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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).

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Don’t succumb to the ‘CX sacrifice’

Think Customers

Myron shared more 2023 IT Enterprise Insights findings that quantify spending plans in AI-powered solutions such as social listening/ticketing, digital customer contact analytics, and intelligent call routing. Understand the why—and the what Call centers need to examine reasons why customers engage in the first place.

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Amazing Business Radio: Scott Walker

ShepHyken

This means that metrics like “average handle time” or “time to resolution” can be misleading. There are three levels where a company may be at in their roadmap to customer optimization. Top Takeaways: Customers don’t mind staying on the phone longer if it means getting their problem solved on the first interaction.

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Amazing Business Radio: Scott Walker

ShepHyken

This means that metrics like “average handle time” or “time to resolution” can be misleading. There are three levels where a company may be at in their roadmap to customer optimization. Top Takeaways: Customers don’t mind staying on the phone longer if it means getting their problem solved on the first interaction.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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Contact Center Performance: Mastering the Art of Transformation

NobelBiz

Multichannel Maze According to CustomerThink , a noteworthy 40% of organizations are cranking up the dial on self-service IVR software, making it crystal clear that omnichannel self-service is taking pole position in the call center’s roadmap to the future. Omnichannel Is Becoming Mainstream: Don’t Get Left Behind!

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ScaryCX – The scariest CX project I ever saw…

SuiteCX

CREATED A ROADMAP WITH SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG TERM PROJECTS. Through our analysis, we determined that we could much better service customers calling into our call center with two levels of support – level 1 (for simple, quick queries) and level 2 (for more complex, time consuming questions). opt out rate.