During the Industrial era companies had one huge building that owned, handled and directly controlled the assets and the processes. Towards the center of the 20th Century, diversification had become the tradition and these required layers of administration which called for immense supervision resulting in an organization which was overstuffed with workers. By the 1980’s outsourcing gradually began to show popularity. Publishing was the first industry to begin outsourcing. They outsourced some of their areas like editing, typesetting, proofreading, etc. Official outsourcing was yet to take off. During the 1990’s the industries saw greater importance on cost-savings. Steadily many areas like contract labor, accounting, human resources, data entry etc. was outsourced. By the completion of the century, customer service outsourcing functions became the foundation of the outsourcing industry.

Outsourcing can precisely be described as transfer and delegation of non-core areas of business or non-revenue producing or day to day operations to an external service provider which benefits the company on allowing it to concentrate on its specialized areas. Most of the common outsourced areas are:

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IVR is a technology that allows communication between humans and a phone system through the use of Dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) tones. In simple terms when you call a number and instead of a human voice it is a voice of a system. The automated voice that we hear on the phone that provides direction to the caller is termed as IVR. For an example, the voice that you hear when you call a customer service executive of your mobile operator. The voice will initially instruct you to opt for certain options through the keypad and it will solve your queries through a series of steps which needs to be followed by the caller. Even if the customer’s queries are not solved through this medium then there is an option where the IVR directs you to a live agent.

More and more companies are opting for this method of interaction with its customers because it provides ample benefits which can be listed as:Continue reading→

Call center is a bandwagon for the survival of the business and the service providers. It has reached a stature without which the survival of a business is not possible. The service of a call center has become pivotal over the years and it is only escalating as the day’s progress. Now, have you ever pondered what makes the service of a call center so compelling? One of the biggest reasons is their direct association with the clients which has undeviating influence in building up the relationship with the company. It is well known that retaining the client, is less time and cost consuming rather than running after new clients. Let’s go through some points where we can highlight the advantages of a call center services:

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Economists’ all over the world are debating on the future of global economy, while there are brief moments which usher optimism the economic sentiments of most people are very cautious. The dwindling economy has had its impact on most sectors, and the retail sector has had to bear the brunt of this uncertainty too. The retail sector is impacted by many factors that cannot be directly controlled such as interest and unemployment rates, economic strength, fiscal policy, high fuel prices, poor salary hikes and high expectations of the consumers. Like all the years, 2015 has come with a new hope, there is hope that the market will finally stabilize and there will be a lot more sales opportunities for the retail companies. There is a prediction that the holiday sale for retail products will rise by 4% this year.

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