2010 Call Center Outlook Survey Results

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2010 Call Center Outlook Survey. This new, 27-page report features data points on: • Who’s doing more with less and how • Budget plans and investments categorized by size and industry • Plans for tactics such as at-home agents and self-service

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Call Center Outlook 2010

January 2010

Value

2010 Mandate

2010 Mandate – By Industry

Note: Only top five respondent industries represented.

2010 Mandate – By Size of Organization

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Do more withwhat you already

have

Make more cuts

Status quo is fine

Additionalinvestment

LargeMediumSmall

Approaches to Achieve Mandate

Please describe some of the approaches you will use to accomplish your answer to the previous question

24

16

14

8

6

5

5

4

4

4

4

4

4

3

2

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Technology Investment

Process Improvement

Increase Training

Increase Self-Service

Headcount Reduction

Increase Headcount

At-Home Programs

Performance Management Initiatives

Customer Experience Improvement

Increase Automation

Utilize Outsourcers

More Flexible Work

Increase Revenue

Improve Scheduling

Reduce Attrition

Write-in responses categorized

Overall Budget

Overall Budget – By Size of Organization

0 10 20 30 40 50

More than2009

About thesame as 2009

Less than2009

LargeMediumSmall

Overall Budget – By Industry

Note: Only top five respondent industries represented.

Technology Budget

Technology Budget – By Size of Organization

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

More than 2009

About the sameas 2009

Less than 2009

LargeMediumSmall

Technology Budget – By Industry

Note: Only top five respondent industries represented.

Impact of Cost Reductions

Impact of Economy

Please select the comparative frequency with which each of the following processes were conducted in your call center operation during 2009 as compared to 2008 and anticipated in 2010:

2009 Compared to 2008

35

51

53

66

32

52

45

37

50

13

18

13

Hiring

Communications

Training

Coaching

LessSameMore

2009 Compared to 2010 Plans

26

51

64

63

51

52

38

36

40

14

15

17

Hiring

Communications

Training

Coaching

LessSameMore

Process Frequency

Key Performance Indicators

Investments

Investments – By Size of Organization

0 20 40 60 80

IVR

Speech Analytics

Unified Communications

Workforce Management

Quality Monitoring

Performance Management

eLearning

Hiring Assessments

Analytics

CRM

ACD

Outbound Dialer

VOIP

Large

Medium

Small

Investments – By Industry

Note: Only top five respondent industries represented.

Tactics for 2010

At-Home Tactic by Size of Organization

Small

Medium

Large

Outsourcing Tactic - By Size of Organization

Small

Medium

Large

Reducing Headcount Tactic - By Size of Organization

Small

Medium

Large

Increasing Headcount Tactic - By Size of Organization

Small

Medium

Large

Increasing Self-Service Tactic - By Size of Organization

Small

Medium

Large

Demographics - Industry

Demographics - Role

Demographics - Size

About the Survey

121 respondentsAnswered during December 2009Solicited via emailSize categorization:

Small: 1-100 agentsMedium: 101-500 agentsLarge: 501 or more agents

About Knowlagent

For 14 years companies around the world have executed on their objectives at lower costs with Knowlagent’s call center talent management software.

HiringTrainingCoaching

Easy to use, on-demand software

No capital expendituresDeployable in 30 daysAccessible via the Web

For more industry data, visit: http://www.knowlagent.com/Resource-Center/Benchmark-Reports.aspx