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1 IntroductionIntroduction
1.1 Purpose of the Call & Contact Centre Guidelines
The purpose of the Call & Contact Centre Guidelines is to promote higher standards of good business
practice in Call & Contact Centres.
From a client standpoint, the guidelines deal with a variety of issues that should be considered when
choosing a contact centre. In this way, they provide a useful tool in comparing and evaluating prospective
suppliers.
For Call & Contact Centres, they establish a framework against which to benchmark their service offerings
and differentiate them in the marketplace.
It should be noted that Members operate and utilise Call & Contact Centres for a variety of purposes,
consequently, there cannot be a simple one size fits all approach. For example, organisations may
promote themselves as meeting ISO standards for which the cost of services may be higher, but a client
may not wish to pay the extra for the service.
The focus of these guidelines is on the marketing aspects of a contact centre, including both inbound
and outbound activities. In addition to the traditional telephone-based customer interactions, the
guidelines cover all multi-channel customers. Please note that this document will be updated from time
to time to incorporate any changes in-line with industry advancements in Call & Contact Centres
operations.
Acknowledgements:
ADMA would like to thank Tier Technologies for their support in developing the Call & Contact Centre Guidelines,
along with Bristow & Prentice Response Advertising for the production of artwork and Mockridge Bulmer for all film
and print production.
Table of ContentsTable of ContentsPage
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Purpose of the Call & Contact Centre Guidelines 1
2 Guidelines 2
2.1 Existing ADMA Standards 2
2.2 Operational Issues 3
2.2.1 Management of Inbound Contacts 3
2.3 Use of Technology 6
2.3.1 Outbound Contact (Use of Predictive Diallers) 6
2.3.2 CND, CLI and CTI Technology 6
2.3.3 ADADs (Automatic Dialling Announcing Devices) 6
2.4 Processes 7
2.5 Authenticating the Callers Identity 7
2.6 Call Recording and Monitoring 8
2.7 Use of Scripting 8
2.8 Agent Training 9
2.9 Outsource Contracts 9
2.10 Implications of Foreign Privacy Data Protection Laws 11
2.11 Implications of Providing Service to Foreign Countries 11
2.12 International DMAs 11
3 The Call Centre Council 14
Mission Statement 14
ADMA Membership 14
Glossary of Terms 15
Reference Sites 17
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Reference Sites:
http://www.callcentres.net
http://telstra.com/
http://www.privacy.gov.au/publications/npps01.html
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Handling Time the time an agent spends in Talk Time and After-Call Work, handling a transaction. This
may also refer to the time it takes for a machine to process a transaction.
ISO International Standards for Organisations.
IVR Interactive Voice Response - IVR is an intelligent platform technology that allows a caller to
interact with a computer to select a call routing option, obtain information or complete
simple or complex transactions using their telephone touch-tone keypad or speech
recognition technology. An IVR solution can ensure that your customers calls are managed
efficiently and effectively, without the need for an agents time.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
serve as benchmarks for the assessment of the performance of a Call Centre. KPIs act as
barometers in assessing the performance of Call Centres on an individual, team and overall
performance basis.
Percent Allocation a call routing strategy sometimes used in multi-site call centre environments. Calls
received in the network are allocated across sites based on user-defined percentages.
Predictive Auto Dialling Equipment
any system or device that initiates outgoing call attempts from a predetermined list of
phone numbers, based on a computerized algorithm.
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