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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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Five Customer Service Outsourcing Trends to Expect in 2022

Outsource Consultants

Here are five of the biggest customer service outsourcing trends to help you elevate customer satisfaction: 1) Fully Remote Contact Center Teams. This trend can be somewhat deceiving, as businesses will still look to BPO partners that can flex between both in-person teams and outsourcing remotely. 3) Growth of Self-Service Adoption.

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Contact Center Workplaces Are in the Midst of a Renaissance

DMG Consulting

The service world is also undergoing major innovation in the form of intelligent self-service solutions that customers find compelling and engaging and that are increasingly preferred over live agents to handle all but their most complex requests. Technology Takes a Leading Role.

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Scheduling in the Gig Economy

Aspect

With Amazon Flex, the company uses a mobile app for drivers to post their personal preferred schedules, which can include very short availability windows. And since 81% of customers prefer self-service to agent assisted service , the simpler work will eventually go to automated self-service, and only the more complex tasks will go to agents.

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5 Evolving Contact Center Technologies and Where the Next Year Will Take Them

BlueOcean

These include customer demographic segmentation (currently used by 75% of in-house contact centers), data analysis (61%), real-time analytics (60%), and personalization capabilities (52%). Enter knowledge management technologies: a streamlined, centralized way to store and disseminate the content that agents need to serve customers well.

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4 Ways to Reduce CX Outsourcing Costs in 2022

Outsource Consultants

While many companies employ multiple ways to cut down call volume and increase self-service options, the three key types are: AI, automation, and access to account information. One specific example would be chatbots, which analyze customer queries and responses to better serve the next person in line.

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Remote Workforce Management – From Survive to Thrive in 3 Easy Steps

CSM Magazine

M any team leaders have become ‘mother hens’ to their work-at-home agents, caring for their wellbeing and motivation. In the awful event of a key planning individual becoming ill and that person being the only one who understands how the master forecasting and scheduling spreadsheet works, the entire contact centre is at risk.