Intraday Management
Schedule Adherence that Sticks
We don’t often have the luxury of dictating when our customers calls us. So it stands to reason that, ultimately, Workforce Management only “works” if our agents are doing WHAT we need them to do WHEN we need them to do it. Sure, we can spend countless hours perfecting our forecast. We can create a [...]
Schedule Trade Restrictions: What’s the Point?
In the break room of my first call center, we had a bulletin-board that agents used primarily to solicit schedule trades. As I recall, it seemed as though every week some baby’s birthday party was in jeopardy because of a less-than-desirable schedule UNLESS some kind soul was willing to trade. Suffice it to say our agents would [...]
Art and Science of Workforce Management Explained
If you’ve been around this industry any length of time, you’ve likely heard someone define Workforce Management as “the art and science of making sure the right people are in the right place at the right time.” I wouldn’t exactly call this a definition, but it is something relatively easy for sales people to remember. Definition [...]
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