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Achieving a Service Level of 90% with a Brand New Remote Contact Center in Less than 120 Days

CCNG

Jason Mercer-Pottinger was given a seemingly impossible task; take over a Tier 1 contact center from a 3rd-party BPO with no trainers, no supervisors, and no experienced agents while at the same time decreasing costs and improving quality. Service levels were at 90% and quality scores were at 98%. How did they do it?

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Building a Resilient Contact Center

Contact Center Pipeline

In the era of “five nines” of reliability, contact center leaders didn’t worry too much about the resiliency of their technology: It was always up. But with all the changes and permutations of technology, reliability can’t be taken for granted. You need to intentionally seek, implement and manage solutions to achieve your goals.

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Manager’s Guide to Contact Center Goal-Setting

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Executives and managers know that contact center goal-setting helps usher in progress and bring about positive change. In a busy customer service department, having an agreed-upon set of milestones helps you cross the finish line because it clarifies decision-making, keeps morale up, and can even reduce agent turnover.

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Contact Center Workforce Management Best Practices

Fonolo

That’s why contact centers are investing in it in droves. In fact, Gartner reports that by 2025, 60% of contact centers will have implemented AI-driven workforce management tools to help optimize scheduling and resource allocation. Executive Guide to 6 Call Center Metrics What is Workforce Management in a Call Center?

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The Top 3 Ways to Forecast for Your Contact Center

Forecasting is no easy task. It can be difficult to schedule the right amount of agents at the right time. Download our ebook to learn how to reduce overstaffing and understaffing, lower customer wait times and improve the customer experience with proper forecasting.

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The Manager’s Guide to Call Center Service Levels

Fonolo

In the world of contact center metrics, service level has always held a special place. Its origins go back over five decades, to the earliest days of call centers. What is the Purpose of Service Levels? And for many call center managers, maintaining these service levels is a top priority.

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Three Common Traps to Avoid in Your First Contact Center

Transparent BPO

Common Missteps Continually Threaten Successful Implementation By Scott Newman, CEO, Transparent BPO The time has come – you’ve grown to the point that it’s time to outsource your contact center. Your internal customer experience team is struggling to maintain service levels. The recruiting and […].

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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.