NobelBiz
DECEMBER 3, 2024
Forecasting in call centers helps today’s contact centers achieve high efficiency and customer satisfaction while keeping running costs low. Call centers predict future call volumes and other metrics so demand can be better met and good service levels can be maintained with optimized resources.
Babelforce
MAY 18, 2022
Call center forecasting is a set of practices that aims to determine the contact volume and number of agents needed to handle that contact volume over a set period of time. To increase forecast accuracy, use Excel and Workforce Management software. Call center forecasting fundamentals.
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The Call Center School
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Part 1: Workload Forecasting Skills. In contact centers today, roughly 65% to 75% of the total operating cost is consumed through paying the frontline staff. For that reason, the biggest opportunity for contact centers to manage or reduce cost is to optimize the utilization of their frontline workforce.
Playvox
JANUARY 11, 2024
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).
Brad Cleveland Blog
APRIL 5, 2019
Workload is what leads to how many agents are hired, what your schedule should look like, the number of work stations … Continue reading → The post Offer More Consistent Customer Service with Accurate Workload Forecasts appeared first on Brad Cleveland.
Babelforce
APRIL 13, 2022
What types of business forecasting are there? Types of business forecasting are dependent on what you want to predict about the future. Every business forecast focuses on a particular outcome or call center metric. Here are the different types of business forecasting: General business forecasting.
Brad Cleveland Blog
APRIL 5, 2019
Everything to do with getting resources right in a contact center begins with predicting what the workload will be. Workload is what leads to how many agents are hired, what your schedule should look like, the number of work stations you need, even how many snacks are in the cafeteria. You get the idea.
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