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How to Improve Contact Center Agent Performance

Fonolo

Average Handle Time (AHT). Average Handle Time (also known as Average Response Time) refers to the amount of time it takes for an agent to answer an incoming inquiry. But be warned: the problem with average handle time is that it measures agency efficiency but not effectiveness.

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6 KPIs to Guarantee Success from Your Outsource Call Center

Outsource Consultants

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. 6) Average Handling Time. 2) Inbound Call Center Service Levels.

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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”. By: Turaj Seyrafiaan.

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TOP 20 Call Center Metrics Managers Can’t Ignore (FREE EBOOK)

CrazyCall

Average Waiting Time. Average handling time. Since the reasons vary, you might be interested in call center abandonment rate industry standard. Although it depends a lot on the industry, callers’ intentions and a whole bunch of other factors, it’s good to keep your call abandonment rate below 8%.