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What are the mobility capabilities of WFM solutions?

DMG Consulting

Answer: Remote workers, whether performing their job responsibilities off-site temporarily as a result of the pandemic, or agents who regularly rotate between home and contact center locations, as well as dedicated work-at-home employees, depend on mobility to help them effectively and efficiently perform their jobs anytime, anywhere.

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Effectively managing home-based call center agents is possible. Here’s how.

Tethr

Your remote agents need to be provided with the best tools and trained on how to use them. Using listening enterprise software like Tethr , you can offer each rep a personalized training program based on actionable insight from their calls. Nail down at-home agent policies and guidelines. Invest in the best tools.

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Important post-COVID strategies for the call center

Tethr

Whether you are seriously considering only hiring at-home agents or some of your current agents are looking to make the permanent transition to a remote basis, remote-specific trainings should be offered. Publish one, revisit it often and make sure it is understood and distributed to your entire team.

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Contact Center Workplaces Are in the Midst of a Renaissance

DMG Consulting

Organizations that want to realize the benefits of the digital channels and self-service solutions that their customers increasingly prefer need to enhance both the customer and agent experience. It’s time for many of these WFO/WEM applications to become standard employee productivity and engagement tools.

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6 CX Innovations That Have Advanced at Lightening Speed Since COVID-19

Skybridge

I would add a 6 th one: Decentralized Call Centers Staffed with At-Home Agents. If you would like to know more about how Skybridge Americas can help you deliver superior customer experience with high performing teams of at-home agents, please reach out. You can read the entire article below. We would love to talk!

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Predictable Outcomes Amidst Unpredictable Times: How Cisco IT kept Contact Center services running from our homes

Cisco - Contact Center

Like most other global enterprises, Cisco’s BCP targeted three main areas – outages, natural disasters, and other impacts to the environment. Within 3 days, we modified our VPN solution to meet the new requirement that at-home agents connect through VPN using static IP addresses. Devising a plan when no plan existed.

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BPO Outsourcing Trends in 2023: What Should We Expect?

CustomerServ

Throughout 2022 and into 2023, more brands are asking their BPOs to move agents back in-center, or at least move to a 60/40 or 70/30 in-center vs. remote hybrid. And we’re seeing more interest in tethered staffing for work-at-home—agents working at home but in geographic proximity to a physical site. In summary.