Articles - Scheduling

Effective scheduling sits at the heart of contact centre success, balancing customer demand with staff wellbeing and operational efficiency. This hub brings together expert insights, planning tools, and practical advice on how to design, manage, and optimise schedules that really work. Learn how to match staffing to forecasted demand, manage flexibility, and keep schedules fair and transparent. You’ll also find creative ideas for handling last-minute changes, part-time arrangements, and hybrid working patterns, all aimed at keeping service levels steady and your team engaged.

Line of people dividing - variance concept
Planning for Schedule Variance
A hand with a cup of drink emerging from an alarm clock - break time concept
Is It Best to Schedule or Free-Style Agent Breaks?
A picture of somebody making a please gesture
The 5 Things Agents REALLY Want From Schedules
A close up of calendar and alarm clock on the table - last minute time off
The Best Ways to Deal With Last-Minute Time-Off Requests
A picture of a hand moving blocks with people on them
50 MORE Expert Tips to Improve Contact Centre WFM
Video Image: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Schedule
An Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Schedule
How Do I… Manage and Schedule Multi-Skilled Agents?
A hand holds an alarm clock with calendar
Is Your Scheduling in Need of an Overhaul? Try These 8 Top Tips
Red clock with speedy blurred effect. Concept of fast time passing.
How to Improve Contact Centre Response Time
From Chaos to Control! Why Contact Centres Are Prioritizing WFM Solutions
Workforce Management Scheduling
A picture of a network of people
17 Resource Planning Tools and Techniques You Should Know
A picture of an old clock next to a calendar
The Best Ways to Schedule Contact Centre Agents
The Biggest Cause of Call Centre Shrinkage (And How to Eliminate It)
14 Best Practices from the Vax Contact Centre
The Best Ways to Deal with Lunch and Tea Break Requests
Forecasting and Scheduling on Digital Channels
20 Tips for Forecasting and Scheduling on Digital Channels
Employee in the bedroom being late for his job
Managing Lateness Within a Contact Centre
Shift planning and change concept with clock and calendar over sky
How to Change Your Shift Patterns – Without Losing Your Best Agents!
Call and Contact Centre Questions: What’s the Ideal Balance for Agent Break Times?
What’s the Ideal Balance for Agent Break Times?
Call centre worker on night shift
The Best Ways to Manage the Night Shift
24 hours 7 days concept with red clock and handset
Top Tips for Running a Great 24/7 Contact Centre Operation
Person working at laptop with global map
How to Succeed in a Global Planning Role
Illustration of a computer with person on laptop and calendar and checklists
Top Tips for Digital Channels – Forecasting and Scheduling