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Contact Centers Focusing Less on 80/20 Service Level

Fonolo

In the wide world of call center metrics, “service level” has always held a special place. Its origins go back over 5 decades, to the earliest days of call centers. Contact centers are realizing more and more that adhering too closely to this one metric may not yield optimal results. Definitions.

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Calculating Average Handle Time in Light of Customer Experience and IVRs

Taylor Reach Group

Definition of Average Handle Time: The average time spent handling a contact with a customer, which may be a call, email, chat or any kind of request. Calculation: Total Handle Time/Total Contacts. By: Peg Ayers and Turaj Seyrafiaan.

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Metrics That Matter: Service Level

Taylor Reach Group

Service level is one of the most common metrics employed at call and contact centers to define how the center is performing. But not everyone understands what service level is really referring to. But not everyone understands what service level is really referring to. By Colin Taylor.

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5 Lessons Learned While Attempting to Boost Contact Center Productivity

Customer Service Life

I’ve come to the realization recently after seeing several demos of various CCaaS (Contact Center as a Service) platforms that there’s a flaw in the whole selling process. It’s at this point in the meeting that they reveal the millions of metrics available to any contact center leader who adopts the platform.

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EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS – In Conversation: Rob McDougall, CEO of Upstream Works, on AI & Setting Expectations in the Contact Center

Upstream Works

With so much technology change, this is hard to do, but the stakes have never been higher for contact centers. Artificial Intelligence (AI) application integrations hold great promise, but remain poorly understood by contact center leaders and is overhyped by vendors. Decision-Makers’ Resistance to AI.

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What Is Contact Center AI?

Balto

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) in your contact center can help you solve even the most challenging customer experience problems. And with customers having higher service level expectations than ever, deploying AI solutions into your existing contact center systems is vital for business success.

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Boost Productivity with the “Right” Contact Center KPIs and Gamification

Noble Systems

Improving contact center agent productivity can have a major impact on bottom-line results. There are many lists of “Top” Contact Center KPIs that you can access with a simple Internet search. There are many lists of “Top” Contact Center KPIs that you can access with a simple Internet search. Service Level.