From Forecast to Staff Plan to Budget in minutes

From Forecast to Staff Plan to Budget in minutes

From Forecast to Staff Plan to Budget in minutes

Accuracy is Everything.

Capacity planning models custom-built to accurately reflect your unique contact center operation. No generic Erlang or Occupancy models.
Accurate Capacity Planning
Accurate Capacity Planning

Craft accurate strategic plans—forecast, staff plan, and budget—in just minutes.

Craft accurate strategic plans—forecast, staff plan, and budget—in just minutes.

Craft accurate strategic plans—forecast, staff plan, and budget—in just minutes.

Dynamic Risk and Sensitivity Analysis
Dynamic Risk and Sensitivity Analysis

Understand how changes in key metrics like volume or shrinkage impact your operations, then make proactive adjustments.

Understand how changes in key metrics like volume or shrinkage impact your operations, then make proactive adjustments.

Understand how changes in key metrics like volume or shrinkage impact your operations, then make proactive adjustments.

Instant What-If Analysis
Instant What-If Analysis

Use fast and accurate multiyear simulations to get answers to critical business questions quickly.

Use fast and accurate multiyear simulations to get answers to critical business questions quickly.

Use fast and accurate multiyear simulations to get answers to critical business questions quickly.

Custom Simulation Modeling
Custom Simulation Modeling

Our models are extremely precise because they're built for your contact center using your data.

Our models are extremely precise because they're built for your contact center using your data.

Our models are extremely precise because they're built for your contact center using your data.

Automated Resource Optimization
Automated Resource Optimization

Automatically create the best hiring, training, overtime, and undertime plans to maximize efficiency and reduce costs.

Automatically create the best hiring, training, overtime, and undertime plans to maximize efficiency and reduce costs.

Automatically create the best hiring, training, overtime, and undertime plans to maximize efficiency and reduce costs.

Why You'll Love Strategies

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Make smarter decisions faster

Strategic planning isn’t just about numbers; it’s about making informed, big-picture decisions that determine the future of your contact center.

Strategic planning isn’t just about numbers; it’s about making informed, big-picture decisions that determine the future of your contact center.

Strategic planning isn’t just about numbers; it’s about making informed, big-picture decisions that determine the future of your contact center.

Strategies makes this process fast, flexible, and highly accurate, ensuring you always have the insights needed to make the best strategic choices.

Strategies makes this process fast, flexible, and highly accurate, ensuring you always have the insights needed to make the best strategic choices.

Strategies makes this process fast, flexible, and highly accurate, ensuring you always have the insights needed to make the best strategic choices.

Proven jaw-dropping accuracy

The effectiveness of any capacity planning tool depends on the accuracy of its models.

The effectiveness of any capacity planning tool depends on the accuracy of its models.

The effectiveness of any capacity planning tool depends on the accuracy of its models.

While Erlang equations overstaff by up to 30%, our custom simulations are accurate within 5%. And we don’t just assume accuracy; we show our work.

While Erlang equations overstaff by up to 30%, our custom simulations are accurate within 5%. And we don’t just assume accuracy; we show our work.

While Erlang equations overstaff by up to 30%, our custom simulations are accurate within 5%. And we don’t just assume accuracy; we show our work.

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Optimize your operation

Optimizing complex operations manually is nearly impossible.

Optimizing complex operations manually is nearly impossible.

Optimizing complex operations manually is nearly impossible.

Strategies uses advanced linear programming to deliver mathematically proven, least-cost staffing plans. From hiring to overtime management, Strategies keeps you operating at peak efficiency.

Strategies uses advanced linear programming to deliver mathematically proven, least-cost staffing plans. From hiring to overtime management, Strategies keeps you operating at peak efficiency.

Strategies uses advanced linear programming to deliver mathematically proven, least-cost staffing plans. From hiring to overtime management, Strategies keeps you operating at peak efficiency.

See more of the playing field

To make the best decisions, you need to see the whole picture—especially when managing large-scale operations.

To make the best decisions, you need to see the whole picture—especially when managing large-scale operations.

To make the best decisions, you need to see the whole picture—especially when managing large-scale operations.

Strategies' validated simulation models and rapid resource planning give clear answers to critical what-ifs. Whether you need to reduce costs, manage risks, or assess the impact of attrition, you're covered.

Strategies' validated simulation models and rapid resource planning give clear answers to critical what-ifs. Whether you need to reduce costs, manage risks, or assess the impact of attrition, you're covered.

Strategies' validated simulation models and rapid resource planning give clear answers to critical what-ifs. Whether you need to reduce costs, manage risks, or assess the impact of attrition, you're covered.

Fast ROI

Implementing a new system should be an investment that pays off quickly.

Implementing a new system should be an investment that pays off quickly.

Implementing a new system should be an investment that pays off quickly.

See ROI in days or weeks, not years. By eliminating errors, reducing overstaffing, and ensuring consistent service levels, Strategies starts saving you money and improving customer satisfaction, pronto.

See ROI in days or weeks, not years. By eliminating errors, reducing overstaffing, and ensuring consistent service levels, Strategies starts saving you money and improving customer satisfaction, pronto.

See ROI in days or weeks, not years. By eliminating errors, reducing overstaffing, and ensuring consistent service levels, Strategies starts saving you money and improving customer satisfaction, pronto.

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What does Real Numbers' Strategies do?

How is Strategies different from traditional planning methods?

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Does Strategies help with budget planning?

Is Strategies suitable for all contact centers?

What does Real Numbers' Strategies do?

How is Strategies different from traditional planning methods?

Can I test different staffing scenarios with Strategies?

Does Strategies help with budget planning?

Is Strategies suitable for all contact centers?

What does Real Numbers' Strategies do?

How is Strategies different from traditional planning methods?

Can I test different staffing scenarios with Strategies?

Does Strategies help with budget planning?

Is Strategies suitable for all contact centers?

Resources

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Real Information

Whether you're a seasoned contact center strategist, or just getting started, here's information to help you go from "basic" to "brilliant."

Whether you're a seasoned contact center strategist, or just getting started, here's information to help you go from "basic" to "brilliant."

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Contact Center Planning Evolved

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Ric Kosiba is an engineer, who tripped into the call center industry about 25 years ago (and honestly loves it!). He started a contact center planning company, called Bay Bridge Decision Technologies, in 2000.  He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and Engineering from Purdue University (Go Boilers!) and is an expert in contact center modeling, analyses, and management.

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Contact Center Planning Evolved

Talk to the Expert

Ric Kosiba is an engineer, who tripped into the call center industry about 25 years ago (and honestly loves it!). He started a contact center planning company, called Bay Bridge Decision Technologies, in 2000.  He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and Engineering from Purdue University (Go Boilers!) and is an expert in contact center modeling, analyses, and management.

Book a strategy session

© 2025. All rights reserved. Real Numbers

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Contact Center Planning Evolved

Talk to the Expert

Ric Kosiba is an engineer, who tripped into the call center industry about 25 years ago (and honestly loves it!). He started a contact center planning company, called Bay Bridge Decision Technologies, in 2000.  He holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research and Engineering from Purdue University (Go Boilers!) and is an expert in contact center modeling, analyses, and management.

Book a strategy session

© 2025. All rights reserved. Real Numbers

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