This book contains valuable information regarding the "people" side of technology initiatives. Many companies buy the best hardware and software, and spend thousands of dollars implementing technology only to find out that the employees resist the changes, and do not fully adopt the new, and possibly, improved processes. By understanding how to manage people during change, managers will see a much quicker ROI on their technology initiatives.

Integrating People with Process and Technology "Gaining Employee Acceptance of Technology Initiatives"

Jon Anton

Lisa M. Schwartz

Natalie L. Petouhoff

The Anton Press

Call centers are an important company asset, but also a very expensive one. By learning to conduct a performance audit, readers will be able to understand over fifty specific aspects of a call center that must be running smoothly in order to achieve maximum performance in both efficiency and effectiveness of handling inbound customer calls.

How to Conduct a Call Center Performance Audit: A to Z

Anton, Dr. Jon

Phelps, Dru

From our research on the American consumer, it has become very clear that potentially the best customer service strategy is "to offer every possible channel for the customer to help themselves, i.e., self-service." Customer actuated service is mostly driven by technology, and the "art" of self-service is to ensure that the technology is intuitive, easy to use, and that the customer is rewarded for "having done the job themselves." This book delves into all the technology solutions that enable self-service. The reader will find a robust description of the technology alternatives, and many examples of how self-service is saving companies money, while at the same time satisfying customers.

Customer Relationship Management Technology

Vilsoet, Bob

This book tackles one of today’s hottest topics: Customer Contact Outsourcing. Companies are in a quandary about the myriad of teleservices questions they’re faced with, such as deciding to outsource, cost / benefit analysis, RFP development, proposal assessment, vendor selection, contractual requirements, service level performance measurement, and managing an ongoing teleservices relationship. With the authors help, readers will find this complex issue straightforward to approach, understand, and implement.

Selecting a Teleservices Partner

Anton, Jon

Carr, Lori

Done right, and done regularly, benchmarking provides improved work life, career advancement and substantially increased earnings on a consistent basis. This book is an essential manual for continuous improvement peer group benchmarking that shows convincingly why proper professionalism in today’s environment requires benchmarking. Includes valuable information on how to benchmark through BenchmarkPortal and describes the latest products to help you get the most from this crucial activity.

Benchmarking for Profits!

Belfiore, Bruce L.

For call center executives wanting to explore and understand the benefits of offshore outsourcing, the authors have brought together ‘under one cover’ a comprehensive guide that takes the reader through each step of the complex issues of outsourcing customer service telephone calls to agents in another country. With the pressure of today’s competitive climate forcing companies to take a hard look at providing higher quality customer services at lower costs, this book is a "must read" for every call center executive.

Offshore Outsourcing Opportunities

Business & Money

Chatterley, John

Human Resources

The time to grow your call center into a multi-channel customer contact center is now. This book has the power to help you increase customer satisfaction through the implementation of Web self-service. The value of this book can be calculated in terms of calls deflected from your call center, increased customer retention, an ultimately in a healthy return on your investment. In this book, the authors take you step-by-step through the best practices that lead to a successful self and assisted-service strategy.

Managing Web-Based Customer Experiences: Self-Service Integrated with Assisted-Service

Murphy, Mike

By consistently delivering information about products, services and information to customer service agents, based on their individual skill levels—at the right time in the right way, organizations are also delivering a consistent, clear understanding of corporate objectives and vision. The result: thousands of customer interactions that delight the customer and improve retention as well as corporate profitability. Optimizing agent performance can quickly deliver incredible returns beyond customer loyalty. That is what this book is all about.

Customer Service at a Crossroads: What You Do Next to Improve Performance Will Determine Your Company's Destiny

McConnell, Matt

Processes & Infrastructure

One of the leading challenges for today’s managers is the training and motivating of excellent agents. While much attention has been focused on the technology and benefits of providing multiple channels for customer contact, little attention has been paid to handling the human part of the equation—training CSRs to field more than just telephone communications. Great statistics and benchmarking help the customer service/call center professional keep ahead of the ever-changing business environment as the authors successfully blend the critical human aspect of the center with the ever growing need for metrics and the bottom line.

Customer Service and the Human Experience: We, the People, Make the Difference

D'Ausilio, Rosanne

This book is a series of case studies in which we collected performance metrics before and after implementation of specific technology solutions for call centers. In each case study we saw varying levels of improvement, and were then able to quantify the financial impact in terms of ROS, and in some cases, in terms of earnings per share. For call center managers contemplating the addition of new call center technology, this book will be an asset in better understanding the impact of technology in enabling higher performance.

From Cost to Profit Center: How Technology Enables the Difference (Call Center Management)

Davis, R. Scott

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