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Four Ways to Get the Most Out of Enterprise Workforce Management
By: William Durr
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Contact centers have long relied on workforce management (WFM) software to deliver better service and greater operational efficiency at the least-possible cost. When calls arrive, agents usually are expected to respond in under a minute, making the ability to forecast workload and schedule an appropriate number of skilled agents absolutely critical. This is what originally prompted the development of WFM software, and, over time, contact centers have used WFM to help perfect their processes.
But the contact center is not the only area of the organization that can benefit from WFM. Applying similar management procedures to other areas of the organization can streamline the work to further optimize contact center efficiency, creating a loop of continuous improvement and better customer service and cost savings.
Here’s how:
1) Challenge Your Typical Approach
In spite of their differences, there are commonalities between the contact center and other areas of the enterprise. The key is to think in terms of work, rather than schedules. Using this frame of reference, managers should ask themselves several fundamental questions that address all functional business lines and departments and relate directly to the need to staff correctly:
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