It's time for a change, for something new to be added to the Contact Center Technology Suite. Currently, there are at least 70 manufacturers of what might be called Case Management Systems for customer contact centers. A good CMS resource is a requirement for any customer contact center that wants to be effective. However, the implementation and use of a CMS application, while it can help you to manage cases, will not guarantee effective management of the center itself. It's time for a change; are you ready to be a part of it?
Success in the SaaS/Cloud ecosystem requires a new approach to every aspect of software manufacturing. There is no excess margin in the SaaS model to cover organizational inefficiencies. Support can no longer be seen as a separate function; it necessarily must be a core aspect of the relationship product.
In the traditional perpetual-license model of selling software, the manufacturer takes the majority of their profit up front from the sale of the licenses. In the Software As A Service subscription model, that large up-front influx of revenue and profit goes away, replaced by a more predictable monthly membership arrangement. SaaS profit is realized incrementally instead of all at once.…
Much has changed over the past 20 years in customer contact centers throughout the corporate world. What could not even be imagined in the early days is now taken for granted. However, despite the dramatic changes in the tools and their capabilities, senior management needs to keep firmly in mind that the essential nature of the operation has not changed at all: it is still a knowledge inventory and distribution system where profitability is the key driver.