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31 Mar, 2016
The Insider's Guide to Live & Legacy Call Recording Part 2

It’s Part 2 of The Insider’s Guide to Live & Legacy Call Recording and we would like you to meet ‘IT Ian’. In this series, Ian has to address 3 commonly faced issues: Supporting multiple systems from different manufacturers and/or service providers Finding a solution provider who offers end-of-life support Ensuring the testing & monitoring of the entire voice domain Meet Ian Ian is the IT Manager of a large multi-national company. He is responsible for ensuring business continuity and...

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21 Mar, 2016
Surviving the FCA: Call Recording Survey

How prepared are Financial Institutions in the UK to face the demands set by regulators? We've teamed up with Fintech Finance in an attempt to find out how prepared Financial Institutions really are, pin point some of the challenges the relevant teams face, and whether the demands set by the regulators is a much more challenging task than led to believe. Some of the questions we are trying to find answers to include: How prepared organisations are within the Financial...

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18 Mar, 2016
What does the future have in store for Workforce Management forecasting?

A Definition of Workforce Management Workforce management (WFM) is built to maintain efficient workforce planning and efficient workforce management forecasting. WFM technology includes functionality which contact centres need including scheduling, workforce planning, shift trading and schedule optimisation. It allows workforce planners to quickly and easily allocate the right employees, with the right skill sets at the right time in order to meet service level agreements in the most efficient and cost effective way possible. It allows planners to forecast required...

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16 Mar, 2016
A Multinational bank selects Business Systems

Business Systems implements the Vocal Wordwatch portal to help the bank meet its regulatory obligations. [Press Release] – Business Systems (UK) Ltd, the UK’s leading independent call recording and workforce optimisation specialist, today announced the successful deployment of the Vocal Wordwatch portal by a major multinational financial institution.  Vocal Wordwatch is a cutting edge virtualised playback portal that enables organisations who store their recordings for compliance purposes, to search, replay and export all legacy audio files with their metadata from different...

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11 Mar, 2016
The Evolution of Mobile Call Recording

With the revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID II) cracking down on rogue trading and introducing greater regulations into the market place, the need to consider what it means to have a robust mobile call recording solution in place is now more important than ever. With the introduction of several recording solutions throughout the years and the implications these have had for organisations, we step back in time to consider the evolution of mobile call recording and the journey...

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08 Mar, 2016
Business Systems releases survey results on Workforce Management adoption in UK contact centres

Despite the clear benefits, adoption of workforce management has still to pick up with only 29% of respondents having a solution in place Large contact centres driven by the insurance sector seem to be ahead of the curve in workforce management adoption 90% of those who have a workforce management solution in place do not derive the expected value [Press Release] – Business Systems (UK) Ltd, a leading independent call recording and workforce optimisation specialist, today released results of its new...

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01 Feb, 2016
The Insider's Guide To Live & Legacy Call Recording Part 1

Part 1 - Compliance - Meet Dave In certain circles the word ‘Legacy Call Recording’ can mean dread for many, not to mention the dire implications it can potentially have on our business. With customer call recording and storage now a standard practice across multiple industries for Governance & Quality Control as well as a vital requirement within the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulations, understanding exactly what it means to own a ‘legacy’ system is now more important than ever....

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19 Jan, 2016
Business Systems enhances its call recording portfolio with the O2 Mobile Recording solution

The solution will further strengthen the position of Business Systems in the UK Financial Services call recording market Business Systems UK (Ltd), a leading independent call recording and workforce optimisation specialist, announced today its ongoing partnership with O2, staying true to its commitment to offer its customers the most advanced solutions that best match their needs. With the addition of O2’s state-of-the-art Mobile Recording technology to its portfolio, the company is able to provide a truly comprehensive proposition to its...

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14 Jan, 2016
2016 – A year for change? Top leaders in the industry share their thoughts.

A quick re-cap of 2015 showed us that it was an important year for the Financial Services Market in understanding the significance of data retention for future regulation, with organisations considering a number of different solutions to ensure compliance needs are still being met. In the Customer Service world, we witnessed a continuing move towards customer centricity and experience, as well as a heightened desire to empower and engage employees for improved delivery and performance. We’ve now moved on to...

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07 Jan, 2016
How to Achieve Astonishing Customer Service

Failing to deliver on service can be extremely costly. 93% of people will take action following an inadequate experience. US Businesses felt the truth of it reporting a $41 Billion loss each year due to poor customer service. With a customer satisfaction score of 100% achieved monthly, we asked Lil Lambert Willis from Business Systems’ Customer Service team to share their approach to customer service. How long have you been working in customer service for? I have been dealing with...

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07 Dec, 2015
Quality Monitoring Auditing and Calibrations [2019]

What is Quality Monitoring in the contact centre? Call monitoring in the contact centre is the process of listening to live or previously recorded calls in order to: Audit the performance of agentsimprove the service provideddevelop sales or support strategies Call monitoring allows managers and team leaders to identify problems as quickly as possible, maintain quality standards and improve agent and overall call centre performance. Call Quality Monitoring technology, is call centre software which allows you to go one step...

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03 Dec, 2015
Chris Rainsforth on customer experience today

Chris Rainsforth, Senior Customer Contact Specialist at The Forum, talks to Business Systems about the state of customer experience today at this year's National Quality & Customer Experience Conference.  One of the key drivers for organisations is to deliver a better experience for customers regardless of the industry or organisation size. They are finally starting to think differently and understand the importance for customers and organisations alike to gain more for less. In order to achieve that, organisations are investing...

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