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6 Ways to Reduce Call Center Shrinkage

Fonolo

If too few staff are answering phones and helping customers, the agents who are at their desks are affected. When agents can’t do their best work, the customer experience suffers. Track Schedule Adherence. Schedule adherence is an area where your workforce management (WFM) tools can be very helpful.

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What is Peak Hour Traffic?

Babelforce

It’s important to find a way to handle a sudden increase in call volume , without sacrificing customer experience. Negative customer experience. A negative customer experience and diminished first contact resolution. Reduced schedule adherence. Use an integrated IVR to facilitate self-service.

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Contact Center Terminology – Abbreviations & Key Terms Explained!

Babelforce

Do you know your DTMF IVRs from your ACDs? There’s a lot of terminology to get your head around in call centers and customer experience. Contact center KPIs should be interpreted and applied carefully to balance contact center efficiency with quality of customer experience. Schedule adherence.

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How to Improve Employee Retention in Your Contact Center

3CLogic

Consider the additional effect on employee morale, the ongoing loss in intellectual property, and the long-term implications for the customer experience — the costs can grow far beyond immediate operational expenses. Use interactive voice response (IVR) to match customers with the most appropriate agent for the issue at hand.

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A Beginner’s Guide On An Effective Inbound Call Strategy

OctopusTech

Responding to inbound calls is a primary function of most customer service teams that are looking to enhance the customer experience. Inbound calls are a fundamental aspect of customer service and support call centers. This can significantly increase a call center’s productivity while improving customer experience.

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How to Take Your WFM to the Next Level

Call Design

We could look at “right interaction” and go after a stronger phone menu or IVR options. We can better define the interactions as they come into our contact centre and route them appropriately. Or we could focus on “right time”, concentrating on our forecast accuracy and schedule adherence.

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10 Key Metrics and KPI’s for Contact Centre Performance

Call Design

Understanding how to make a profit on the double bottom line (DBL) involves employing a broad range of KPIs and key metrics to ensure a contact centre meets every need that a business may have in supporting their customers. Customer Satisfaction. The value of quality in a customer service experience cannot be understated.

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