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The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 15: Getting Mobile Customer Service Right
The Edge of Service® Newsletter, Issue 15: Getting Mobile Customer Service Right There are an estimated 7 billion active mobile phone subscriptions today—one for every living person on the planet, according to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Of...
The Best-Managed Contact Centers: #1 – They Produce High Levels of Value
In some organizations, you can feel the energy as soon as you walk in the door. It takes many forms: pride of workmanship, a feeling of community, good planning, coordination and the willingness to make the "extra effort." Everybody knows what the mission is and...
Encouraging Customers to Use Self-Service Channels
Building Cross-Functional Processes
Many centers have charged a person or a group of people with essential planning responsibilities, i.e., forecasting, staffing and scheduling. As a part of their job, they are given the task of collecting information required for these activities. But if they don't get...
Should We Have Objectives for Abandonment?
Does Your Executive Team Understand Staffing Tradeoffs?
Are you working through difficult discussions related to resources and budget? Just remember, contact centers must handle most customer-related work as it happens, so resource mismatches quickly results in big problems. It’s essential that those making decisions have...
Improving ROI on Quality Monitoring
Boosting Quality and Innovation
Every customer interaction your organization handles provides implicit and/or direct insight into processes, products, policies, services, customers and the external environment. You have the opportunity to play a central role in building a stronger organization with...