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Call Center Workforce Management 101

Expivia

Follow these call center workforce management best practices to find out how to staff your contact center the right way. What Is Call Center Workforce Management? Workforce management is the institutional process of maximizing the efficiency and performance of an organization. Forecasting.

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KPI 101: Call Center Workforce Management Metrics

Global Response

There are KPIs that may be considered basic to the contact center. But each account customizes the metrics to its specific situation, which may differ by product category, industry, sales strategy or any number of factors. Service level (SLA) sets benchmarks for future performance. Cumulative service level.

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Are Remote Agents the Future of Contact Centers?

Monet Software

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? The contact center workforce was already going remote.

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Call Center Optimization: Best Practices & Strategies

JustCall

With the help of contact center optimization, the business manages its regular call center operations and improves employee engagement. It also manages the hiring and training of employees, call center workforce scheduling and better customer interaction.

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Essential Technology for the Virtual Contact Center in 2022

Fonolo

From good old headsets to online chat functionality, social media posts, and cloud-based management systems, the contact center technology your company employs makes a big difference to customer satisfaction (CSat) scores and agent retention. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022. The Shift to Remote Work.

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Top 5 Call Center Reporting Methods to Follow

Expivia

Abandons : How many calls were abandoned without an agent answering? Average handle time : What was the average handle time for the center (from call start to post-call memos)? Service level : How many calls were handled at a given time? Skills : What skills were needed that day?

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Essential Technology for the Virtual Contact Center in 2022

Fonolo

From good old headsets to online chat functionality, social media posts, and cloud-based management systems, the contact center technology your company employs makes a big difference to customer satisfaction (CSat) scores and agent retention. Industry Report: State of the Contact Center 2022. The Shift to Remote Work.