NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

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Contact Center Management contact center workforce Employee engagement 59

NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

Contact Center 54

Contact Center Management contact center workforce Employee engagement 54

Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Does your contact center “talk the customer talk” but sometimes gets stuck when it comes to matching up customer expectations with service and support delivery by your agents? Are you taking the right steps to evolve toward workforce engagement management? If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

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Coaching Contact Center Quality management Schedule adherence 77

CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. Here, he explains how to build highly effective teams using workforce. Running a contact center takes me back to my school days and Aesop’s Fable of the ‘Tortoise and the Hare’.

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Contact Center contact center workforce Average Handle Time Metrics 56

Balto

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In the context of call centers, workforce management is the process of assigning agents appropriately to match demand and maintain operational efficiency. To accurately predict these numbers, you need to follow a data-driven approach by referring to historical numbers, trends, and patterns. How productive are they?

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Call Center Management call center workforce Contact Center 52

DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Companies are re-evaluating their salary structures as they struggle to hire people for traditionally low-level jobs, including: contact center/customer service representatives, bank tellers, retail clerks, servers, hospitality workers, flight attendants, healthcare aides, and more.

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Employee engagement Management Real estate Contact Center 98

teleopti

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Understanding and validating historical data is critical, whatever the channel. Modern workforce management (WFM) solutions capture huge amounts of data to create a library of valuable information. You’ll be rewarded with better contact center performance and customer satisfaction on all channels, all year round.

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Average Handle Time contact center workforce Contact Center CRM 48

Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

Simply knowing how to run a call center isn’t enough for success. Not for the weak at heart, only some call center managers have the grace, tenacity, and skills to handle the extreme pressures of the contact center manager’s job. Our 7 tips for great call center management are: Talk to Your Support Agents.

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Call Center Management Contact Center Coaching 126

Playvox

APRIL 19, 2022

Just an amped up audience of contact center workforce planning rock stars ready to talk about why customer support capacity planning as we know it must change. I wanted to know how contact center leaders were feeling about their staffing plans. Related Article: 3 Tips for Optimizing Your Contact Center Schedule.

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Contact Center Finance contact center workforce Surveys 79

Playvox

MAY 25, 2023

Contact centers have changed drastically in recent years. The once “in-person” centers dealing with inbound calls have been replaced by global, distributed customer experience teams. In this post, we’ll explore several trends that are driving this growth and are influencing contact center leaders’ decision-making.

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Contact Center Workload forecasts Agent burnout Customer retention 55

Playvox

MAY 24, 2023

For the typical contact center, metrics are the key to identifying the reason behind a bad day and being able to create operational efficiency that helps avoid a repeat. Workforce management metrics provide crucial insight into how well you are planning your workforce. The benefit of all of this being in one place?

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call center workforce Metrics Schedule adherence Call Center 52

Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you’re a contact center manager, you’ve probably heard a lot about how to manage and engage your workforce with WFM and WFO – especially recently. What is Workforce Management (WFM)? What is Workforce Optimization (WFO)? How does WFO work in the Call Center? But what makes WFO different from WFM?

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Management Gamification Quality management Schedule adherence 86

Zoom International

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Is your goal to hit contact center metrics? In the day to day operations of many contact centers, we focus on traditional operational metrics, such as service level, talk time and adherence. Enable your Contact Center into improve loyalty. Improve agent performance.

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Contact Center Banking Surveys Metrics 40