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Aspect Software Introduces SaaS-Based Active Assignment to Improve Workforce Productivity in Customer Contact Centers(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) PHOENIX, AZ -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/14 -- Aspect Active Assignment increases contact center employee performance by delivering targeted training, tasks during agent idle time Maximizes cross-channel customer experience by redirecting staff to other customer channels based on call/interaction volume Cloud-based solution offers seamless integration with Aspect Workforce Management, Aspect Unified IP, Aspect Performance Management and Aspect Back Office OptimizerAspect Software, a leading provider of fully-integrated customer interaction management, workforce optimization, back-office and award-winning cloud solutions, today announced the availability of Aspect Active Assignment, a SaaS-based real-time agent workforce management solution aimed at maximizing agent idle time. Aspect Active Assignment ensures optimal intraday staffing and task management decisions are being made in real-time resulting in higher employee performance and labor savings, without sacrificing customer experience levels. "Workforce management systems have been used for many years to predict and manage agent staffing in contact centers, but hour-to-hour variations in call volumes still exist. This variability can cause contact centers to experience significant periods of agent idle time," says John Amein, Vice President of Product Management at Aspect. "Using that idle time requires real-time information that both identifies gaps and makes management adjustments. Using a real-time decision engine, Aspect Active Assignment continually monitors key contact center metrics such as queue and agent statistics and applies next-best-action rules that intelligently and automatically make adjustments in scheduled training, workflow routing and staffing levels." For example, contact center agents frequently complete training courses which divert time away from handling customer interactions. Aspect Active Assignment identifies idle times between customer interactions and is able to adjust staffing plans in real-time while introducing assigned activities including training into an agent's intraday schedule. The result is a workforce with increased productivity, performance and profitability without manual intervention. Key capabilities of Aspect Active Assignment include: Real-time response - Manages workforce by making automated, optimal adjustments that track volumes in real-timeUnproductive idle time converted to active productive work time - Extracts useful time from many short intervals of idle time with no degradation of customer experience or increase in costTraining delivered as soon as possible - Monitors service levels per queue in real-time and delivers training or other tasks to agents by dynamically removing them from the queue if call volumes fall below a pre-defined levelDistribute back office work - Finds the time to complete back office work and prompts the right agent to begin their assigned work when call volumes decline to a pre-determined levelCommunication channel monitoring and balancing - Redirects staff to other customer channels based on real-time demand in each channel"With Active Assignment, Aspect delivers the holy grail of workforce management -- real-time automated staffing adjustments and automated assignment of agent activities such as training during periods of low call volume," says Paul Stockford, Chief Analyst, Saddletree Research. "By removing the efficiency drag and potential for human error that typically occurs during unexpected call volume fluctuations, Aspect Active Assignment delivers productivity gains that will positively impact the bottom line in terms of both time management and customer satisfaction." For more information on Aspect Active Assignment, click here: http://www.aspect.com/resourcecatalog/aspect-active-assignment-ds.pdf About AspectAspect's fully-integrated solution unifies the three most important facets of modern contact center management: customer interaction management, workforce optimization, and back-office. Through a full suite of cloud, hosted and hybrid deployment options, we help the world's most demanding contact centers seamlessly align their people, processes and touch points to deliver remarkable customer experiences. For more information, visit www.aspect.com. Follow Aspect on Twitter at @AspectSoftware. Read our blogs at http://blogs.aspect.com. Aspect, the Aspect logo, are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Aspect Software, Inc. or Voxeo Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Tim Dreyer +1 630 227 8312 [email protected] Source: Aspect Software |