BlueOcean

MARCH 31, 2022

The common thread between what workforce management experts and what the manager of a pro sports team might do when the game is on the line is pretty obvious once you think about: we both depend on both statistics and relentless practice to make informed decisions and react to changing dynamics. Practice Makes (Almost) Perfect.

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Playvox

MAY 24, 2023

For just about any business or department, metrics are crucial to measuring performance. 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. Let’s break down these three key metrics.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 3, 2018

As much as we’d like to have faith in humanity, and customers are entitled to feeling frustrated when ignored or delayed, call centers grapple with constant inappropriate and abusive calls on a daily basis. Call Center 101: The Golden Rules of SLAs. How to Set a Winning Service Level. What’s Inside: SLAs in Nutshell.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. RTA is one of the most underrated metrics in the contact center, but undoubtedly one of the most important. Intraday management. Schedule changes.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. RTA is one of the most underrated metrics in the contact center, but undoubtedly one of the most important. Intraday management. Schedule changes.

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Contact Center Management contact center workforce Employee engagement 54

Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In the contact center, WFM provides the necessary metrics to gain insights into the number of agents and supervisors with the right skill sets that are required to complete the work at any given time of day, week or month. What is Workforce Optimization (WFO)?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

The ability to achieve the “right” staffing mix has a direct impact on customer service metrics like service levels (SLA), average speed of answer (ASA), and customer satisfaction (CSAT). Forecasting and scheduling are the first half of the equation as it relates to contact center workforce management basics.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

The ability to achieve the “right” staffing mix has a direct impact on customer service metrics like service levels (SLA), average speed of answer (ASA), and customer satisfaction (CSAT). Forecasting and scheduling are the first half of the equation as it relates to contact center workforce management basics.

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Contact Center Management contact center workforce Employee engagement 54

Playvox

APRIL 14, 2022

Service quality is as important to a business as the taste of the food coming from the kitchen. No matter what kind of restaurant it is, excellent customer service is crucial to keeping it prosperous. Not enough scheduled agents will negatively impact service levels, while overstaffing is bad for the budget.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Workforce management for contact centers 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.

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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.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Metrics that matter. It all comes down to the basics so let’s start with how contact centers measure. Most make the mistake of developing a set of metrics that focus. Thinking from the outside in will yield a set of metrics that enable agents to focus 100% on the customer – the true meaning of effectiveness.

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Playvox

MAY 25, 2023

WFM systems enable organizations to gain insights into such business metrics as the exact number of employees needed to complete a particular job at a given time of the day, week, or month. According to 2022 research by ICMI , almost half of contact centers (47%) are still manually creating forecasting models.

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Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

Any good contact center leader will be checking these KPIs throughout the course of the day, to get a feel for how their center and agents are performing. The combination of these five metrics will give them the info they need to make staffing calls on the spot, and improvements in planning later. Embrace them.

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Balto

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

If you’re running an omnichannel contact center, the scheduling process should also involve allocating more staff to the channels that anticipate a higher demand. When scheduling is done right, you’ll be able to improve first-call resolution, maximize cost efficiency, and boost overall customer satisfaction and service level scores.

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Zoom International

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Is your goal to hit contact center metrics? In the day to day operations of many contact centers, we focus on traditional operational metrics, such as service level, talk time and adherence. Raise the profile of the contact center.

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Calabrio

MARCH 7, 2025

The answer lies in its direct impact on several key aspects of your call center’s productivity and performance and, ultimately, your customer experience. Improve service levels SLAs are critical for measuring and maintaining service quality. But why is getting that prediction right so crucial?

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