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Operational Indicators – Average Handle Time (AHT)

Taylor Reach Group

Have you ever wondered what is behind any of the Contact Center operational indicators? In this article, we tackle one of the most important indicators; Average Handle Time (AHT). AHT is defined as the total amount of time (on average) that an agent spends on a contact. Bottom Line.

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Operational Indicators – Sevice Levels, ASA & Occupancy Rate

Taylor Reach Group

In the last Indicators post, we discussed one of the most important operational indicators: Average Handle Time or AHT. In this issue, we continue with other operational indicators dealing with the efficiency of the center, i.e. “Service Level”, “Average Speed of Answer (ASA)” and “Occupancy Rate”. Occupancy Rate.

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Measure to manage customer experience

eGain

As the saying goes, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure” — if contact centers aren’t measuring customer satisfaction levels problems won’t be identified and will escalate. In 2010, Dixon, Freeman and Toman (DFT) published an influential paper in the Harvard Business Review, titled Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers.