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). WFM to the rescue.

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Fonolo

MARCH 29, 2022

Employee training, consistent management, the right call center software – the list goes on, but one thing stands apart from the rest: call center workforce management. How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center. Why workforce management? Agent engagement.

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Fonolo

MAY 19, 2022

The customer service climate is constantly evolving, which means your contact center’s operation must adapt to keep up. Contact center technology is a key component of the way your business functions. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022. Our Top 6 Contact Center Technology Picks for 2022.

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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. No longer is the company limited to the talent pool surrounding the contact center.

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Fonolo

MAY 19, 2022

The customer service climate is constantly evolving, which means your contact center’s operation must adapt to keep up. Contact center technology is a key component of the way your business functions. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022. Our Top 6 Contact Center Technology Picks for 2022.

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Balto

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Managing your call center’s workforce effectively is essential to keep both customers and agents satisfied. In this guide, we’ll help you understand what call center workforce management is and why it’s important. What Is Call Center Workforce Management?

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SharpenCX

JULY 1, 2020

If you don’t address small irritants between your teammates, they can fester into resentment and eventually impact your contact center work. And with companies working remotely more often, leaders are faced with managing new key challenges, like how to handle conflict in the workforce. Ok, so what do you do about it?

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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.

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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”. Do These Challenges Sound Familiar? You’re not alone!

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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 !) Have more questions about call center budgeting and approval?

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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? Contact centers are the execution point for business outcomes and represent the frontline of boundary interaction.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 16, 2020

Download Now: Learn how trends in workforce management and other key areas are impacting contact centers, according to Frost & Sullivan. These needs lead to a hybrid approach for the workforce. As a manager of a call center, you may be panicking a little. Workforce Engagement Management?

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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? Capacity Planning is the next component in managing your workforce.

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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.

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Fonolo

JUNE 21, 2018

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. Webinar] How to Successfully Handle Call Volume During Peak Times. We’ll talk about: Managing Spikes in Call Volume.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The data collected, measured, and analyzed for contact centers is an absolute gold mine. This article focuses on the crucial role of customer data analytics in contact center performance and customer experience. These reports also boost your call center and business intelligence by providing actionable data.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Traditional call center environments are often busy, fast-paced environments, but it doesn’t need to be that way. Conversations around call center optimization often focus on technology, training, and metrics, but call center workforce optimization also includes the physical elements of your operation.

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Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Tools like speech analytics solutions help monitor QA, ensure compliance, and provide insights that aid in agent performance management , as well. Call Center Workforce Statistics. Cloud contact centers may be more reliable. A surprising number of call centers are headquartered in the U.S.

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NobelBiz

MAY 22, 2022

The 2020 pandemic started a cascade of unforeseen changes and transformations that radically changed the contact center world. As a response to the pandemic lockdowns, call center businesses rushed to move their operations to the cloud and implement work-from-home systems ASAP. Let’s meet the experts!

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Cisco - Contact Center

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Transforming the Customer and Agent Experience with Artificial Intelligent Contact Center Integration. I recently delivered a session at Cisco LIVE Barcelona end of January that offered a view of the new Cisco architecture underlying the integration of Contact Centers with artificial intelligence (AI). Conclusion.

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Cisco - Contact Center

JANUARY 8, 2020

According to our recent global survey, 62% of contact center executives plan to implement a cloud contact center within the next 18 months. And their top three reasons for doing so are ease of management and scale, software currency, and continuous feature delivery. Why you need guardrails for your contact center.

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Vistio

MARCH 18, 2024

For contact center managers, trying to keep a full staff of experienced agent can feel like trying to fill a leaky bucket. Stress management and resilience: Provide agents with practical strategies to cope with stress, boost their resilience, and maintain a positive attitude despite challenging situations.

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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.

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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. This may seem an awfully philosophical topic to raise in reference to contact centers. What do I mean? #1 2 Employee engagement improved.

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JustCall

JANUARY 19, 2023

Large companies usually have call centers to: Provide help to customers Answer their questions Carry out marketing through the phone Perform market research But each of these jobs has changed a lot in the past few years, making the contact center possible. How does Call Center Optimization help the Customer Experience?

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Voiptime

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Why do call centers have high turnover rates? It is the question that disturbs numerous managers and even persons who are not related to the industry. Call center attrition seems to be the highest among almost all industries, and average call center turnover is also huger.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

At the end of a long work day of managing agents, customer queries, and high call volumes, call center leaders want to have achieved two fundamental goals: retain solid employees, and provide excellent customer service. Your All-in-One Guide to Call Center Workforce Optimization.

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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. Give us a call and we’ll make the introduction!

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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? If you’re seeing symptoms of burnout in your SMB contact center, or in online interactions with certain remote agents, it’s time to do something about it.

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Babelforce

MAY 18, 2022

Call center forecasting is a set of practices that aims to determine the contact volume and number of agents needed to handle that contact volume over a set period of time. To increase forecast accuracy, use Excel and Workforce Management software. Call center forecasting fundamentals.

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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. What Is Call Center Reporting?

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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. Impress your customers, drive more sales, and improve the reputation of your contact center. Oh, gotcha….cool,

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Insite Managed Solutions

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Building Blocks of Workforce Management Know the Metric Deliverables – There are a lot of different factors that go into making workforce management successful. Managing Real Time – Once schedules are out, then what? Manager, Professional Services. What factors need to be considered? Jason Hilliard.

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Insite Managed Solutions

MAY 23, 2013

Top 10 Technological Contact Center Trends Cloud: Cloud-based infrastructure is the fastest growing area in the call center industry, which DMG predicts will almost double between 2013 and 2015. Video Support: Video is making its way to the call center; thanks to the amount and detail of information it provides customers.

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Aspect

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Every year Aspect surveys over 500 contact center agents to understand their attitudes and preferences for our Agent Experience Index. Not only does this reflect the shift in the technologically savvy workforce, but it also represents the changing dynamic of the contact center itself. Who Run the World?

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Playvox

MAY 24, 2023

For the typical contact center, metrics are the key to identifying the reason behind a bad day and being able to create operational efficiency that helps avoid a repeat. Workforce management metrics provide crucial insight into how well you are planning your workforce. What Is Workforce Management?

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Aspect

MARCH 8, 2018

In the G2 Crowd Grid for Contact Center Workforce , Aspect Workforce Management software scores in the much-coveted Leadership Quadrant. G2 Crowd Grid ® for Contact Center Workforce Software. G2 Crowd has revealed the unvarnished truth about Aspect Workforce Management.

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