Workforce Management Best Practice

Good Day All

Question: What is the optimal ratio of workforce management staff to call centre agents?

Currently our call centre has 160 agents and roughly 30 outbound and correspondence staff. The support team consists of one real time monitor who also does requests for hardware and software support. One forecaster and scheduler who also assists with real time monitoring and 2 MI analysts. Can anyone give some advice based on best practice what the Workforce Operating Model should be to suit current requirement.

Thanks

We at the Planning Forum have run surveys on optimum numbers over the past 8 or 9 years. 1:100 for people in the planning function has often come out as average - which ties in with what you describe. MI comes down to automation - have you the technology to do much of your reporting automatically or does it need human intervention. Doesnt seem like you are wrong-sized from your description - but feel free to ask more questions if you can explain job roles etc... as this makes a difference.

John

I agree with John - 1:100 is about right but it depends on the exact duties of the team. Are they also involved in the reporting and analysis function? How complex is it? Do you have a WFM system etc.