On 2nd October and 3rd October 2018, PlanCon, a new conference tailored to Contact Centre Professionals and WFM Heroes took place in London.

PlanCon is designed to provide the inspiration, education and connections to accelerate and master Contact Centre Planning, through a mixture of inspiring keynotes, panel discussions, WFM best practice sessions and networking galore.

A selection of our expert talks from PlanCon 2018 is now available online. So grab a cup of coffee, make yourself comfortable and enjoy the latest insights from leading WFM experts right from your screen.

In this article, we’ll review best in class practices for achieving service level by adjusting the number of available agents (supply) and the amount of incoming workload (demand). 

Busy times like the holiday season are a critical time of year for contact centers. One mistake can have devastating effects on service levels and ultimately on your customer experience. In this article you’ll learn which mistakes to avoid if you want to achieve your service level.

We’re heading into the holidays! For the lucky people not managing contact centers, that’s a blissful statement. In the US, we’re gearing up for Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas.  And globally, we’re all getting ready for some holiday shopping! This is amongst the busiest time of the year, especially for the customer service industry. The question that many contact center managers and planners ask themselves now is: "How do I maintain service level successfully?"

Most companies are always on the lookout for the next ‘Game changer’ for their contact center.  When you talk to experts, you’ll hear a lot of buzzwords these days, such as ‘Omnichannel’, ‘Net Promoter Score (NPS)’, ‘Chatbots’, and ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI)’.  It can be challenging to sift through all of these terms to see what actually matters to you.