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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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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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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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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NobelBiz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Welcome back to our journey through the intricate world of call center management! In our previous installment, we peeled back the layers of the challenges that often remain hidden beneath the surface, impacting call center executives’ day-to-day operations. Read part one here.

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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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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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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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Insite Managed Solutions

JANUARY 18, 2016

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.

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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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Vistio

MARCH 18, 2024

Below is a list of practical tips, innovative strategies, and proven methods that can revolutionize your call center training approach. Because a well-trained, confident agent is the backbone of any successful call center. What are these effective training techniques for agent retention?

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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

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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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. higher adherence rate than those without.

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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. Meet Merlang , Erlang’s sexy younger brother. A Modern Formula For Modern Call Centers.

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Fonolo

MAY 19, 2022

Call-Back Technology. Picture this: it’s a Monday morning after a weekend of your call center being closed. The queue is full to the brim with customers who were unable to call in over the last couple of days. Your agents are rushing through each call, letting their customer service level slip to meet the demands.

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Aspect

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Keeping everyone on the schedule they prefer while also meeting the scheduling needs of the contact center. Aspect WFM allows managers to balance all the needs of their business, agents and customers with a single award-winning call center workforce management software solution.

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Fonolo

MAY 19, 2022

Call-Back Technology. Picture this: it’s a Monday morning after a weekend of your call center being closed. The queue is full to the brim with customers who were unable to call in over the last couple of days. Your agents are rushing through each call, letting their customer service level slip to meet the demands.

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

WFO is often used by call centers to improve workforce management and agent performance – and in turn, the customer experience. How does WFO work in the Call Center? Workforce Optimization provides contact center management with total visibility into quality and performance. Elements of a WFO Suite.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Social media: from 140 characters and hashtags on Twitter to replies on corporate page Facebook posts, comments on YouTube videos, and Instagram posts… Advantages of using Customer Data analytics for contact centers Call center analytics enables you to gather and analyze client data to prioritize them.

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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. Switching to an entirely remote workforce can solve many staffing challenges.

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SharpenCX

JULY 1, 2020

Read Now: Boosting Morale for Your Work From Home Call Center With Four Engagement Tactics. For example, maybe you’re on a Google Hangout for a team meeting. Ask simply: “Hey, during that meeting you seemed a bit frustrated. But, it’s important to meet her where she is. Is everything ok?”.

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Etech GS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

As the name suggests, contact center workforce optimization involves using managerial practices to ensure maximum productivity meets maximum efficiency. Naturally, this is just a general idea of how call center workforce optimization works. How To Implement Workforce Optimization. Read on for details.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 16, 2020

As a manager of a call center, you may be panicking a little. Workforce and engagement management is possible in a hybrid call center. Let’s consider some ways you can apply workforce management and engagement management techniques in your contact center. Don’t freak out – you’ve got this.

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Insite Managed Solutions

JUNE 9, 2016

However, we find the operations department can inadvertently hurt WFM by changing skill levels, breaks, or pulling teams off phones for meetings. One of the helpful ways we’ve helped other centers overcome this is by creating a collaborative relationship between the two departments through a 4 step process. We can help.

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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. Webinar] How to Successfully Handle Call Volume During Peak Times.

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Dialer 360

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

It doesn’t matter what category of call center you are planning to set up. This is important to remember setting up call center requires a considerable investment of time and money. Even though, you may able to outsources most of the work and manage the call center set up procedures.

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Cisco - Contact Center

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Many of our customers across the globe and from many industries have shared with us their struggle to balance the need for innovation with cloud-based capabilities powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to stay competitive while maximizing their valuable on-premises contact center investments in people, process, and technology.

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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. Their pay scale was substantially above the going rate.

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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). I recently recorded a podcast with Verint’s Kelly Koelliker entitled, “Millennial Workforce? Don’t Panic!”

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Verint

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Meet other users from your region or industry at our popular breakfast roundtables and Coffee Talk sessions. Get a sneak peek at what Verint is planning for the future in the Product Innovation Zone. Share your perspectives on doing business with us in the Customer Experience Zone.

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Verint

APRIL 23, 2018

Pre-conference workshops , user groups, and a broad range of informative breakout sessions offer many opportunities to learn how to leverage Verint solutions more effectively to meet real-world business challenges.

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