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Redefining Contact Center Productivity for the Modern Associate

The Northridge Group

Even Some of the Best KPIs Can Be Misleading Cost-per-contact and Average Handle Time (AHT) are two metrics that may present misleading information. Cost-per-contact measures the average cost of each issue interaction and has historically been used to determine how much is being spent on customer support.

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A Guide to Improving Call Center Operations

Fonolo

There are plenty of call center metrics you can use to help determine how you’re doing, the most important ones being: Average waiting time. Average handling time (AHT). Call volume Call abandonment rate. Do I know the most important key performance indicators (KPIs) and keep track of them regularly?

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A Beginner’s Guide On An Effective Inbound Call Strategy

OctopusTech

Product and tech support Customers call for help to solve a wide array of issues, from returning damaged products or changing account information and passwords to complaining about product malfunctions. Shoppers also might contact a company with billing questions or to find answers for a payment issue.

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10 Effective Ways to Reduce Costs in Your BPO Contact Center

Hodusoft

By providing self-service options like IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems, automated chatbots, virtual assistants, and others for routine inquiries, customer’s routine queries can be resolved efficiently without agent intervention. It allows customers to get quick access to information like account status, product information, etc.,

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7 Proven Ways to Manage Contact Center Agent Staffing Shortages

Playvox

Being short-staffed causes gaps in the schedule and results in a situation where there are simply not enough agents to handle volume. One of the first places this shows up is higher average speed to answer (ASA). Increased abandon rates. Then pilot your solutions and add more capabilities over time. Over and over.

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Contact Center Trends 2021: The CX Watershed

Fonolo

Whether it’s handling and routing necessary inquiries through self-service tools and chatbots or using AI to improve reporting and predictive modeling, AI will be essential in delivering excellent customer experiences in the future. Reducing Abandonment Rate ( read the success story ).

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Going From Good Customer Service to Great Customer Service

Global Response

To improve your speed in a way that customers will actually notice and appreciate, implement one of these tactics: AI/Chatbots. AI can help speed up many backend operations when it comes to call centers, ensuring that your agents reduce call handle time and thus speed up operations overall.