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Call Center Metrics and KPIs to Measure Performance and Productivity

CCNG

There is a great deal of debate about what metrics call centers should measure now, especially with COVID-19 and the accompanying shift to work-at-home agents, staffing shortages, and persistent supply chain issues straining customers’ patience. What metrics should call centers and BPOs focus on?

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Contingency Planning With At-Home Agents

Outsource Consultants

Call centers across the globe are making the difficult decision to limit or suspend operations in their primary locations. In many cases, simply asking employees to work from home is not as easy as it sounds. They resolved any technical issues years ago, and their agents are used to training and working in a remote environment.

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The Future of Remote Agent Call Centers

Outsource Consultants

Are remote call center agents a part of your future plans? In a short time, businesses that rely on call center agents found their teams dispersed across remote home offices. Call Center Trends for Remote Work in 2022. Agents Are Calling Their Shot.

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The Gig Economy: Why At-Home Agents Perfectly Complement Your Outsourced Customer Service

Advantage Communications

Did you know that homesourcing can be the perfect complement to your company’s current outsourced customer service program ? The gig economy is booming, allowing companies to hit workforce targets in a market where skill shortages are a huge concern.

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6 Factors to Consider When Outsourcing

Global Response

Outsourcing a call center often raises many questions businesses must answer, including: Who is the best outsourcing contact center to partner with? Where will the outsourced call center team be located? How will an outsourced contact center partner protect my data?

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Onward and Upward – Why 2021 Is Poised to Be a Promising Year for the Contact Center Outsourcing Industry

Outsource Consultants

As we close out a year filled with disruption, uncertainty, dark clouds, and silver linings, Outsource Consultants President and Founder Corey Kotlarz reflects on 2020’s challenges and successes, and his thoughts as we usher in a new year. What surprised you the most about how the call center industry responded to uncertainty in 2020?

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BPO Outsourcing Trends in 2023: What Should We Expect?

CustomerServ

If 2020 and 2021 were years of change, transformation, and tumult in the business process outsourcing (BPO) world, how do we describe 2022 ? Outsourcing costs have been steadily rising in the U.S., BPOs to offer lower pricing for work-at-home vs. in-center because that delta closed rapidly during and post-pandemic.