| PREFACE |
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The chief customer officer |
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The influence of the internet |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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Winning and keeping customers |
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6 | (1) |
| INTRODUCTION |
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Why use a customer contact center |
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A seismic shift in call center ``plumbing'' technology |
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9 | (5) |
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14 | (3) |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Broad process reengineering |
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21 | (2) |
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The traditional Call Center |
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Winning or protecting revenue |
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24 | (3) |
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Cutting an organization's costs |
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27 | (4) |
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Good service assures future sales |
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31 | (4) |
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The role of the customer contact center |
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35 | (12) |
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40 | (5) |
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Death of the Automatic Telephone Call Distributor? |
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45 | (2) |
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The Parts and principles of the typical customer contact center |
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47 | (20) |
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47 | (4) |
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System elements and responsibility |
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51 | (1) |
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The telephone circuits and services |
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52 | (5) |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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The fulfillment interface |
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58 | (1) |
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Customer contact center sizes |
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59 | (2) |
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Planning a customer contact center |
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61 | (1) |
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Ordinary & extraordinary customer call centers growth issues |
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62 | (2) |
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Computer telephony integration |
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64 | (3) |
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Connection to the outside world |
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67 | (24) |
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68 | (17) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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Forecasting caller behavior |
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87 | (2) |
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Incoming customer call center traffic Engineering |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (16) |
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Maintaining Economy of scale with a decentralized staff |
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94 | (1) |
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95 | (1) |
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Staffing to caller demand: demand forecasting |
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96 | (3) |
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Customer demand forecasting and staff scheduling systems |
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99 | (6) |
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Incentive and at risk compensation components |
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105 | (1) |
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Staffing challenge for the customer contact center |
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105 | (1) |
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Customer experience mapping and management |
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105 | (2) |
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The budget: building a business case |
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107 | (20) |
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Putting costs into perspective |
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108 | (1) |
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Customer contact center costs |
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109 | (7) |
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Capital investments versus operating costs |
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116 | (1) |
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Mission critical versus technical and administrative roles |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (3) |
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Automatic call sequencers |
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121 | (1) |
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The Universal customer contact center platform |
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122 | (1) |
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Finding ACD bargains - secondary market alternatives |
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122 | (5) |
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Managing telephony workflow |
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127 | (10) |
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Inbound customer call flow |
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129 | (2) |
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The uniform call distribution (UCD) system |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (5) |
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The typical switching system |
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137 | (24) |
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The internal switching network of the system |
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140 | (2) |
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Ports into and resources attached to the system |
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142 | (15) |
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Backplane and signal distribution subsystem |
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157 | (4) |
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The advantages of a purpose built ACD system |
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161 | (20) |
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Architecture and capacities |
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162 | (9) |
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System reliability and failure resistance |
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171 | (6) |
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High visibility into the system |
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177 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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Interface with other customer contact center resources |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (24) |
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Customer contact center size |
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181 | (5) |
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The ACD - features and definitions |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (3) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (7) |
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201 | (1) |
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Special call processing treatments |
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202 | (3) |
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The ACD as a customer workflow manager |
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205 | (14) |
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Call processing - the basic steps |
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208 | (6) |
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Other call processing steps |
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214 | (3) |
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VoIP ACD feature maturity |
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217 | (2) |
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Bullet-proofing the customer contact center |
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219 | (10) |
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Disaster recovery and business resumption plans |
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220 | (1) |
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A business continuity strategy |
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220 | (9) |
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Telephone terminals and workstations |
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229 | (28) |
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Plain old telephone or 2500 set |
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229 | (2) |
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The proprietary PBX instrument |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (2) |
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The PC telephone connection |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (17) |
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Data gathering and reporting |
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257 | (28) |
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259 | (2) |
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261 | (6) |
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The human resource and legal implications |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (2) |
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Report development and presentation |
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270 | (2) |
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272 | (11) |
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283 | (2) |
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Customer Experience: mapping and management |
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285 | (28) |
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Second generation logging and recording technologies |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (1) |
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Recording and monitoring goals |
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291 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (2) |
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The Process: service observation becomes quality monitoring |
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295 | (9) |
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Limitations within the second generation architectures |
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304 | (1) |
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Tactical applications for call recording |
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305 | (2) |
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Customer experience Management: the next stage in the contact recording evolution? |
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307 | (4) |
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311 | (2) |
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CRM within the customer contact center environment |
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313 | (12) |
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314 | (3) |
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Interactive voice response |
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317 | (2) |
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Databases and systems integration |
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319 | (3) |
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322 | (3) |
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Integrating the internet into a traditional call center |
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325 | (10) |
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326 | (1) |
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Relative transaction costs |
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326 | (2) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (2) |
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332 | (3) |
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The technology acquisition process |
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335 | (8) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (3) |
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There are two sides to every story |
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339 | (2) |
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341 | (1) |
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Justifying a business specific solution |
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341 | (2) |
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343 | (8) |
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Evolution of the customer service industry |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (4) |
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348 | (1) |
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349 | (2) |
| EPILOGUE |
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351 | (4) |
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``Move a register, forget history'' |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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Costs of sales continue to rise |
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353 | (2) |
| Appendix I: Request for Information: Computer Telephony |
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355 | (66) |
| Appendix II: Request for Proposal: ACD System |
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421 | (28) |
| Appendix III: RFP: Recording and Analysis Solution |
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449 | (18) |
| Glossary |
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