Monet Software

JANUARY 20, 2021

As a long-time industry analyst focused on the contact center workforce optimization market, I have long questioned why small to medium-size (SMB) businesses do not get more love from the major WFO vendors. There are approximately 70,000 contact centers in the United States, and 88 percent of these have 150 or fewer agents.

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BlueOcean

MARCH 31, 2022

Let’s look at what sports can teach us about consistency in achieving contact center service levels—and how to adapt to even the most unexpected outcomes. That’s what we’re talking about here – the role of repetitions and preparing for the possibilities in contact center management. Let’s chat today.

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Playvox

APRIL 19, 2022

Just an amped up audience of contact center workforce planning rock stars ready to talk about why customer support capacity planning as we know it must change. I wanted to know how contact center leaders were feeling about their staffing plans. Related Article: 3 Tips for Optimizing Your Contact Center Schedule.

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Babelforce

AUGUST 25, 2021

Workforce Management (WFM) is a set of business processes that contact centers use to ensure that staff can work in a cost-effective way. This includes forecasting contact volume, scheduling staff and analyzing performance. Why does workforce management matter? Why does workforce management matter?

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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. as necessary.

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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. as necessary.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

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BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

At its most basic level, growing your in-house contact center means you’ll need more space. There’s also the cost of upkeep, both to the facility itself and of your technical infrastructure, where regular upgrades will be necessary to keep your contact center ahead of the curve. Request a client roster here.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 12, 2019

For seasoned workforce managers, predicting contact volumes and creating perfect schedules are second nature – even although, to those of us on the outside, they seem to speak a whole different contact center language! Scheduling is a critical contact center function, but like forecasting, can be tricky.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2018

oz contact centers are sometimes too efficient for their own good leading to poor customer service and high agent attrition rates. Here, he explains how to build highly effective teams using workforce. Running a contact center takes me back to my school days and Aesop’s Fable of the ‘Tortoise and the Hare’.

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Aspect

JANUARY 21, 2019

So, it’s not surprising that contact center employees, like the rest of the human race, would like to be able to make their lives easier. Unfortunately, the contact center environment has a few more limitations. And happy employees are vital to an effective contact center.

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Fonolo

MAY 7, 2015

Simply knowing how to run a call center isn’t enough for success. Not for the weak at heart, only some call center managers have the grace, tenacity, and skills to handle the extreme pressures of the contact center manager’s job. Our 7 tips for great call center management are: Talk to Your Support Agents.

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Noble Systems

MAY 4, 2021

We get a lot of questions about managing contact centers, building successful customer contact strategies, and how new technologies can help impact the customer experience. What is the difference between a Call Center and a Contact Center? The Contact Center was the next evolution.

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Playvox

JANUARY 25, 2024

Does your contact center “talk the customer talk” but sometimes gets stuck when it comes to matching up customer expectations with service and support delivery by your agents? Are you taking the right steps to evolve toward workforce engagement management? If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.”

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DMG Consulting

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Companies are re-evaluating their salary structures as they struggle to hire people for traditionally low-level jobs, including: contact center/customer service representatives, bank tellers, retail clerks, servers, hospitality workers, flight attendants, healthcare aides, and more.

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Playvox

APRIL 14, 2022

As businesses increasingly focus on customer experiences as a competitive differentiator, contact centers have taken center stage. The quality of customer service experiences is a critical factor in shaping customers’ opinions of a brand and driving loyalty. What do we mean by gold standard service?

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

If you’re a contact center manager, you’ve probably heard a lot about how to manage and engage your workforce with WFM and WFO – especially recently. What is Workforce Management (WFM)? What is Workforce Optimization (WFO)? How does WFO work in the Call Center? Workforce Management. Let’s take a look.

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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. WFM to the rescue.

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Playvox

MAY 25, 2023

Contact centers have changed drastically in recent years. The once “in-person” centers dealing with inbound calls have been replaced by global, distributed customer experience teams. In this post, we’ll explore several trends that are driving this growth and are influencing contact center leaders’ decision-making.

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Playvox

MAY 24, 2023

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. Workforce management metrics provide crucial insight into how well you are planning your workforce. Let’s break down these three key metrics.

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teleopti

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

The next step is to revisit the ‘out of the ordinary’ events that can adversely impact the efficiency of the contact center such as systems outages, negative comments on social media or news in the press. You’ll be rewarded with better contact center performance and customer satisfaction on all channels, all year round.

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Balto

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In the context of call centers, workforce management is the process of assigning agents appropriately to match demand and maintain operational efficiency. For example, if you’re anticipating a future event that will have a direct impact on your contact center demand, you’ll need to account for its effect when calculating the numbers.

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DMG Consulting

APRIL 5, 2017

Most contact center managers agree that there is ample opportunity to improve their workforce management (WFM) solution, their WFM best practices, and most likely both. Intraday management is an area of weakness in most contact center WFM solutions. This is a game changer for contact centers.

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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. Enable your Contact Center into improve loyalty. Raise the profile of the contact center.

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Verint

AUGUST 7, 2017

This meant there were times when employees had little to do, and times when they could not meet guaranteed service levels. So, to address this issue, Elite Plumbers decided to invest in an advanced workforce management (WFM) system. Since the company’s formation, all employees had worked standard shifts.

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