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Service Level – Are You Measuring it the Wrong Way?

COPC

Overview Service level is one of the most important metrics for a contact center to measure and manage and has been in place since contact centers evolved. However, in our consulting work, we find that this vital metric’s management and targets have yet to evolve from the original definition.

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Effective Time Management Techniques for Contact Center Agents

Playvox

Excellent time management is crucial in a contact center. Being able to strategically plan and prioritize tasks not only ensures your customers get the service and support they need in a timely manner, but it also increases agent productivity, decreases overall stress, and improves job satisfaction.

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Top Call Center Efficiency Metrics And How To Improve Them

Playvox

Tracking, reporting, and improving upon metrics are essential across all areas of business, including finance, sales, marketing, and contact center management. In uncertain economic times, they become even more critical to help navigate business health and growth. What Are Call Center Efficiency Metrics?

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Contact Center Metrics, Why Do They Matter?

Taylor Reach Group

Metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), Reports – we have a lot of names for the information and data we review to help keep our centers on track and performing as we want them to. To understand the metrics and reporting that we should be looking at, we need to look at the reasons that reporting exists in the first place.

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Service Levels: Why They Suffer, and What You Can Do About It

Monet Software

Service level is just one element that contributes to a customer’s positive call center experience – but it’s an important one. If your business is like most contact centers, you calculate service level by the percentage of calls answered within a pre-determined time period – for example, answering 80% of calls in 20 seconds or less.

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Unlock Success: Master Adherence and Conformance in Your Call Center

Injixo

In a recent post , I wrote about the difference between intraday management and real-time management. While intraday management and real-time management are probably the top WFM functions that get confused, when it comes to WFM metrics, adherence and conformance have a similar understanding gap.

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Unlock Success: Master Adherence and Conformance in Your Call Center

Injixo

In a recent post , I wrote about the difference between intraday management and real-time management. While intraday management and real-time management are probably the top WFM functions that get confused, when it comes to WFM metrics, adherence and conformance have a similar understanding gap.