Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Turns to IEX to Improve Contact Center Performance  (email this article)


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Richardson, Texas – May 27, 2004 – IEX Corp. (Company Profile, Past Stories, Case Studies), a Tekelec company (Nasdaq: TKLC) and the leading provider of contact center workforce management solutions, today announced that Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance has selected IEX® TotalView® SC, the IEX workforce management solution for smaller contact centers, to streamline operations and improve agent performance in its customer service contact center.
 
The TotalView SC solution provides the same core functionality as the award-winning IEX TotalView Workforce Management solution, but is priced and tailored to meet the needs of centers with fewer than 100 agents. Turnkey installation and training, along with pre-loaded templates, profiles and sample agent records make it easy for smaller-sized contact centers to get up and running quickly, and achieve the benefits of advanced workforce management technology in their operations. “IEX gives us the most options for our money and is a very flexible system,” says Customer Support Service Manager Linda Ellis. “It was the choice that most met our needs now and in the future.”
 
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance is counting on the TotalView SC Adherence Suite feature to help improve their agents’ performance. Combining both real-time and historical schedule adherence functionality, the TotalView SC Adherence Suite allows managers to monitor how well agents keep to their assigned schedules. “Agent adherence can be especially critical in a smaller contact center where individual performance has a larger relative impact on overall results,” said Debbie May, IEX president. “TotalView SC gives managers the tools they need to improve agents’ adherence to schedules for a more efficient contact center.”
 
About TotalView
The TotalView Workforce Management system enables contact centers to deliver consistent service, lower operating costs and raise employee morale. TotalView improves the scheduling and agent management processes in both single and multiple site contact centers. Its advanced features include skills-based and multimedia scheduling, real-time and historical adherence, intraday management, vacation and holiday planning, performance management, short-term and long-term resource planning and enterprise reporting and data exchange. The TotalView solution also provides Web-based, thin-client access for agents and supervisors.
 
About IEX
IEX Corp., a Tekelec company, is a leading provider of contact center workforce productivity solutions. In existence since 1988, the company has a long-standing reputation for delivering superior products, quality services, and customer success. Contact centers of all types and sizes, totaling more than 685,000 agents at over 2,600 sites in 34 countries worldwide, rely on IEX solutions to improve planning, enhance performance, streamline tasks and integrate data. IEX sells products and services worldwide through direct sales and select distributors. The company’s headquarters are located in Richardson, Texas. More information can be found on the IEX Website at http://www.iex.com.
 
About Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance
Farm Bureau Insurance, organized by Indiana Farm Bureau, Inc. in 1935, offers and services a complete line of auto, home, farm/crop, annuity, and life insurance products to Hoosiers through its network of over 450 agents and 1200 employees living and working throughout the state. With a home office in downtown Indianapolis, Farm Bureau Insurance is the largest writer of farm insurance and the second largest writer of property/casualty insurance in Indiana.
 

Editorial Contact:
Angela Ticknor
IEX Corporation
972-301-1209
angela.ticknor@iex.com