Fonolo

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Sounds like a good time to shake things up! Developing and executing a call center improvement strategy is no easy feat, but if you plan properly and get your employees excited about a change, your contact center will be back on track and producing even better results! Gather Your Data: Customer satisfaction score.

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Call Center Interactive Voice Response First call resolution Contact Center 128

Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Managing forecasting, scheduling, and agent productivity in a call center is a lot like searching for the fountain of youth. While we don’t have a roadmap to the proverbial fountain, we can help steer you in the right direction for better call center workforce management (WFM).

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Monet Software

JUNE 10, 2021

8 Tips for Optimizing Schedules and Enhancing Contact Center Workforce Engagement.at the Same Time. Many contact center managers, however, don’t realize how much more value their scheduling activity can deliver to employees, beyond letting agents know when to show up for shifts. We all love a win-win.

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Fonolo

MARCH 8, 2022

As call center leaders, we know the list of things to manage on the floor is endless. Behind hold times and high call volumes, management must ensure every agent is trained, every shift is covered, and every customer is satisfied. One vital aspect of call center efficiency is call center workforce management (WFM).

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Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

UPDATED FEBRUARY 2020: The call center is an extremely stressful work environment. Simply knowing how to run a call center isn’t enough for success. Those with this special ability often create an experience that pleases customers and agents, without exceeding their budgets; a truly remarkable feat.

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Talkdesk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

During last year’s open enrollment period, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported more than 5.78 million calls related to healthcare coverage to its contact center. In addition, many call centers are still managing operations with either staggered shifts or remote agents.

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Balto

APRIL 20, 2023

For example, those that did layoffs cared slightly less about customer satisfaction and customer retention than those who did not do layoffs — and significantly less about net promoter score (NPS). They did, however, care more about dials per week and average handle time. The average age was 42.14

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