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Why Excel Shouldn’t Be Used for Capacity Planning
Manual capacity planning using Excel is costing you money. Every day that you delay adopting an automated capacity planning solution will...

Bridging the Gap Between AI and Human Agents in Contact Centers.
If you’ve been following the rapid advances in AI, you’ve probably heard about how chatbots and automated systems are bound to wipe out...


2024 in review: Contact center trends & how they shape 2025
Ah, the contact center—where "Your call is important to us" often feels like the world's longest-running joke. But fear not! The days of...


Is Capacity Planning Redundant if AI is Involved?
Capacity planning remains relevant in contact centers even if AI is involved, and it can take on a different but crucial role.


2024 Cinareo Product Roadmap
Read about the 4 key enhancements within our 2024 roadmap to make capacity planning even better.


The Benefits of Dynamic Capacity Planning for Better ROI
Effective capacity planning is instrumental in modeling the Return on Investment (ROI) of improvement opportunities within your contact...

Are there any benefits to hiring ahead of attrition?
Hiring ahead of attrition in a contact center can offer several benefits...

Should capacity planning be a collaborative activity?
Capacity planning involves multiple stakeholders across various departments and functions working together to assess, forecast,...

Top 10 Reasons to Consider Shrinkage in Resource Planning
Shrinkage is a crucial factor to consider when developing a capacity plan for a contact center. What is Shrinkage? Shrinkage refers to...

Discover how learning curves impact capacity planning.
An accurate and optimized capacity plan is essential for effective contact center operations.

How should you determine a target Average Handle Time (AHT) for fully proficient agents?
An accurate and optimized capacity plan is essential for effective contact center operations.

MYTH #6: There’s little value in planning for attrition
Contact centers that fail to plan for attrition will suffer significant financial and workplace consequences. It costs the 100-seat...

The Importance of Shrinkage
Understanding the factors that make up shrinkage - or non-productive time - in your contact center operation is vital.

Does workforce planning matter to executives?
If you are a director or in C-suite, then effective workforce planning in should matter to you. There are many reasons why due attention...

What metrics are important to which people within a contact center?
In an article published by Call Centre Helper , 294 contact center professionals were asked what contact center metrics were most...

MYTH #5: Attrition costs $5,000-$10,000 a person
Attrition is one of the contact center industry’s biggest and most controllable problems. The constant outflow of talent erodes margins,...

MYTH #4: It is impossible to estimate inefficient and lost productivity costs
Contact centers rarely use new-hire learning curve data to estimate lost productivity and create a capacity plan. Learning curve data...

MYTH #3: The cost of nesting is merely wage x hours
Nesting refers to on-the-job training that follows classroom instruction. Nesting usually lasts one to four weeks. Agents interact with...

MYTH #2: The cost to onboard and train is wage x hours
Onboarding introduces new hires to the company, and training prepares them to perform the job. Contact centers make significant...

MYTH #1: It costs $4,683 to hire a contact center agent
Is this plausible? Contact centers depend on frontline workers to create exceptional customer experiences (CXs). However, with average...
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