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Chapter 3
Reporting and forecasting
What-if scenarios
Virtual contact center/multisite support
Compliance with employment law, rules, and union regulations
Multimedia support
Web-driven interfaces and tools
Scheduling to meet service levels
Scheduling is not as simple a process as it may appear. Knowledgeable orga-
nizations take CSR preferences and skill sets into account when scheduling.
The “warm-body” approach to solving human resource issues—regarding
one CSR the same as any other—will cause both agent-satisfaction and
customer-service problems. Most companies using advanced workforce ...