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KPI 101: Call Center Workforce Management Metrics

Global Response

Abandon rate. The inverse of the answer rate. Abandon rate = calls abandoned รท (calls abandoned + calls answered). Schedule adherence refers to how well an employee complies with their scheduled work times, including start, stop, break and time off. Agent status.

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Top Call Center Metrics and How to Use Them to Thrive in a Data-Driven World

Monet Software

You might want to look at Average Speed to Answer (ASA) and Abandonment Rate (AR) along with SLAs. Abandonment Rate: Abandon rate represents the percentage of calls that are dropped by customers before they speak to an agent. Tip: Long hold times are usually the root cause of high abandon rates.

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International Contact Centre Operations Tips & Best Practices

Callminer

Schedule adherence and after call work management are part of the overall performance management processes. “The International Contact Center Benchmarking Consortium (ICCBC.org) provides thorough data and trends analysis. Both of these are the responsibility of the operations team, not the workforce management team.

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What is Call Center Management? Need, Metrics, and Best Practices

Hodusoft

Agent Utilization Rate Agent utilization rate is the average time agents spend managing calls within a specific time to the total number of work hours. This metric gives a detailed analysis of the utilized time by the agents across their shifts. The ideal agent utilization rate varies across industries and call types.