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Contact centre as an asset: the new breed

As the cost controlling call centre focus of the 90s fades into memory, an increasing number of companies are realising that there’s value to be had in them there phones. Matt Henkes finds out how firms are turning costs into assets.

By Matt Henkes, staff writer

Contact centres have had a lot of bad press, viewed as way to cut costs rather than drive value.

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