Resource Planning: October 2025

Tue 21 Oct 2025
12:00 - 13:30
Online

Planning your resources is crucial for an efficient contact centre operation. But how does this work in your business?

If you’re a leader responsible for a contact centre operation or resource planning department and want the opportunity to share ideas and best practice in a safe environment, discuss your business challenges and also take the opportunity to network with your fellow industry leaders then, as a member of the CCMA, we invite you to join this Special Interest Group.

These roundtable events include presentations from industry experts sharing insight and research, member case studies and some great debates. We’ll be discussing the areas of resource planning that impact your operation and as a member, you drive the agenda.

There’s never been a better time to understand what your industry colleagues are doing, so please do join us

How much is it?

Included as part of CCMA Membership.

Why should you go?

Who is it for?

Managers responsible for the resource planning function in the contact centre. Members only.

Agenda

12:00

Welcome & CCMA Update

Kate Knowles, Services Director, CCMA
12:15

Sharing The Love
Learning from others from across the contact centre community provides a powerful opportunity to drive improvements and inspire fresh thinking across Resource Planning functions.

During this roundtable, members are encouraged to share:

  • Smart tips and techniques for boosting forecasting accuracy across all channels.
  • The most impactful initiative you’ve implemented using data and insights.
All
12:45

Going For Gold
Matt came away from the UK National Contact Centre Awards evening in June this year, taking home the prestigious Gold Award for Resource Planning Manager of the Year.

The judges were thoroughly impressed by Matt’s outstanding contributions over the past year, recognising the impact of his leadership, innovation, and data-driven decision-making. Highlights of his achievements include:

  • Transforming AQA’s Resource Planning strategy by moving away from manual, excel processes to more streamlined and scalable solutions.
  • Enhanced forecasting accuracy to within a 10% variance.
  • Using data and insight to influence changes to current ways of working to improve adviser productivity by approx. 10% and an 8% reduction in seasonal temporary staff costs – circa. £70,000 in 2024 and further £50,000 projected in 2025.
  • Created new performance dashboards to report on various metrics across telephony, email, and live chat channels
  • Rolling out a new real-time monitoring system to boost responsiveness and operational agility.
  • Developing a detailed adviser performance tracker, which has supported a remarkable 20% uplift in efficiency.
Matt Terry, Resource Planning Manager, AQA
13:15

AOB & close

Kate Knowles, Services Director, CCMA

Speakers

Kate Knowles

Services Director
CCMA
Kate uses two decades of contact‑centre expertise to support members and strengthen the industry through guidance, collaboration and operational insight.

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