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6 Ways to Reduce Call Center Shrinkage

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Track Schedule Adherence. Schedule adherence is an area where your workforce management (WFM) tools can be very helpful. Engaged agents are more likely to be open to conversations about schedule adherence and less likely to make a habit of unplanned absences. It affects shrinkage, too.

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Top 5 Posts in May

Contact Center Pipeline

Our top 5 most-read posts in May offer valuable insights, recommendations and tips on managing contact center people, processes and technology.

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Contact Center Workforce Management Best Practices

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These resources include time, staff, technology, and processes. WFM touches a wide range of activities, including forecasting, scheduling, performance tracking, and reporting. The Golden Rules of SLAs Real-time adherence Studies show that contact centers with WFM tools have a 7.5% higher adherence rate than those without.

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Contact Center Management: Best Practices & Strategies for Peak Performance

Calabrio

How do you ensure all those layers of teams, policies, processes, and technologies are pulling in the same direction? Managing Technology: The contemporary contact center is an increasingly digital place. The right technology is key to facilitating contact center activity and accelerating improvement.

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Reduce Excessive Shrinkage with Workforce Management Software

Monet Software

Armed with the right technology and a strategic mindset, call center leaders can slash shrinkage, devote more agent time to customers and improve service outcomes. Aggressive efforts to eradicate shrinkage in call centers can negatively affect team cohesion, agent training, morale and retention. Yellow, Red and Green.

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The Ultimate Guide to Call Center Agent Performance

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Schedule Adherence Schedule Adherence is another older metric that can still be a useful measure of agent attendance. Set a lower bar for schedule adherence, ensure everyone on the team knows what it is, and then determine why agents are missing the mark.

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An Introduction to the Virtual Call Center

Noble Systems

And the ability to just log in and start working without a long commute helps eliminate lateness and can increase schedule adherence. With better training and better morale, virtual call center employees can even be more productive than in a bricks-and-mortar site, leading to improved customer service.