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How is a BPO Run and Managed Part 1

Let's again go back to the basics and understand this in detail. While I am using the term BPO very often, I also want to talk very briefly about the difference between a BPO/BPM and contact center. Example: Company A: This is a US telecom company that sells monthly subscriptions to customers and selling the subscription includes the following: Lead Generation: Finding the customers Sales: Getting in touch with the customer, explaining various subscriptions to them and eventually getting the customers onboard Billing & Collection: Sending monthly invoices and collecting payments Customer Service: Servicing customers by handling their queries and addressing complaints to ensure that the customers are happy For this kind of a business the company will have to set up various departments and teams and maintain large pools of staff. Let's take a look: Lead Generation Team Back-office Research team for online research team Calling team that calls the customer...