Dot.con

| Rama Ramaswami

Long, long ago, there lived a poor farmer whose sole desire in life was to own a cow. After scrimping for many years, he saved up enough money to purchase

FOOL’S GOLD

| Lawrence Dean Shemesh

Dot-com fever unearthed some pockets of pure gold ore, but many prospectors were left with only a few shiny rocks. The Forty-niners just may have a few things to teach the Ninety-niners

PRIME TIME

| MCM staff

Facing the clock is a constant in every employee’s life, but it doesn’t have to be the same clock face for everyone. Developing an optimum schedule ensures that a facility can operate at peak efficiency

Chain Reaction

| Ernie Schell

Paper-driven processes invariably push up operating costs Many catalog companies don’t even realize they have a supply chain, or if they do, it’s a one-dimensional

CUSTOM BLENDS

| Susan W. Capparelle

Get a bucket, shake, and pour. Blending your choice of new technologies can create a customized solution for your contact center

Can This Relationship Be Saved?

| Rama Ramaswami

We admit it: We used those shockingly red lips on our cover to grab your attention. But what’s in our special section on contact centers is attention-grabbing as well.

Civil Discourse

| Liz Kislik

Periodic meetings are needed in units with four or more workers In the work that I do with client companies on targeted change and improvement programs,

Sticker Shock

| Richard Sawyer

Pay up or lose: An in-depth look at the soaring costs of electronic customer relationship management

Lip Service

| Rama Ramaswami

You may like your VOIP with a dash of CRM, but most contact centers go for the online meat and potatoes, as our special benchmark report reveals