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14 Critical Call Center Metrics You Should be Tracking

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Abandon Rate: This metric tracks how often your outbound calls connect with someone but there isn’t actually an agent available to take the call. Due to legal requirements, call centers can’t have an abandon call rate above 3%, so staying under that number is critical.

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8 Contact Center KPIs Add to your Management Tool Box

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Optimize for better ACR by intelligently routing calls to agents with the right skillset. Call abandonment rate. As customers, we don’t have all day to wait on a call with customer service. To track your abandonment rate, divide your number of abandoned interactions by your total inbound interactions.