said Gadi Shamia.

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Comm100

DECEMBER 1, 2017

For many organizations, a huge part of this new year task is setting contact center priorities — priorities that can have a colossal impact on the customer experience. But deciding on annual goals and specific yearly focuses for a call center isn’t always easy. Tip: Begin to examine your existing contact center processes.

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teleopti

JULY 15, 2019

With each new customer service representative hire estimated to cost the contact center $10,000 to $20,000 in training, direct recruiting costs and lost productivity during ramp up, it pays to nurture your talent and keep them on side. WFM: 7 steps to CSR employee happiness.

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3CLogic

JANUARY 5, 2022

Contact centers have come a long way over the last couple of decades, nearly unrecognizable to an agent from the 1990s. As technology continues to rapidly develop, contact centers will need to revisit the tools they use in order to keep up. Consider how the contact center landscape changed during 2021 alone.

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TechSee

MARCH 7, 2019

The contact center industry continues to face extremely high agent turnover, with some outbound and telemarketing centers experiencing attrition rates as high as 27% annually. Contact centers are ready for change. Current approaches to agent empowerment. Building a better VEA.

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Contact Center Pipeline

JULY 14, 2016

Online print and design company MOO launched in 2006 with a compelling vision: To disrupt the trillion-dollar global print industry by delivering cost-effective yet superior design and a world-class experience via the web. The company has much to celebrate, given its remarkable growth and achievements over the past decade.

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Tethr

APRIL 30, 2020

Companies have long been shifting more and more toward self service to keep up with the demands of the people. Today, 67 percent of customers prefer self-service over speaking to a company representative. Digital channels such as websites, chatbots and apps were designed to fulfill this vision of self service.

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teleopti

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Workforce Management is so much more than smarter scheduling and forecasting. With an open mind and the right partner by your side, it can unlock the secret to effective employee and customer engagement. Nick Smith shares 5 ways to become a WFM guru. .

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teleopti

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Here, he explores how self-scheduling technology is raising the bar for employee autonomy, ushering in a new era of contact center freedom. Over time, frontline staff too have come to enjoy more control over their working lives through self-service. Use autonomous self-scheduling via innovative WFM to: 1.

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teleopti

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The first is to recognize the strategic link between employee engagement and productivity, the second is to turn the customer service department or contact center from a reactive cost-cutting organization to a proactive profit-making powerhouse and finally harness the power of data. WFM: turn challenges into opportunities.

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Calabrio

OCTOBER 15, 2019

We’re all about our customers, and we judge ourselves by our ability to add tangible business value to their contact centers around the world, from easily managing soaring inbound volumes across multiple communication channels to leveraging new levels of customer experience intelligence to drive deeper engagement with customers.

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