Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

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. WFM to the rescue.

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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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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. For example, if you’re anticipating a future event that will have a direct impact on your contact center demand, you’ll need to account for its effect when calculating the numbers.

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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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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 The once “in-person” centers dealing with inbound calls have been replaced by global, distributed customer experience teams.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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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. Let’s break down these three key metrics.

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