Playvox

MAY 24, 2023

Choosing the right call center workforce management metrics to monitor and manage in your customer support center is essential for the success and longevity of the customer experience. Workforce management metrics provide crucial insight into how well you are planning your workforce. Invaluable.

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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. How do you provide consistent high-quality audio when employees are working in different settings and with different gear?

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Callminer

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Call centers , in particular, represent just one facet of a large and varied international outsourcing industry. However, the world’s call centers are arguably the most public examples of companies’ outsourcing efforts, facing customer directly in one-on-one interactions. Call Center Workforce Statistics.

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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. How do you provide consistent high-quality audio when employees are working in different settings and with different gear?

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Voiptime

JANUARY 20, 2023

The call center is an organization that totally depends on the employee productivity and performance of its employees.

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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%.

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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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Fonolo

MARCH 29, 2022

What does efficiency mean to call center leaders? Perhaps it’s reducing the volume of customer escalations, or improving certain performance metrics like Average Handle Time or First Call Resolution. There’s a lot that goes into running an efficient call center. Why workforce management? Agent engagement.

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Voiptime

APRIL 27, 2023

After the pandemia in 2020, many companies had to shift from an office-based workforce model to a remote. Even though those bad times have passed, a greater challenge has appeared.

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JustCall

JANUARY 19, 2023

Call centers are established to meet the demands of customers. A good call center optimization can match the customer’s expectations with the best level of customer service. Customers have higher expectations than ever before, and call centers are finding it more and more difficult to live up to those expectations.

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Revation Systems

OCTOBER 31, 2017

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.

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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. Leading Technologies for Workforce Management in Call Centers.

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Global Response

MAY 1, 2023

Is workforce management really necessary for call centers? The short answer is yes, but if you’re currently swimming in a sea of workforce management softwares, or looking for ways to make your call center processes more efficient, it might seem overwhelming.

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Balto

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In this guide, we’ll help you understand what call center workforce management is and why it’s important. We’ll also share some actionable tips that can inspire your workforce management strategy. What Is Call Center Workforce Management? Are your agents doing what they’re supposed to do efficiently?

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 19, 2021

The call center outsourcing industry has always had to buck a few assumptions, whether it be the quality of service provided or the benefits it can deliver. But, the global success of call center outsourcing services, and the emerging economies it helps support, seems to be proof enough.

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Playvox

JUNE 22, 2023

Call center leaders are under increased pressure to improve operational and agent efficiencies and look for cost-cutting opportunities while delivering outstanding customer experience (CX) — a tricky balancing act for sure. What Are Call Center Efficiency Metrics? Is your call center prepared?

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ChaseData

OCTOBER 24, 2019

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. Without them, your company could not function.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Call centers have developed dramatically over the past few years and will continue to do so in 2023. While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Call centers have developed dramatically over the past few years and will continue to do so in 2023. While most classic contact center technologies will continue to be utilized, most will be replaced by chatbots, cloud technologies, AI, and remote work, enabling businesses to enhance the customer experience and save expenses.

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JustCall

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Frontline customer care call center executives can often be exhausted. According to a recent report – 13% to 16% of the call center workforce is disengaged, with nearly 70% still not classified as busy at work. How Essential are Call Center Incentive Ideas ?

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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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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. Workforce forecasting.

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Dialer 360

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

For call center optimization you need to think about improving your customer experience. While providing outstanding customer service should always be the aim of a call center, it shouldn’t be your primary objective. Your business needs to focus on raising the standard of the call center for it to stay competitive.

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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.”. It’s that time again. comes to a close. 4 Upgrade support. Spend as much time (or more!)

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Insite Managed Solutions

JANUARY 18, 2016

Capacity Planning is the next component in managing your workforce. As you are reviewing the details of the plan, it’s important to ensure you have enough time to recruit and train call center agents before you need them. From there, Scheduling is the 3rd component in the plan.

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Etech GS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

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. Understand the Millennial Workforce. Call centers can also use data to better serve customers.

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Win the Customer

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Concrete customer feedback metrics, KPIs and CRM systems can be considered as the ‘science’ behind call centers, but the soft skills of call center agents are considered as the art. This creates a challenge for call centers that rely on their workforce’s soft skills to provide outstanding customer experiences.

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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? The contact center workforce was already going remote.

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Monet Software

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

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. Meeting Performance Standards.

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CSR Inc.

JANUARY 8, 2017

First some good news: call centers aren’t going away this year (well, not exactly – but more on that later). And while call centers are expected to see an uptick in staffing in 2017 ( did you know that 4% of working Americans – about 5 million – already work in a call center ?) 2017…yes, we made it!

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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. A starting point for all of this is to calculate your call center’s attrition rate.

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Fonolo

MAY 30, 2023

Managers know that call center workforce management matters. Put it another way: if customer interactions are at the heart of a contact center’s success, then effective workforce management is the backbone. That’s why contact centers are investing in it in droves.

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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.

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Voiptime

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Why do call centers have high turnover rates? Call center attrition seems to be the highest among almost all industries, and average call center turnover is also huger. Why do call centers always suffer the most? What is the root cause of these two issues?

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Pipkins

DECEMBER 5, 2019

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. A Modern Formula For Modern Call Centers. Give us a call and we’ll make the introduction!

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Insite Managed Solutions

DECEMBER 23, 2015

3 Ways Call Center Supervisors Can Reduce Costs Here are 3 different ways call center supervisors can positively drive financials in your center. Call Center Supervisor Mind Map. Call Center Attrition Levers. Call Center Coaching Can Lead to Attrition. Call Center Quality.

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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.

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