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2024 Predictions for Call Center Outsourcing

Outsource Consultants

At Outsource Consultants, we’re committed to providing informed insights, leveraging our experience with over 500 global BPO partners across various industries. The call center industry was grappling with high turnover and absenteeism, prompting a shift towards prioritizing agent stability and morale. The reason?

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Best Practices in BPO Vendor Management

Global Response

Deciding to partner with a business processing outsourcing (BPO) vendor is a strategic move for companies of all sizes. While outsourcing BPO services provides a host of benefits, it also comes with the challenges of managing a third-party relationship. LET’S CONNECT Tip #2: Ensure comprehensive SLA documentation.

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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

Playvox

When you have an agent shortage, it causes significant CX, operational, morale, and cost issues. Higher queue times. Being short-staffed causes gaps in the schedule and results in a situation where there are simply not enough agents to handle volume. Then pilot your solutions and add more capabilities over time.

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BPO Vendor Management Part One: Top 5 Tips for Better KPI Performance

Outsource Consultants

But not all outsource call center partnerships are created equal — and they all require management. KPIs that are set too high will cause agents to fall short and lose morale; Too low, now you’re missing out on revenue and customer service improvements. Agree on success measures — “Reduce your hold time by 30%.”.

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Ten Dumb Things Smart Contact Center Executives Do

Taylor Reach Group

After all why would we want home agents, speech recognition, higher quality or better staff morale and management? Tim Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Work Week , famously told his outsourced agents that if a problem cost less than $100 they should fix it themselves. I hope you can sense my sarcasm here.

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Christmas in July? Prepare Your Holiday Season Customer Service Now

TLC Associates

Even an overemphasis on average handle time can skew these numbers. Average Handle Time – If your handle times were low, know that this KPI is not necessarily a reflection of your agents’ capabilities. Preparing for Attrition – The holiday season can be a stressful time.

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10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center

Hodusoft

10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) contact centers play a vital role in today’s modern businesses. Technology Integration One of the best and most powerful strategies to reduce costs in Business Process Outsourcing contact centers is the implementation of the latest technologies.