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Workforce Optimization: What It is and Why You Need It

Playvox

It is through this lens that workforce optimization has evolved to mean the business strategies, processes, and supporting automation technologies that maximize contact center and agent productivity and efficiency to allow organizations to deliver outstanding customer experience (CX).

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Are Remote Agents the Future of Contact Centers?

Monet Software

The contact center workforce was already going remote. The call center industry was beyond the experimental phase of work-from-home before COVID-19 hit. Numerous companies had adopted it as their sole workforce model, among them many SMBs that found in remote agents a flexible, low-overhead workforce option.

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How Has COVID-19 Affected Call Center Agent Turnover?

Fonolo

The cost of hiring and training agents is increasing. Compounding the impact of increasing attrition is the increasing costs of hiring, training, and retaining agents. ” — Annette Franz , CEO of CXJourney , Official Forbes Coach, Keynote Speaker and Author. There are Better Options for the Contact Center Workforce.

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How Retirees Returning to the Workforce Benefits Your Contact Center

Playvox

Training Baby Boomers through technology will also be well within their comfort zones. This makes an online learning platform with engaging multimedia courses a fantastic option for training. Related Article: 9 Ways a Collaborative Culture Benefits Your Contact Center. ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? Sign up for our newsletter.

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Remote Work: The Dangerous Disconnect Between Contact Center Management and Agents

Playvox

But in our study, 42% of customer service centers didn’t have a policy in place and another 24% weren’t sure if they had a policy at all. Managers who want to feel more comfortable with a distributed contact center workforce should look to other technology solutions to help manage and mentor their employees who work outside the office.

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Effectively managing home-based call center agents is possible. Here’s how.

Tethr

Transitioning from a team of 100 percent onsite call center agents to a more flexible working environment can be daunting. Learning how to train, manage and motivate agents is challenging. Your remote agents need to be provided with the best tools and trained on how to use them. Establish training protocol.

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How Workforce Optimization Can Help You Reach Greater Heights

Etech GS

Whether the employees are human or robotic, workforce optimization helps teams to work smarter instead of harder. As the name suggests, contact center workforce optimization involves using managerial practices to ensure maximum productivity meets maximum efficiency. Training and Coaching.