For Infrastructure & Operations Professionals (Length: 15 pages)

March 18, 2008

How To Select A Contact Center Outsourcer

Evaluate Both The Outsourcer's Market Position And Vertical Experience

by Elizabeth Herrell

with Simon Yates, Rachel Batiancila


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

If you're selecting a contact center outsourcer, you'll need to look much deeper than a vendor's ability to provide customer support services. Consider a business partner with experience and understanding of the critical customer-care issues in your industry. While thousands of companies offer outsourcing services, those that have a solid background in a particular industry and that can also deliver full life-cycle support services for customer care make a substantially shorter list. To identify a business partner in this area, first consider the outsourcer's overall competency and reputation in the industry, as well as its flexibility to meet your customers' unique support requirements for sales, services, and technical support. Forrester interviewed six major outsourcers with considerable expertise across many industries and asked them to describe their core services and how they apply them to one of their major vertical industries.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemWhat Are The Right Reasons For Outsourcing Contact Centers?

itemLeading Providers Offer A Solid Foundation For Customer Support

itemVertical Support Capabilities Differentiate Vendors

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itemPartner With An Outsourcer That Knows Your Business

Forrester interviewed six vendors, including Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), Convergys, Electronic Data Systems (EDS), Sitel, Teleperformance, and West Corporation.

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Analyst: Elizabeth Herrell
Technology: Communication Service Provider Issues & Technologies, Contact Center Technologies & Processes, IT Services, Networking, Outsourcing, Sourcing & Procurement, Sourcing Strategy & Execution, Telecommunications Services
Industry: Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail, Travel
Geography: Asia Pacific, Europe, North America

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