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Over the past year, we have shared a lot of industry-specific information on our blog. As we end this calendar year of 2018, we’d like to finish on a slightly different note. Centris is a near-shore contact center offering customer support to a wide variety of industries. Our “near-shore” status means that we are located in close proximity to the United States in the country of Mexico. We have two locations in Mexico: Aguascalientes and Monterrey.

At the start of every new year, we see a wealth of information about “what to watch for” in the coming months, or “what we can expect to see in the new year.” This type of information spans every industry as leaders and experts weigh in on issues that will be affecting their industry or technology that is on the horizon that promises to be revolutionary. Well, in this, our first blog of 2019, we plan to do the same!

Centris is a near-shore contact center serving a wide array of business partners in the United States. As a near-shore contact center, we are in close proximity to the U.S. with our two locations in Mexico. We shared a bit about our Monterrey location in our previous blog. We’d like to focus this writing on our second location: Aguascalientes Mexico.

Using an offshore call center has a lot of benefits. Centris is unique as it is an American company on location in Mexico. These are just five of the many advantages. Reduced Costs – Saving money is nice. Using an offshore call center like Centris is much cheaper because labor and overhead costs would be […]

One of the greatest benefits of the Free Enterprise System is that it provides opportunities for both large and small businesses to grow and succeed. Each type of business has its challenges.  However, there are certain challenges that are unique to the small business; especially when it comes to the task of customer service.  In […]

Why is outsourcing popular for businesses? It’s not a new practice, but it has changed a lot since it started. “Outsourcing practices have long constituted an important part of competitive business strategy.” (Holcombe) In 1966, the U.S. Naval Academy operated their own milk production facility. They outsourced to third-party producers when they found out they […]

For any company, the decision to outsource certain operational functions to a contact center is a BIG one, involving many details; perhaps even more so when it comes to the E-commerce Industry. The E-commerce, or retail industry, is a fast-paced industry that involves many moving parts such as inventories, pricing, shipping, and seasonal highs and […]

One of the most important contributions the contact center makes to the businesses it supports is the ability to positively impact the customer experience thus positively impact the company brand. In fact, in a recent article published in ICMI, it was reported that “95% of businesses indicate their customer care has a direct impact on […]

What are the primary factors that drive growth in the Contact Center? This is a question that we ask and explore on a regular basis since we are part of an industry that changes rapidly. Like many, the contact center industry is driven by technology, so we change and grow as technology changes and grows. […]

One of the benefits of working in the Contact Center industry is that we become highly trained in tracking and analyzing data and then putting the results to work for us. There are countless metrics to analyze in a contact center.  However, the metrics that we primarily focus on are the ones that tell us […]