Additional Highlights from Call Center Week 2011

Posted By Larry Matte   |   Wednesday, June 29, 2011   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

The following are some more information on the vendors who attended the IQPC event.  

Analytics

For companies frustrated with isolated or disparate data sources, 360'CRM's latest advances in its InSight data analytics tool provides new levels of actionable information for the Call Center or Channel Management practitioner.  InSight not only automatically draws call center performance data in to a common, universally comparable dashboard and report analytics library, it also integrates internal...

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Call Center Week – June 2011

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Tuesday, June 28, 2011   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

The staff of CRMXchange was present at the IQPC Las Vegas Call Center Week. IQPC did a commendable job with the content and speakers in the event. The exhibit hours were long, running close to 11 hours on day one, but the vendors were pleased with the amount of interest that people showed in their products and services. 

We traveled the exhibit hall. Below are some vendor highlights.

Analytics

Contact Solutions – The Continuous Improvement Practice (CI) is based on a unique methodology and supported...

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First Contact Resolution and the Call Center

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Monday, March 21, 2011   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

First Contact Resolution, the ability to identify, solve and close the customer’s issue(s) during the first customer/enterprise contact,  may be the foremost KPI in evaluating a contact center/customer care organization’s overall operating performance from a business perspective.

Despite the knowledge that a high level of FCR in the contact center correlates closely with general levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, low levels of FCR in customer care settings remain a significant industry...

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Call Center Quality Monitoring and Worforce Optimization Report

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Wednesday, March 9, 2011   |   [0] Leave a Comment »
after nearly three decades, the contact center quality management (QM)/liability recording (also known as workforce optimization (WFO)) market continues to evolve and progress at a surprisingly rapid pace.

While many consider QM and recording solutions to be commodities, the 2010 – 2011 Quality Management/Liability Recording (Workforce Optimization) Product and Market Report reveals quite the opposite. The core concepts of QM, recording and WFO have certainly become standardized, a clear benefit...continue reading this post »

Market Demand for Analytics

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Friday, March 4, 2011   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

The first decade has seen steady growth in market demand for analytics solutions
of all descriptions as evidenced by the results of the annual survey of contact center end-users conducted by Saddletree Research in conjunction with the National Association of Call Centers (NACC). An offshoot of the Call Center Lab at The University of Southern Mississippi, the not-for-profit NACC conducts surveys of its members and newsletter subscribers in order to keep a finger on the pulse of the industry...

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10 Secrets to Boosting First Call Resolution

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Thursday, June 3, 2010   |   [0] Leave a Comment »
In a challenging economic environment, holding on to existing customers is as important as attracting new ones. While it’s recognized that First Call Resolution (FCR) is a top driver of customer satisfac¬tion, actual usage of this metric is surprisingly low, according to the folks at CallCopy.

A new eBook from CallCopy explores the reasons why contact centers should implement FCR as an essential key performance indicator (KPI), discusses some of the challenges associated with definition...continue reading this post »

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) and Their Impact on Contact Centers

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Wednesday, May 5, 2010   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

Second in a two-part series

Yesterday we looked at the Payment Card Security Council and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard which were established to protect the credit card user. Today we look  specifically at the standard and the requirements it places on contact centers.

DMG Consulting LLC is a leading provider of market research and consulting services for contact centers. The 2009 – 2010 Quality Management/Liability Recording Product and Market Report is the definitive guide to...

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Mining for Gold on the Agent Desktop

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Tuesday, March 23, 2010   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

In the real world, contact center agents are often presented with comparable calls under similar circumstances yet the outcomes are frequently inconsistent, and performance metrics can vary wildly among agents. The answer why this occurs lies in performance factors that are overlooked or undetected by the generally accepted agent performance measurement tools in use today.

Despite the use of monitoring and coaching tools and the best intentions of those tasked with coaching and training...

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2010 Agent Performance Optimization Market Key Trends

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Monday, March 8, 2010   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

Agent Call Center Performance Optimization tools are a set of applications that seek to increase agent effectiveness, reduce workforce costs and improve service levels. These tools allow contact center managers to plan schedules, forecast agent requirements, measure agent performance, analyze results and improve outcomes.

Call Recording/Logging and Quality Monitoring (QM) software allows users to record, retrieve, analyze and improve agent/customer interactions.  These recordings are...

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Maximizing Your Contact Center Workforce Management Software In a SaaS Environment

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Thursday, February 11, 2010   |   [1] Leave a Comment »
Software as a Service (SaaS), especially hosted call center solutions, enables software to be delivered over the internet and has been available for over ten years. It has gained wide acceptance in the marketplace. 

Research has found that over 90% of SaaS users are satisfied with their solutions. Companies are investing in SaaS at double digit rates because of the low cost of implementation. Marketing firm IDC projected that 76% of U.S. companies would invest in at least one SaaS application by...continue reading this post »

Achieving First Call Resolution: The Presence-Enhanced Multimedia Contact Center

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Monday, January 11, 2010   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

Many are familiar with the idea of presence at the level of what we call “device presence.” Examples of device presence include the busy lamp field on a telephone or online status for Instant Messaging. Essentially these tools show a user’s availability and perhaps their readiness for communication. But device presence only monitors the user’s presence from the standpoint of a specific device without providing status information about the user, particularly if they have stepped away from the...

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Accelerating Call Center Monitoring Results and Workforce Optimization with Desktop Screen Analytics

Posted By Patrick Botz   |   Tuesday, December 15, 2009   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

Authored by Patrick Botz, Vice President of Solutions Marketing, VPI

 

Call center monitoring software is now a fundamental technology in virtually every competitive call center environment. As the economy begins to recover, 2010 is expected to be another tough year for enterprises, with contact center managers asked once again to reduce their operating expenses while improving the customer experience and satisfaction scores. They will be expected to achieve this goal with limited resources and...

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Call Recording Software Advancements and Proven Best Practices

Posted By Patrick Botz   |   Tuesday, December 15, 2009   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

Authored by Patrick Botz, Vice President of Solutions Marketing, VPI

Call recording software plays a key role in many industries. It is a mandatory requirement in the majority of public safety organizations and within various industries, such as financial services and healthcare. With so much valuable information in vast number of customer interactions, the overwhelming majority of many organizations are now recording all their calls. Call recording software helps many organizations optimize the...

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The 2009 Quality Management/Liability Recording Mid-Year Market Report

Posted By Sheri Greenhaus   |   Friday, December 11, 2009   |   [0] Leave a Comment »

According to DMG Consulting, after eight straight years of market growth, the first six months of 2009 saw a decrease in revenue for many segments of the WFO market, from call center monitoring software to call center quality assurance applications. While WFO performance was not stellar, it still outpaced the majority of other contact center and IT segments. Overall revenue for vendors fell by 1.6%, from $1,336.2 million in the first half of 2008 to $1,315.5 million in the first half of 2009....

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