Fonolo

JANUARY 21, 2021

TIP: Common KPIs for contact center agents can include Average Handle Time (AHT), First Call Resolution (FCR), and Customer Satisfaction score (CSat). If you don’t already have a system to track agent performance , it’s time to make the upgrade. Check out this article for more info.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You can’t passively improve a call center. . As leaders and managers, you need to get down and dirty with metrics, KPIs, and agent performance to run a successful contact center. Your call center demands your attention and careful planning if you want to see it grow in efficiency and revenue. . Are your sales dropping?

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Monet Software

JUNE 10, 2021

You need to understand contact trends, including how volumes change throughout the day, week and year; how average handle times are evolving; where your agent occupancy stands; and so on. Assigning peak periods to your most capable and experienced agents is a great way to get through crunch time with aplomb.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

As a call center leader, you rely on your call center managers to ensure everything runs smoothly. But call center managers don’t have easy jobs — reviewing metrics, engaging employees, onboarding new talent, researching the latest call center technology , and keeping customers happy are only a few parts of a call center manager’s day.

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Return Customer

JANUARY 6, 2016

Without a doubt, these platforms provide metrics that produce valuable guidance when it comes to customer retention, average handle time, first call resolution , service levels, response times, and even customer churn. In other words, metrics do not tell the whole story.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Check your past metrics and data reports, and analyze them for any trends that might be useful. Start with common KPIs such as Average Handle Time (AHT), First Call Resolution (FCR) and abandonment rates. Of course, no plan is perfect the first time around.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Improve First-Call Resolution Rates: Measuring FCR is one of the most common ways to assess call center effectiveness. By contrast, that means that having too many follow-up calls is linked with customer dissatisfaction. Of course, raises and promotions are top-tier incentives. Half-days or late starts.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Are you grappling with the complexities of call center metrics, seeking to elevate customer experience, and driving operational excellence through insightful data analysis? Call Center Analytics : If reporting is the compass, then analytics is the sextant, enabling navigators to chart a course towards future destinations.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction. So, of course, we’re biased. It’s our thing.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The Executive Guide to Improving 6 Contact Center Metrics. Of course, there are right and wrong ways to conduct a performance review. The first step is to evaluate the agent’s performance based on observations and activity data in your call center platform. That’s because call center work can be unpredictable.

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Pointillist

JANUARY 25, 2019

By Swati Sahai Call centers are an operationally-complex element of your business, but they play a big role in your customers’ experience with your company. It’s no easy task, but the right mix of call center metrics and KPIs can help you stay the course.

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CrazyCall

AUGUST 8, 2019

Customers call, agents resolve their queries, managers supervise, all things seem to run their course… STOP! In this article we’ve decided to present you 20 call center metrics that will make it easier for you to gain powerful insights into the sales call performance and keep an eyeon your customer service efforts.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 4, 2022

Your call center might have some efficiency issues around workforce management and training gaps that cause longer hold times, heightened abandon rates, and other indications of poor service. Call center performance isn’t just about individual agents and metrics. How do you measure #call center performance?

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SharpenCX

OCTOBER 22, 2019

You’re sitting in your 1:1 with Heather reviewing the same missed metrics you talked about last week. Or, maybe, Heather knows the metrics she needs to meet, but she has no way of seeing how she’s progressing towards those goals daily. Then, your team can track how they’re doing in real-time and historically. What gives?

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SharpenCX

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Customers abandon calls when they’re frustrated from long hold times and unanswered questions. Meanwhile, managers and leaders are disappointed by plummeting metrics and the inability to satisfy every customer. Spikes in abandoned calls take a toll on agent productivity and customer satisfaction. Everyone loses.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

No sacred cows … watch out for any processes that are time vampires. Metrics, Measure, and Monitor – Make sure your metrics and associated goals are clear and concise while aligning with efficiency and effectiveness. Make each metric public and ensure everyone knows why that metric is measured. Errors happen.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 25, 2023

Use Data-Driven Insights Leveraging data-driven insights can help you identify inefficiencies and areas for improvement in your call center operations. By analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) and call center metrics, you can pinpoint trends and patterns that could be contributing to higher costs.

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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 29, 2021

You can’t expect BPO agents dealing directly with customer complaints to maintain the same CSAT scores as those handling account upgrades, for example. It’s important that your call center can understand and articulate the methodology behind your KPIs and why they matter. Call Center Tip #4 — Keep Consistent to Boost Performance.

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Call Design

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Understanding that every agent is different, catering for their unique characteristics, behaviours, and preferred learning styles is vital to the training courses they do. Gamification allows you to manage metrics during the training process, enabling managers to understand the strengths and weaknesses of agents in a quantifiable manner.

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Talkdesk

JUNE 21, 2019

Reducing average wait time and average handle time in your contact can yield huge customer satisfaction increases for your business. In this blog, we outline what call wrap up time is and actionable steps you can take to reduce it in your contact center.

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JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

Contact center reporting, and analytics software is a tool that businesses utilize to generate insights for monitoring the call center and agent performance. Call abandonment rate (average): It is common in contact centers to experience callers dropping off before an agent can be connected.

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3CLogic

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Metric standards that don’t make sense. Go Beyond Metrics To Offer Individualized Coaching. Monitoring agent performance metrics — which includes service level, agent schedule adherence, call resolution, average handle time, and customer satisfaction — is critical for identifying opportunities to improve.

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OrecX

JUNE 1, 2018

Quality Supervisor: R eviews a sampling of calls per agent each month and fills out quality monitoring scorecards to rate various metrics, including first call resolution, proper greeting, resolution handling, politeness, up-selling, etc.

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NobelBiz

JUNE 19, 2023

To master real-time management, call center supervisors can adopt the following strategies: Robust Training: Providing comprehensive training to supervisors equips them with the necessary skills and knowledge to analyze and interpret real-time data effectively. It enables managers to take swift actions for process optimization.

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Outsource Consultants

MARCH 9, 2018

Industry standards say that you want to answer 80% of your calls within 20 seconds. While this will mean 20% of the calls will have to be put on hold, 80% is a realistic goal that is used by most in the call center industry. Of course, every company is different, and you may have to customize your service levels.

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Interactions

APRIL 17, 2019

This translated to the goal of interacting with as many people as possible, in the shortest amount of time. Average Handling Time (AHT) was, and still is, one of the most important metrics used in contact centers. It promotes contact center teams to increase efficiency and address a high volume of calls.

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NobelBiz

AUGUST 11, 2022

Of course, this translates into better cost-per-minute rates, better coverage, and faster resolutions when it comes to downtimes or any other infrastructure-related issue. As a matter of fact, NobelBiz scores one of the highest First Call Resolutions in the entire industry.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 13, 2022

After all, the more knowledgeable and confident agents are about your brand and offerings, the more they can: reduce average handle time. increase first-call resolution. reduce hold and wait times. However, beyond general metrics, it’s essential to understand what your customers want.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

What are KPIs in Call Centers? KPI stands for Key Performance Indicators and refers to the metrics used to evaluate performance and track progress toward objectives. Call center KPIs are used to assess the performance of call centers. Such a situation is of course a source of customer satisfaction.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A QA process can help improve quality of customer service by measuring qualitative data from calls and interactions alongside quantitative data. As you track quality over time, your QA results can point to key areas of weakness or ongoing customer dissatisfaction on your team and can help optimize your CSAT efforts.

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Balto

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Introduction to Call Center Quality Management Defining Quality Management in Call Centers Call center quality management comprises the processes and practices that involve monitoring and evaluating call center agent performance for the purpose of improving it to ultimately enhance the overall customer experience.

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Spearline

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The first blog in our series on audio quality outlined the importance of audio quality for contact centres. So we’ve established the need for good audio quality to improve customer experience, agent experience, and vital metrics like average handling time and first call resolution.

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Fonolo

MAY 3, 2023

The more successful your call center is – that is, the more calls you get – the more likely you are to face increased hold times. What is Call Abandonment Rate? As you would expect, abandon rate grows with average speed of answer (ASA). Why Do Callers Abandon Calls?

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NobelBiz

APRIL 5, 2022

Reducing Average Handle Time Of course, every customer service manager wants to enhance traffic flow while lowering expenses. They aim to decrease the amount of time it takes to handle a call and optimize it to be as short as feasible. How to reduce after call work in a call center?

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SharpenCX

MARCH 10, 2020

You’re praised for your low Average Handle Time, high First Call Resolution, and outstanding CSAT Scores. And after a year of dedication, you’re promoted to manager of your call center. But this time… you take on a new role without any training. You’re a top performer.

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NobelBiz

MAY 24, 2022

Managing call center agents remotely has become a true challenge for the industry. Of course, including telecommuting in this work may appear to be a rather sophisticated sort of work that may appear to be rather sophisticated compared to typical customer service practice. Analyze the actions or objectives of your clients.

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Mindtouch

AUGUST 21, 2019

Typically, contact center leadership is focused on how knowledge management can help impact call center KPIs such as average handle time (AHT), first call resolution (FCR), and customer satisfaction (CSAT). Agent adoption metrics. Others require third-party tools. Ticket deflection.

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