Articles - Shrinkage

Shrinkage can quietly undermine even the best workforce plans, affecting service levels, costs, and team morale. This page brings together expert articles, planning tools, and real-world guidance on how to measure, manage, and reduce shrinkage in contact centres. Learn how factors like breaks, training, absenteeism, and meetings impact staffing efficiency, and discover techniques to balance flexibility with accountability. With a mix of data-led insights and practical advice, these resources help you tighten control of your schedules and make your operation more predictable and resilient.

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7 Ways to Reduce Shrinkage in Your Contact Centre
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Four Tips to Manage Shrinkage
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Planning for Schedule Variance
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What is Call Centre Shrinkage and How to Calculate It?
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What Is Shrinkage?
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Excel Based Erlang Calculator for Contact Centres – with Maximum Occupancy
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What is the Difference Between Absenteeism and Shrinkage?
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Adding Shrinkage to Workload FTE
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Relationship of Shrinkage and Phone Occupancy
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How to Calculate Staffing in a Contact Centre
What Is the Difference Between Occupancy and Utilisation?
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What Are the Industry Standards for Call Centre Metrics?
The Biggest Cause of Call Centre Shrinkage (And How to Eliminate It)
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Erlang C Formula – Made Simple With an Easy Worked Example
10 Things You Need When Calculating How Many Contact Centre Advisors You Need
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Call Centre Erlang Staffing Calculator – v 5.0 – With Abandons and Day Planner
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What is Erlang and the Erlang Calculator?
11 Top Tips for Spreadsheet Forecasting in Excel
FAQs – Call Forecasting With Spreadsheets
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How to Calculate Schedule Efficiency
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15 Scheduling Mistakes You Need to Avoid at All Cost
Top Tips for Improving Contact Centre Shrinkage
Trade Secrets: How to Get the Best Out of Your WFM Software
How to Deal with Long Queues in the Contact Centre