Report: RFID Tide Turning?

| MCM staff

Another encouraging dispatch from the RFID front: Nearly three-quarters of second-generation RFID users report better read rates and are more confident that their technology won’t soon become obsolete.

Mandatory Employment Verification on the Horizon

| Les Gore

Direct marketing organizations, like all businesses, have been collecting I-9 information since the original Immigration and Reform Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, which made it illegal for employers to knowingly hire unauthorized workers. Although your attention may be focused on your hourly workers

The Impact of Third Party Routers on Workforce Management Systems

| Maggie Klenke

The role of workforce management software is to use historical data to predict the future, creating a reasonably accurate forecast of workload and a schedule for staff which matches it. Generally, the historical and even real-time data comes from the ACD or from the reporting system associated with the ACD. The advent of third-party routing systems is changing the configurations required to support accurate forecasting and scheduling.

Customer Surveys Improve Customer Service

| Todd Strubbe

Achieving the highest-quality customer service is an exercise in vigilance. Having the best people, cutting-edge technology, and time-tested protocols is certainly helpful. But true excellence requires continuous measurement, tracking, and research.