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Top tips for using call center analytics and reporting to make the case for your spending forecast. The contact center budgeting process is never easy. That’s why we created The Ultimate Guide to Budgeting for Your Call Center !) So what can you do to gain buy-in from business owners and executives, so you receive the resources required to achieve the call center’s many goals? Sadly, not all call center investments are equally straightforward. MORE
The agents that fill the seats at your contact center are the lifeblood of your operation. Rather, top-performing call center agents are those who receive proper direction, instruction, and correction when necessary. All of this comes from proper workforce management. Here, we’ll show you what great workforce management looks like, what it can do for your center, and how to get it if you feel like it is something your facility lacks. MORE
“I need the business agility, flexibility, and speed of new feature delivery that cloud offers while protecting my contact center investments.”. “I I need easy access to cloud-based applications that work seamlessly with my on-premises contact center infrastructure”. MORE
Training call center agents in-person can be challenging and mentally draining. Having the right tools and techniques at your disposal can help you develop a team of call center agents that are effective. There are a number of ways you can incentivize call center agents. MORE
How do you make sure you have the right number of agents on call? Your call center’s success depends on it. Follow these call center workforce management best practices to find out how to staff your contact center the right way. MORE
WFO: 5 Trends Shaping Analytics and Business Intelligence Call center workforce optimization is top of mind for leaders in financial services and beyond. From tricked-out ticketing systems to agent call recordings there is nothing we can’t pin a. MORE
Optimizing the customer service experience is a crucial task in a call center environment. The success of your contact center depends on it. Your call center needs to focus on being unique. 8 Tips to Make Your Call Center Customer Service Experience Unique. MORE
How to treat employee burnout and reinvigorate call center engagement for the long haul. Do you feel it spreading through your contact center workforce? This makes contact center agents particularly vulnerable to burnout. Blog Workforce Optimization MORE
At the end of 2016, I conducted 20 interviews with customer service professionals who were members of the National Association of Call Centers (NACC). The question was, “What’s keeping you up at night when you think about your contact center in 2017 and beyond.”. Clearly, employee engagement is of paramount importance to an overwhelming majority of contact center executives today. Figure 2: Contact Centers Willing to Change to Accommodate the Millennial Workforce. MORE
According to Forbes, engagement is the key to effective workforce management. With estimates claiming that only 30% of employees are engaged, managing the workforce becomes a lot more difficult than it used to be. Employees worked their 40-plus hours per week at a call center and went home with little complaint. Here’s how you can improve efficiency of your call center using better workforce management techniques. Prepare for an Agile Workforce. MORE
Call center reporting is the only way to know how your contact center is performing. From daily performance reports to identifying seasonal trends, reporting is an art form in the call center that defines the past, present, and future of your organization. MORE
Field personnel were backed with an equally professional call center. Not understanding the impact of freezing weather in the South, the call center was not staffed adequately and was unable to handle these surges. So, to address this issue, Elite Plumbers decided to invest in an advanced workforce management (WFM) system. Workforce management software is thought by some to be a solution required only by the very largest contact centers. MORE
Improved agent efficiency and productivity turn call centers from a cost into a profit. While agents hold the keys to your company’s success, they are also the most expensive resource you have – accounting for 60% to 70% of expenses in a contact center. Depending on organizational needs, call centers can implement an array of different technologies, from basic to sophisticated. Leading Technologies for Workforce Management in Call Centers. MORE
But for HR and workforce planners and managers, just creating a balance between company demands and employee needs for time off can be challenging. You describe it and we can do it. ( You can practically hear that stream calling you.). Your happier because you are just a phone call away from putting up that ‘gone fishing’ sign. ( Blog New Workforce Solutions Absence Management Call Center Workforce ManagementGone fishin’ by shady, wady pool. MORE
Contact center performance management is led by an operations manager who is dedicated to improving the engagement of their agents. It requires a toolkit of quality monitoring, coaching, gamification, and most importantly, a top-tier workforce management system. MORE
In your contact center, do people ever just hang up? So why are the problematic mathematical assumptions of the outdated Erlang C formula built into your call center’s workforce management software? Optimize Your Call Center With Pipkins. MORE
Is Your Workforce Management Optimized? As you determine what makes your contact center successful around workforce optimization, do you measure Service Level, Staff Utilization, or a combination of both? When a contact center asks us to help, often Service Levels can be all over the board with highs and lows throughout the day. Capacity Planning is the next component in managing your workforce. MORE
The $695 conference rate has been extended through April 27, so register today to secure your spot—and to sign up for a free subscription to Contact Center Pipeline ! It’s less than a month away! The annual Verint Engage global customer conference will convene on Monday, May 14 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel. MORE
When looking at the customer service sector, if anything can be near certain during these unpredictable times – it’s that hybrid working is the future for the call center. As a matter of fact, Frost & Sullivan predicts that 20% of the call center workforce will working from home in the near future. That’s a [ ] The post The Future of Customer Service – Hybrid Workforce or Hybrid Employees? MORE
How WFM and QM combine to engage an offsite call center workforce and deliver superior CX. High-speed internet, cloud-based applications and other technologies have opened a new vista for the call center—the remote agents. MORE
If your organization is seeing call center workload patterns that are somewhat different than in similar historical months and years, you’re not alone. That … Call Center Workforce Management Brad Cleveland Contact Center Customer Service ICMIAnd the reasons – the economy, changes in customer behavior, etc. – are certainly no mystery. MORE
Traditional call center environments are often busy, fast-paced environments, but it doesn’t need to be that way. The physical environment in your call center can be just as impactful as the technology you use. Why is a workplace layout important for call centers? MORE
Formula one driving has a few things in common with a call center. There are important elements to racing that apply to running a contact center. So where are the boundaries in a contact center? in the all-important Moment of Truth called the contact center interaction. MORE
Contact center employees face a number of challenges during their workday. As a manager, you are in the perfect position to implement modern solutions to improve morale in your call center. Workforce engagement management, a relatively new term in the market, combines solutions that help drive employee engagement through listening to the voice of your employee. Blog Workforce Management MORE
After another successful year, Playvox is humbled to have been honored by TrustRadius as the recipient of the 2021 Top Rated Award in the Call Center Workforce Optimization category. MORE
Transforming the Customer and Agent Experience with Artificial Intelligent Contact Center Integration. There was a particular focus on the Go To Market aspects and the role of Cisco Contact Center partners. Innovation and trends in Contact Centers market. MORE
The language barrier is undoubtedly and historically adding complexity to international business, and this is especially true when we consider Contact Centers and the high-quality customer experience they have to deliver in business-to-consumer services. Narrowing the Call Center Gap. MORE
After a tumultuous 10 months for contact centers and agents, new possibilities open. This may seem an awfully philosophical topic to raise in reference to contact centers. But I’d argue that shoshin is the dominant mindset right now in countless call centers nationwide. MORE
When looking at the customer service sector, if anything can be near certain during these unpredictable times – it’s that hybrid working is the future for the call center. That’s a [ ] The post The Future of Customer Service – Hybrid Workforce or Hybrid Employees? MORE
Peak times tend to be a touchy topic for call centers. Almost every center experiences them, and most don’t know how to handle the volume without adding more agents. Every contact center is different, which means that peak times can take on various forms. Join Fonolo and The National Credit Union Call Center Conference on Thursday, June 28 th at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT for the live Q&A. We’ll talk about: Managing Spikes in Call Volume. MORE
With significant uncertainty about whether call center employees will be working from an office or from home, the roles, requirements, and the right devices for customer service reps have now been reset. MORE
If your organization is seeing call center workload patterns that are somewhat different than in similar historical months and years, you’re not alone. That … Call Center Workforce Management Brad Cleveland Contact Center Customer Service ICMIAnd the reasons – the economy, changes in customer behavior, etc. – are certainly no mystery. MORE
Transitioning your on-premises call center to the cloud creates enormous opportunities for growth and innovation. According to our recent global survey, 62% of contact center executives plan to implement a cloud contact center within the next 18 months. MORE
With significant uncertainty about whether call center employees will be working from an office or from home, the roles, requirements, and the right devices for customer service reps have now been reset. Some may be connected to [ ] The post Why QD Headsets are Best for a Hybrid Call Center Workforce appeared first on Poly Blog. MORE
The lasting impacts of COVID-19 are unknown but the accelerated shift to the remote call center workforce management is likely to endure. Will remote agents continue to represent a significant proportion of the call center workforce? MORE
As an increasing number of consumers turn to their smartphones instead of their laptops, industries such as healthcare must also consider how their employees use technology on-the-go , including mobilizing the health call center workforce in a way that best fits their unique needs. This is why the contact center technology for mobile health workers must be geared toward their specific needs and focus on increasing efficiency, not just adding another avenue of connectivity. MORE
So, are contact centers more than a feeling? Is Your Contact Center “in the Zone?”. Thanks to new AI models, the “rhythm” or patterns of reality developed in the contact center are becoming more predictable and proactive. The post Is Your Contact Center “In the Zone”? MORE
Inspiration. Professional growth. Networking. There’s a single event that can help you with all of these—and help you better leverage your Verint solutions, to boot. It’s the Verint Engage global customer conference, and registration is underway for this year’s event at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel May 14 – 17. MORE
With Millennials soon making up half of all call center workforces, organizations need to plan how to train, inspire and retain telephone agents in an industry where the average turnover rate is an astonishing 33%. Building a strong company culture that gives employees meaning and presents opportunities to connect with your customers starts with how your train your workforce. Call Center call center culture contact center agents customer experience MORE
In the world of workforce management, those same benefits hold true. Keeping agents abreast of their schedule is easy with a tool like Aspect® Workforce Management (WFM). Aspect WFM is the only solution that allows contact center managers to seamlessly access every tool from one easy to use dashboard. Keeping everyone on the schedule they prefer while also meeting the scheduling needs of the contact center. There is something utterly satisfying about a schedule. MORE
Tips for maintaining contact center engagement, no matter the season. The holiday season is fast approaching and employees are starting to check out mentally, as if they’re suffering from the call center version of high school “senior-itis.”. But SMB contact centers still need to finish strong, especially if the business took a hit from the pandemic. A long-term, customized employee engagement strategy should be the ultimate goal for any call center. MORE
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MARCH 11, 2021
How do you make sure you have the right number of agents on call? Your call center’s success depends on it. Follow these call center workforce management best practices to find out how to staff your contact center the right way.
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MAY 27, 2021
After another successful year, Playvox is humbled to have been honored by TrustRadius as the recipient of the 2021 Top Rated Award in the Call Center Workforce Optimization category.
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Tenfold - Contact Center Blog
DECEMBER 28, 2017
Improved agent efficiency and productivity turn call centers from a cost into a profit. While agents hold the keys to your company’s success, they are also the most expensive resource you have – accounting for 60% to 70% of expenses in a contact center. Depending on organizational needs, call centers can implement an array of different technologies, from basic to sophisticated. Leading Technologies for Workforce Management in Call Centers.
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With significant uncertainty about whether call center employees will be working from an office or from home, the roles, requirements, and the right devices for customer service reps have now been reset. Some may be connected to [ ] The post Why QD Headsets are Best for a Hybrid Call Center Workforce appeared first on Poly Blog.
TRUSTID
OCTOBER 3, 2019
With Millennials soon making up half of all call center workforces, organizations need to plan how to train, inspire and retain telephone agents in an industry where the average turnover rate is an astonishing 33%. Building a strong company culture that gives employees meaning and presents opportunities to connect with your customers starts with how your train your workforce. Call Center call center culture contact center agents customer experience
ChaseData
OCTOBER 24, 2019
The agents that fill the seats at your contact center are the lifeblood of your operation. Rather, top-performing call center agents are those who receive proper direction, instruction, and correction when necessary. All of this comes from proper workforce management. Here, we’ll show you what great workforce management looks like, what it can do for your center, and how to get it if you feel like it is something your facility lacks.
Plantronics
OCTOBER 19, 2020
With significant uncertainty about whether call center employees will be working from an office or from home, the roles, requirements, and the right devices for customer service reps have now been reset.
Insite Managed Solutions
JANUARY 18, 2016
Is Your Workforce Management Optimized? As you determine what makes your contact center successful around workforce optimization, do you measure Service Level, Staff Utilization, or a combination of both? When a contact center asks us to help, often Service Levels can be all over the board with highs and lows throughout the day. Capacity Planning is the next component in managing your workforce.
Playvox
JULY 14, 2021
Contact center performance management is led by an operations manager who is dedicated to improving the engagement of their agents. It requires a toolkit of quality monitoring, coaching, gamification, and most importantly, a top-tier workforce management system.
Cisco - Contact Center
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
“I need the business agility, flexibility, and speed of new feature delivery that cloud offers while protecting my contact center investments.”. “I I need easy access to cloud-based applications that work seamlessly with my on-premises contact center infrastructure”.
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Formula one driving has a few things in common with a call center. There are important elements to racing that apply to running a contact center. So where are the boundaries in a contact center? in the all-important Moment of Truth called the contact center interaction.
Cisco - Contact Center
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
So, are contact centers more than a feeling? Is Your Contact Center “in the Zone?”. Thanks to new AI models, the “rhythm” or patterns of reality developed in the contact center are becoming more predictable and proactive. The post Is Your Contact Center “In the Zone”?
Cisco - Contact Center
FEBRUARY 5, 2020
Transforming the Customer and Agent Experience with Artificial Intelligent Contact Center Integration. There was a particular focus on the Go To Market aspects and the role of Cisco Contact Center partners. Innovation and trends in Contact Centers market.
Cisco - Contact Center
JANUARY 8, 2020
Transitioning your on-premises call center to the cloud creates enormous opportunities for growth and innovation. According to our recent global survey, 62% of contact center executives plan to implement a cloud contact center within the next 18 months.
Cisco - Contact Center
JANUARY 21, 2020
The language barrier is undoubtedly and historically adding complexity to international business, and this is especially true when we consider Contact Centers and the high-quality customer experience they have to deliver in business-to-consumer services. Narrowing the Call Center Gap.
Fonolo
JUNE 21, 2018
Peak times tend to be a touchy topic for call centers. Almost every center experiences them, and most don’t know how to handle the volume without adding more agents. Every contact center is different, which means that peak times can take on various forms. Join Fonolo and The National Credit Union Call Center Conference on Thursday, June 28 th at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT for the live Q&A. We’ll talk about: Managing Spikes in Call Volume.
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JUNE 27, 2019
But for HR and workforce planners and managers, just creating a balance between company demands and employee needs for time off can be challenging. You describe it and we can do it. ( You can practically hear that stream calling you.). Your happier because you are just a phone call away from putting up that ‘gone fishing’ sign. ( Blog New Workforce Solutions Absence Management Call Center Workforce ManagementGone fishin’ by shady, wady pool.
Verint
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Inspiration. Professional growth. Networking. There’s a single event that can help you with all of these—and help you better leverage your Verint solutions, to boot. It’s the Verint Engage global customer conference, and registration is underway for this year’s event at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel May 14 – 17.
Verint
APRIL 23, 2018
The $695 conference rate has been extended through April 27, so register today to secure your spot—and to sign up for a free subscription to Contact Center Pipeline ! It’s less than a month away! The annual Verint Engage global customer conference will convene on Monday, May 14 at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel.
Verint
AUGUST 17, 2017
At the end of 2016, I conducted 20 interviews with customer service professionals who were members of the National Association of Call Centers (NACC). The question was, “What’s keeping you up at night when you think about your contact center in 2017 and beyond.”. Clearly, employee engagement is of paramount importance to an overwhelming majority of contact center executives today. Figure 2: Contact Centers Willing to Change to Accommodate the Millennial Workforce.
Verint
AUGUST 7, 2017
Field personnel were backed with an equally professional call center. Not understanding the impact of freezing weather in the South, the call center was not staffed adequately and was unable to handle these surges. So, to address this issue, Elite Plumbers decided to invest in an advanced workforce management (WFM) system. Workforce management software is thought by some to be a solution required only by the very largest contact centers.
LiveVox
DECEMBER 23, 2019
WFO: 5 Trends Shaping Analytics and Business Intelligence Call center workforce optimization is top of mind for leaders in financial services and beyond. From tricked-out ticketing systems to agent call recordings there is nothing we can’t pin a.
Plantronics
OCTOBER 22, 2020
When looking at the customer service sector, if anything can be near certain during these unpredictable times – it’s that hybrid working is the future for the call center. That’s a [ ] The post The Future of Customer Service – Hybrid Workforce or Hybrid Employees?
Brad Cleveland
APRIL 29, 2011
If your organization is seeing call center workload patterns that are somewhat different than in similar historical months and years, you’re not alone. That … Call Center Workforce Management Brad Cleveland Contact Center Customer Service ICMIAnd the reasons – the economy, changes in customer behavior, etc. – are certainly no mystery.
Brad Cleveland
APRIL 29, 2011
If your organization is seeing call center workload patterns that are somewhat different than in similar historical months and years, you’re not alone. That … Call Center Workforce Management Brad Cleveland Contact Center Customer Service ICMIAnd the reasons – the economy, changes in customer behavior, etc. – are certainly no mystery.
Plantronics
OCTOBER 22, 2020
When looking at the customer service sector, if anything can be near certain during these unpredictable times – it’s that hybrid working is the future for the call center. As a matter of fact, Frost & Sullivan predicts that 20% of the call center workforce will working from home in the near future. That’s a [ ] The post The Future of Customer Service – Hybrid Workforce or Hybrid Employees?
Monet Software
MARCH 10, 2021
The lasting impacts of COVID-19 are unknown but the accelerated shift to the remote call center workforce management is likely to endure. Will remote agents continue to represent a significant proportion of the call center workforce?
Fonolo
OCTOBER 12, 2021
Traditional call center environments are often busy, fast-paced environments, but it doesn’t need to be that way. The physical environment in your call center can be just as impactful as the technology you use. Why is a workplace layout important for call centers?
Monet Software
MARCH 4, 2021
After a tumultuous 10 months for contact centers and agents, new possibilities open. This may seem an awfully philosophical topic to raise in reference to contact centers. But I’d argue that shoshin is the dominant mindset right now in countless call centers nationwide.
Pipkins
DECEMBER 5, 2019
In your contact center, do people ever just hang up? So why are the problematic mathematical assumptions of the outdated Erlang C formula built into your call center’s workforce management software? Optimize Your Call Center With Pipkins.
Expivia
AUGUST 4, 2021
Optimizing the customer service experience is a crucial task in a call center environment. The success of your contact center depends on it. Your call center needs to focus on being unique. 8 Tips to Make Your Call Center Customer Service Experience Unique.
Aspect
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
In the world of workforce management, those same benefits hold true. Keeping agents abreast of their schedule is easy with a tool like Aspect® Workforce Management (WFM). Aspect WFM is the only solution that allows contact center managers to seamlessly access every tool from one easy to use dashboard. Keeping everyone on the schedule they prefer while also meeting the scheduling needs of the contact center. There is something utterly satisfying about a schedule.
Expivia
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Call center reporting is the only way to know how your contact center is performing. From daily performance reports to identifying seasonal trends, reporting is an art form in the call center that defines the past, present, and future of your organization.
Monet Software
NOVEMBER 11, 2020
How to treat employee burnout and reinvigorate call center engagement for the long haul. Do you feel it spreading through your contact center workforce? This makes contact center agents particularly vulnerable to burnout. Blog Workforce Optimization
Monet Software
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Top tips for using call center analytics and reporting to make the case for your spending forecast. The contact center budgeting process is never easy. That’s why we created The Ultimate Guide to Budgeting for Your Call Center !) So what can you do to gain buy-in from business owners and executives, so you receive the resources required to achieve the call center’s many goals? Sadly, not all call center investments are equally straightforward.
Monet Software
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Contact center employees face a number of challenges during their workday. As a manager, you are in the perfect position to implement modern solutions to improve morale in your call center. Workforce engagement management, a relatively new term in the market, combines solutions that help drive employee engagement through listening to the voice of your employee. Blog Workforce Management
Etech GS
SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
According to Forbes, engagement is the key to effective workforce management. With estimates claiming that only 30% of employees are engaged, managing the workforce becomes a lot more difficult than it used to be. Employees worked their 40-plus hours per week at a call center and went home with little complaint. Here’s how you can improve efficiency of your call center using better workforce management techniques. Prepare for an Agile Workforce.
Monet Software
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Tips for maintaining contact center engagement, no matter the season. The holiday season is fast approaching and employees are starting to check out mentally, as if they’re suffering from the call center version of high school “senior-itis.”. But SMB contact centers still need to finish strong, especially if the business took a hit from the pandemic. A long-term, customized employee engagement strategy should be the ultimate goal for any call center.
Monet Software
APRIL 24, 2020
How WFM and QM combine to engage an offsite call center workforce and deliver superior CX. High-speed internet, cloud-based applications and other technologies have opened a new vista for the call center—the remote agents.
Calltools
JUNE 10, 2020
Training call center agents in-person can be challenging and mentally draining. Having the right tools and techniques at your disposal can help you develop a team of call center agents that are effective. There are a number of ways you can incentivize call center agents.
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