Call Forecasting for Inbound Call Center

In a scenario of inbound call center customer service, the ability to forecast calls is a key element and advantage. By forecasting the correct number of calls a company can predict staffing needs, meet service level requirements, improve customer satisfaction, and benefit from many other optimizati...

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Main Author: Peter Vinje
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of South Florida 2009-01-01
Series:Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two
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Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol2/iss1/7
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spelling doaj-2c3e7a5b8445478ebae00f7dbe7c1c6e2020-11-24T22:02:31ZengUniversity of South FloridaUndergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two2326-36522009-01-012110.5038/2326-3652.2.1.7Call Forecasting for Inbound Call CenterPeter VinjeIn a scenario of inbound call center customer service, the ability to forecast calls is a key element and advantage. By forecasting the correct number of calls a company can predict staffing needs, meet service level requirements, improve customer satisfaction, and benefit from many other optimizations. This project will show how elementary statistics can be used to predict calls for a specific company, forecast the rate at which calls are increasing/decreasing, and determine if the calls may stop at some point.http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol2/iss1/7Call Forecasting, Linear Regression, Extrapolation
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Call Forecasting for Inbound Call Center
Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two
Call Forecasting, Linear Regression, Extrapolation
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title Call Forecasting for Inbound Call Center
title_short Call Forecasting for Inbound Call Center
title_full Call Forecasting for Inbound Call Center
title_fullStr Call Forecasting for Inbound Call Center
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publisher University of South Florida
series Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two
issn 2326-3652
publishDate 2009-01-01
description In a scenario of inbound call center customer service, the ability to forecast calls is a key element and advantage. By forecasting the correct number of calls a company can predict staffing needs, meet service level requirements, improve customer satisfaction, and benefit from many other optimizations. This project will show how elementary statistics can be used to predict calls for a specific company, forecast the rate at which calls are increasing/decreasing, and determine if the calls may stop at some point.
topic Call Forecasting, Linear Regression, Extrapolation
url http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol2/iss1/7
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