This work describes - with the aid of a case study -a demand forecast problem for a specific product reported to the call center of a large Brazilian company in an industry called Contax, and the way it was approached with the use of Multiple Regression using dummy variables. After highlighting and justifying the studied matter relevance, the article presents a small literature review regarding demand forecast methods and their use in the call center industry. The case is described presenting the studied company and the way it deals with the Forecasting Demand for a telephone all center regarding telephone services products. Therefore, a Multiple Regression with dummy variables model was developed to work as the basis of the proposed demand forecast process. This model uses available data capable of influencing the demand such as the week day, occurrence of holidays, and the date of critical events such as the date on which the bill is sent and the date of payment collect. The model presented an improvement of Demand Forecasting Accuracy of 0.3% in the studied period when compared to the previously tool in use
Call center; Demand Forecast; Multiple Regression
