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Workforce Optimization: What It is and Why You Need It

Playvox

Automation solutions go hand in hand with workforce optimization, and are in fact, sometimes synonymous with WFO. Workforce optimization tools automate the operational performance management processes, providing added muscle to workforce management (WFM), quality management (QM), agent coaching , analytics, and reporting.

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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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Real-Time Adaptive Scheduling—WFM’s Next Evolutionary Step

DMG Consulting

But these modules are designed to simply alert managers, not to provide guidance on how to respond to staffing or volume anomalies. Consequently, they are ineffective at helping managers adhere to service levels, forcing them to have to reforecast and schedule manually, which is complex and time-consuming.

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7 Things Great Call Center Managers do Every Day

Fonolo

It’s an essential part of quality management in a call center. Doing so will give you a better understanding of the challenges your agents face and will help you tweak your call center strategy. There's nothing more frustrating as an employee than having a manager that isn't on top of their own tasks.

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The Challenges of Omnichannel: Why so Many Contact Centers Struggle with Digital Self-Service

To find how contact centers are navigating the transition to omnichannel customer service, Calabrio surveyed more than 1,000 marketing and customer experience leaders in the U.S. about their digital customer communication strategies. Read the report to find out what was uncovered.

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Defining WFO. (Hint – It’s Not Just About Workforce Management)

Noble Systems

WFO is often used by call centers to improve workforce management and agent performance – and in turn, the customer experience. Workforce Management. Quality Management. The Noble Workforce Optimization Suite. WFO TERMS TO KNOW. Process Automation. Omnichannel Routing. Call Recording.

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Why is ZOOM an NPS® Promoter?

Zoom International

In the day to day operations of many contact centers, we focus on traditional operational metrics, such as service level, talk time and adherence. Most companies buy into the belief that satisfied customers equal increased loyalty and revenue.