ABSTRACT

It's not just the technology, the people, or the customers. It's all three, and more: call centers are not just places where calls arrive. They are a strategic business asset, the core of your business's customer relationship strategy. Call Center Savvy is an exploration of how the call center works, and how it fits into the big picture. What the f

part |1 pages

Part One: Technology

chapter 1|4 pages

Looking Forward, Looking Back

chapter 3|6 pages

Moving Your Center Forward

part |1 pages

Part Two: Technology

chapter 4|2 pages

CTI &The Call Center —The 2% Solution

chapter 5|2 pages

A Component-Based Architecture

chapter 6|4 pages

Sweet Suites Inter-Application Automation

chapter 7|4 pages

Forecasting, Simulating & Routing

chapter 8|4 pages

Predictive Dialers Roll On

chapter 9|5 pages

Inside the New ACD

chapter 11|4 pages

Speech Recognition: Ready For Prime Time

chapter 12|4 pages

“Virtual” Is Real

chapter 13|4 pages

Counting CustomersInstead Of Calls

part |1 pages

Part Three: The Internet Cometh

chapter 16|4 pages

Web-Call Centers

part |1 pages

Part Four: Call Center Ops

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Part Five: Call Centers & The Wider World

chapter 24|3 pages

This is a Global Industry

chapter 25|4 pages

Are Call Centers an Economic Indicator?

chapter 27|5 pages

Sweatshops for the 21st Century?

chapter 28|5 pages

Building An Industry From Scratch

chapter 29|4 pages

Telemarketing: More Than A Phone Call

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Part Six: Building the Call Center of the Future