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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

Managing forecasting, scheduling, and agent productivity in a call center is a lot like searching for the fountain of youth. While we don’t have a roadmap to the proverbial fountain, we can help steer you in the right direction for better call center workforce management (WFM). What is Workforce Management for Call Centers?

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How to Sell to a CFO: 7 Proven Tips for Contact Center Leaders

Playvox

As “do more with less” becomes a familiar mantra, contact center leaders are challenged to convince C-suite executives, and especially chief financial officers (CFOs), that not only is it mission critical to deliver outstanding customer experiences (CX) , but that it’s also an opportune time to invest in workforce management (WFM) software.

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Schedule like a Boss

Monet Software

8 Tips for Optimizing Schedules and Enhancing Contact Center Workforce Engagement.at Many contact center managers, however, don’t realize how much more value their scheduling activity can deliver to employees, beyond letting agents know when to show up for shifts. the Same Time. We all love a win-win. A two-for-one.

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The (Near) Death of WFM

Contact Center Pipeline

If your livelihood depends on the sales or service of WFM technology, calm down. Despite the title of this article, your occupation is safe. WFM systems are valuable tools and will continue to play an important role in contact centers well into the future.

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Operational Indicators – Sevice Levels, ASA & Occupancy Rate

Taylor Reach Group

In this issue, we continue with other operational indicators dealing with the efficiency of the center, i.e. “Service Level”, “Average Speed of Answer (ASA)” and “Occupancy Rate”. Service level, the most commonly used center metric – is defined as the percentage of contacts that are answered within a specified target time threshold.

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Why AHTs Still Matter and 5 Ways to Improve Them

CSM Magazine

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. So, is Average Handle Time (AHT) still a relevant metric and what does it mean for contact centres today? It’s important to strike the balance between speed and personalised service delivery.

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How to Measure Contact Center Agent Productivity and Five Ways to Boost It

Playvox

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center. The quality of customer service and support can also have an impact on the productivity of a contact center.