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Schedule like a Boss

Monet Software

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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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost.

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Count to 5 for perfect multi-channel forecasting

teleopti

Modern workforce management (WFM) solutions capture huge amounts of data to create a library of valuable information. Use it to spot deviations from normal events such as unexpected spikes in call volumes or even different average handling time (AHT) patterns.

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Workforce Management Basics in Today’s Contact Center: Part 2

NICE inContact

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. Once those areas are identified, you can adjust agents’ shifts, moving around shift times, breaks, lunches, etc. Intraday management. Schedule changes. as necessary.

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Workforce Management Basics in Today’s Contact Center: Part 2

NICE inContact

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. Once those areas are identified, you can adjust agents’ shifts, moving around shift times, breaks, lunches, etc. Intraday management. Schedule changes. as necessary.

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Tortoise or Hare – Which One Best Describes Your Contact Center?

CSM Magazine

Occupancy – it’s good to know how many of your resources are being used at any one time but it’s even better to keep some agents in ‘reserve’ to handle random contact arrival patterns and maintain service levels.

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7 Things Great Call Center Managers do Every Day

Fonolo

They will vary depending on your industry and customers, but there are a few that most customer experience managers are checking on every day: Average Time in Queue/Hold Time. Average Handle Time. Only once these are running optimally is it possible to make any real improvements to your call center.