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10 Award-Winning Centres Opened Their Doors This Summer UK - August 1, 2007 - Over 100 Contact Centre specialists were able to visit award-winning Contact Centres to see for themselves how key innovations have been achieved as part of the Best Practice programme organised by the Professional Planning Forum.  Limited in numbers, to enable the chance to break into groups for a side-by-side look at key systems or processes, they were very interactive and valued highly by attendees who could learn from seeing, first-hand, the challenges faced by different organisations and the tools and processes they use. "Open to members and non-members alike, this is a great way to see and talk to the people on the front line – both those involved in making these innovative achievements happen and those impacted by them," explains Steve Woosey, Membership Director, of the Professional Planning Forum. The AA described how they revised their resourcing processes and managed to increase call centre revenue and service at the same time – all this whilst simultaneously halving their planning team and delivering a £12M cost challenge. They explained that the key to their success was not relying on the technology, rather it was building a strong team who were able to utlilise the technology more effectively - not just in planning but across the contact centre. At EDF, delegates gained the chance for a first hand look at how a re-launch of the resource management function and their 3-phase holistic approach to resourcing, built on previous successes to reduce attrition by 5%, increase employee satisfaction by 20% and introduce a call causation analysis that is targeted to reduce calls by 26% in the short term. Mandy Bready, from RBS Insurance, highlighted the benefits of sharing and meeting - picking up in particular that the visit will help her to "drive forward changes that I have previously considered but now feel more strongly and confident about.” About Professional Planning Forum (PPF): We are an independent industry body who support effective resourcing and planning in the contact centre industry. Established in March 2000, we are supplier-independent and work across all industry sectors to provide support for contact centre professionals who take resource planning seriously. Our dedicated consultants, Paul Smedley and John Casey, share between them over 30 years of call centre and planning experience.
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