Catalina Express Improves Overall Call Center Performance with Workforce Management Professional
Results
Service levels rose from 69% to 83%
Average speeds of answer dropped from one minute to 30 seconds.
Opportunity
Catalina Express began in 1981 when three Catalina Island residents realized the need for fast, reliable transportation to and from the island. In its first year of service, the company operated with one 60-passenger vessel.
Today, Catalina Express offers up to 30 daily departures on eight high-speed vessels, operating from Long Beach, San Pedro, and Dana Point. Today, more than 28 million passengers have set sail to Catalina Island aboard Catalina Express.
Solution
Steven Jones serves as the Workforce Manager for Catalina Express. He helped introduce Verint Workforce Management Professional to the call center and trained his team of agents.
Since then, he has been using Verint Workforce Management Professional daily, and the solution has proven to be a tremendous asset to the company.
“Forecasts were just way off before Verint Workforce Management Professional, and a lot of them weren’t adjusted to our operations,” Jones recalls. “When we started feeding Verint Workforce Management Professional with the right food, it behaved the way it was expected.”
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"You need to dive into the workforce management solution and stretch your legs to get the return on investment you want to obtain."
Benefits
One of the proudest moments for Jones was when he started diving into what Verint Workforce Management Professional could really do for the call center, and began to improve the performance as a whole. For instance, when the company began using Verint Workforce Management Professional, its service levels rose from 69 to 83 percent. Its average speed of answer also dropped from one minute to 30 seconds.
In addition, Catalina Express could now manage its call spikes better. Previously, spikes would last up to four hours, and with Verint Workforce Management Professional, they stopped after 15–20 minutes. If Jones had to give a tip to his peers, it would be not to be afraid to experiment with what works and what doesn’t for your call center.
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