WFM Analysts to Staff Ratio

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WFM Analysts to Staff Ratio

I know there isn’t a “one size fits all” answer to this, though I’m looking for general practices as it relates to how many folks are needed on a Workforce management team to support a contact centre of about 360 agents (half are inbound agents, half are back office agents)

Question asked by Suzanne

Roughly 1:100

It seems that a rough ratio of 1:100 is the optimum

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Jonty Pearce walked into his first call centre in 1989 and has been hooked ever since. He founded Call Centre Helper in 1989.

He is an Engineering Graduate with a background in marketing and publishing. In 2020 he won the AOP Digital Publishing Award for The Best Use of Data.

He writes and speaks on a wide variety of subjects - particularly around forecasting and scheduling. His in depth knowledge of forecasting algorithms has earned him the nickname "Mr Erlang."

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