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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

As the focus of contact center turns to creating value rather than reducing expenses, KPIs like customer satisfaction and service level will become increasingly favored over metrics like Average Handling Time. According to recent surveys, 18% of call centers moved to a cloud-based solution by the end of 2015.

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Holiday 2016: 4 Tactics to Keep Customer Satisfaction High in the Busy Holiday Season

Provide Support

According to NRF’s survey conducted by Prosper Insights, American consumers plan to spend an average $935.58 Total planned spending this year is second only to the record total spending in 2015, at $952.58. In rush hours average handle times often shoot upward, wait times escalate, which leaves many customers frustrated.

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Top Live Chat Best Practices for 2022

Comm100

Advances in technology and shifts in customer preferences mean live chat best practices are often changing. With this knowledge, we have put together the most up-to-date best practices for how to create the perfect live chat experience. Recommended for you: How to Reduce Your Average Handle Time Fast.

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When should you be recruiting your next support agent?

Kayako

Calculate non-ticket time. If you simply take a 40 hour work week and divide it by AHT ( average handle time ) you’ll be underestimating the resource time you need to get through tickets. This leads to higher wait times for customers, and longer work days for agents. Calculate the time you spend on tickets.

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6 Killer Applications for Artificial Intelligence in the Customer Engagement Contact Center

If Artificial Intelligence for businesses is a red-hot topic in C-suites, AI for customer engagement and contact center customer service is white hot. This white paper covers specific areas in this domain that offer potential for transformational ROI, and a fast, zero-risk way to innovate with AI.

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Looking Beyond Metrics for Customer Satisfaction

Talkdesk

Number of calls in queue, average handle times, speed to answer. State of Customer Service Report : 55% of consumers expect better customer service now than in 2015. But it was less clear how to translate those numbers into best practices for their agents. Today’s Consumer and Traditional Metrics.

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Top Metrics that Measure Inbound Call Center Performance

Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

Getting ahold of the right person the first time also ultimately improves customer experience. Average Handle Time. Average handling time (AHT) is the average time spent by an agent in handling customer issues or transactions. This is then divided by the total number of calls.

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