Predictive vs. Progressive Auto Dialers: Which is Best for Your Call Center?
Call centers are trying to maximize agents’ productivity with the help of auto dialer, which also eliminates manual work and reduces errors resulting in better manpower utilization and reduced costs. Based on their objectives and process needs, businesses use different types of dialers and dialing modes be it preview, progressive, power or predictive dialer . In this article we are going to discuss about the progressive dialer and the predictive dialer. What is a Progressive Dialer? The progressive dialer ensures that an agent is ready and available. Customers never experience frustration with progressive dialing since an agent is always accessible to take calls. It moves on to the next call only when the previous one is complete. What is a Predictive Dialer? A predictive dialer uses an algorithm to dial multiple numbers before agents are available, predicting when an agent will become free. It maximizes agent talk time by minimizing idle time. With predictiv...