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The General Reboots Agent Training with Intradiem The online auto insurance provider updates agent skills with Intraday Management technology.   |
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Work-at-Home Solution Flies for Alaska Airlines The company maintains high standards with telecommuting agents using Envision's Click2Coach training and quality monitoring solution. |
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October 2014
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Medical Alert Puts Five9 on Call In urgent need of a new contact center system, the emergency monitoring device provider turned to the cloud solution for aid. |
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July 2003
David Myron |
Service on Steroids The contact center performance enhancers of choice these days are training, workflow automation, workforce optimization, and workforce management. These tools are coming together to form one dynamic performance-optimization solution to pump up the service volume. |
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June 2015
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The Call Center: Talk About Issues! Three observations on keeping -- and cultivating -- agent talent |
Insurance & Technology
October 31, 2006
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Tracking Trouble State Auto purchased TeaLeaf CX Solutions to proactively monitor the agent portal and alert IT of any technical problems - without interfering with other applications running in its system. |
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February 1, 2006
Phillip Britt |
Scheduling Tool Traction By implementing a new workforce scheduling application, agent hours have been reduced by 20% at Taction, a call center outsourcing company. |
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March 1, 2005
Jason Compton |
Managing the Minutia An effective workforce management strategy increases service levels with less effort. |
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October 1, 2007
Colin Beasty |
Tech Solution: Workforce Management Solutions Business problem: Managers cannot staff and manage their contact centers effectively. Workforce optimization solutions, which are simplifying those complex tasks while providing insightful performance management and learning capabilities. |
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November 2015
Leonard Klie |
Kaybus Puts Knowledge at PlusOne's Fingertips The contact center operator's agents benefit from up-to-date info |
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September 2007
Ian Jacobs |
Across the Universe Contact center managers have begun to examine this idea of the universal agent, agents theoretically capable of handling any contact, via any channel. |
CRM
January 2004
Jason Compton |
The Changing Role of the Contact Center Agent With the proliferation of online self-help and new call center technologies, agents are being asked to resolve more challenging issues or to transform themselves into salespeople. But are current agents, who primarily respond to basic service requests, right for these new roles? |
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July 2013
Barton Goldenberg |
Happy Agents, Happy Customers Increased agent productivity leads to increased satisfaction. |
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April 2008
Marshall Lager |
The 2008 CRM Service Awards: Elite -- JPMorgan Chase Card Services JPMorgan Chase Card Services has Enkata to thank for a unification of agent metrics. |
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February 2003
Rochelle Garner |
Just Desserts Rewarding and recognizing contact center agents is as much science as it is art. |
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October 2004
Coreen Bailor |
12 Ways to Boost Productivity From better knowledge bases and improved natural-language search engines, to workforce management strategies and business process reengineering, here's what's new in enhancing contact center productivity. |
Insurance & Technology
July 11, 2008
Akhil Tripathi |
Web-Based Solutions Deliver on Agents' Tech Expectations Insurers can leverage agent portals and systems integration technology to streamline agents' workflow and improve efficiencies. |
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July 15, 2005
Alice Dragoon |
CRM Wake-Up Call How to transform your call center from a budget drain into a source of competitive advantage. |
Bank Systems & Technology
May 25, 2006
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Perspectives: High-Performance Contact Centers Emerging technologies such as VoIP, voice- driven, self-service systems, and intelligent call routing systems can increase flexibility in the bank contact center, resulting in improvements in agent productivity and enhanced customer satisfaction. |
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January 1, 2006
Colin Beasty |
Business Problem: Contact Center Managers Cannot Staff and Manage Their Call Centers Effectively Tech Solution: Workforce Optimization Tools -- Envision's Performance Suite... EX's TotalView Workforce Management... Witness Systems' Impact 360... |
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November 11, 2014 |
LiveOps Launches New Agent Recruitment Platform LiveOps' new platform makes it easier for Americans to apply as independent, work-at-home sales and customer service agents. |
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February 2006
Coreen Bailor |
6 Common Contact Center Mistakes Here, contact center industry experts reveal six common, but sometimes overlooked, blunders that plague the industry, and offer advice for avoiding or reversing missteps. |
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May 2013
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Transform Your Contact Center Into an Essential Corporate Contributor Operations at risk must take a proactive approach. |
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December 1, 2005
Coreen Bailor |
CSAA Steers Its Performance Management To ease supervisors' time-intensive data-collection method, the California State Automobile Association created an in-house tool. |
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May 2, 2005
Coreen Bailor |
Rewriting a Performance Management Formula Electric Insurance is operating more efficiently after revamping its labor intensive processes. The company used CentreVu Supervisor to manage its call volume, IEX's TotalView to manage its schedules, and NICE Universe for quality monitoring. |
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September 16, 2009
Lynn McCullough |
Agents Identify 7 Best Practices for Channel Managers Agents share their points of view on what can be done on a daily basis to ensure the best possible customer experience. |
CRM
December 2003
David Myron |
Driven by Service Contact centers are no longer for basic problem resolution or order-taking. Organizations are now using them to lead major strategic initiatives. |
CRM
December 2003
David Myron |
Service Revs Up Nissan's Turnaround Getting a better understanding of agent performance enabled Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. to address problem areas; the results were significant. |
CRM
January 2007
Coreen Bailor |
Making the Grade Most organizations still receive poor grades when it comes to providing comprehensive -- even adequate -- training for service and support professionals. But e-learning deployments earn straight A's when used in conjunction with formal classroom training. |
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Back to Basics: Channel Partners Fact Book 2011 An editorial regarding the inspiration and intention of the Channel Partners Fact Book guide for telephony agents. |
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November 16, 2010
Koa Beck |
LiveVox Announces VoIP Agent@Ready VoIP Agent@Ready is a cloud-based inbound/outbound contact solution and supports telephony infrastructure with "hunt" groups of greater precision. |
Technology Research News
September 22, 2004
Kimberly Patch |
Agent Model Yields Leadership Developing teams of robots or software agents that have efficient collective behavior is an emerging field of research. One avenue involves letting agents receive advice from their acquaintances. |
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January 2006
Coreen Bailor |
Surefire Hires Organizations jeopardize their ability to best serve customers if they don't have selection, retention, and development strategies for contact center agents. Here, industry insiders offer nine tips to help minimize risk. |
CIO
May 15, 2001
Esther Shein |
Hello, Dolly! A virtual, Web-based call center helps this custom doll maker find made-to-order agents... |
CIO
November 1, 2001
Louise Fickel |
Know-It-Alls To streamline customer service, Marconi employed a system to facilitate knowledge sharing among its tech support personnel. In the process, the roles of tech agents changed dramatically... |
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September 2014
Leonard Klie |
Call Handling Time Continues to Rise Sales and customer service calls take 16 percent longer today. |
CIO
June 1, 2006
Susannah Patton |
Answering the Call Everyone's had a bad experience with a call center. But now companies are investing in advanced technologies and at-home agents to connect with customers, not put them on hold. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Staying In The Game An interview with Bob Winn, vice president of Capital Insurance Group about implementing a new policy administration system for commercial lines and converting the company's personal lines products to a .NET-based, Web-enabled format for agents. |
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September 2015
Leonard Klie |
EBay Finds a NICE Way to Save NICE Systems' Interaction Analytics helps eBay Enterprise dramatically cut average handling times |
CRM
November 2012
Leonard Klie |
The New Measure of Customer Service Success Why some traditional performance metrics are wrong and what you need to evaluate now. |
CRM
September 1, 2004
Lior Arussy |
Stop Wasting Everyone's Time Give agents timely access to relevant data, and watch sales and satisfaction soar. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2005 |
Working With Real Estate Agents Approach the relationship sensibly, and you'll both be happier. |
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November 28, 2005
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Higher-Tech Agents Leading experts in agent technology answer critical questions about the relationship between agents and technology. |
CRM
November 15, 2004
Jason Compton |
How to...Train and Manage Multichannel Agents Not all agents are ideal for a demanding multichannel role, but these five steps will help contact center managers find the right agents, and give them the tools they need to make each phone call, email, and chat session a top-notch experience. |
CRM
July 1, 2004
David Myron |
Market Watch: Making Sense of Workforce Optimization The reluctance to purchase workforce optimization solutions is based primarily on the general confusion in the marketplace. |
The Motley Fool
May 26, 2004 |
Choosing the Right Real Estate Agent A good agent can serve you very well -- so choose carefully. |
CRM
June 2014
Leonard Klie |
Ovum Expects Home-Based Agents to Soar by 2017 The annual growth rate is twice that of the brick-and-mortar contact center outsourcing market. |
Insurance & Technology
November 15, 2006
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Making Successful Contact Industry experts answer questions about how contact centers fit into insurers' customer service and distribution strategies. |
CRM
October 2014
Leonard Klie |
Should CSRs Be Paid for Performance? Why companies must assess the effectiveness of tying agent compensation to contact center metrics. |
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Q&A With TNCI Agent Experience Director Andrea Liguori Andrea Liguori talks about her new responsibilities and TNCI's goals. |
