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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost.

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Top 5 Best Practices for Successfully Transitioning from Onsite to an At-Home Contact Center Workforce

Noble Systems

The CIO at one of the largest for-profit post-secondary higher education providers, suddenly found himself converting a Work from Home trial run for 5% of his contact center agents into a company-wide endeavor when COVID-19 struck. Contact center morale is important – even more so in today’s environment.

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An Introduction to the Virtual Call Center

Noble Systems

Many virtual call centers use a hosted contact center design (also known as a cloud contact center) to power their activities. Advantages of using a virtual contact center solution versus a traditional call center. Choosing the best virtual contact center platform for your needs.

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The Importance of Accurate Forecasting for Omnichannel Volume

Playvox

According to 2022 research by ICMI , almost half of contact centers (47%) are still manually creating forecasting models. An AI-driven workforce management solution does the heavy lifting to automate forecasting and many of the other repetitive and time-consuming manual tasks in contact center workforce management.