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Average Handle Time: A Comprehensive Guide

Hodusoft

Average Handle Time: A Comprehensive Guide In the call center industry, time is a lot more valuable than money. When agents learn to make the most of their stipulated time and provide superior customer service within that, then nothing can stop money from pouring in. What is Average Handle Time (AHT)?

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Predicting Contact Center Average Handle Time

Bright Pattern

Average handle time, or AHT, is one of the most important contact center metrics. For instance, it directly influences waiting time, abandonment rate, occupancy of agents, workforce demand, and ultimately both customer satisfaction and cost of operation.

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How to Improve Call Center Agent Productivity

Fonolo

Here are a few: Call abandonment rate. Call abandonment occurs when a customer hangs up before an agent answers the phone. For example, if 20 calls to a contact center out of 200 are hang-ups, the abandonment rate is 10%. Call abandonment often occurs because customers become frustrated with long wait times.

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3 Reasons Your Call Center is Missing Benchmarks

Fonolo

Abandonment rate. Abandonment rate measures the number of callers that hang up before an agent picks up the phone. Long wait time is the most common reason for call abandonment. Call center managers might consider investing in visual IVR and hiring more agents to lower abandonment rates.

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ROBUST KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CAN CUT COSTS

CCNG

This causes longer average speed of answer and higher abandonment rates. With the right knowledge management system, organizations can reduce headcount through customers utilizing self-service and save costs inside their contact center by reducing agent average handle time, new hire training, and new product training.

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7 Ways Preview Dialers Can Enhance Customer Experience

Calltools

Lowers Call Abandonment Rate Using a preview dialer can also help your contact agents reach more customers. Reduces Average Handle Time The average handle time (AHT) refers to how long it takes to resolve customer requests. In turn, this means reduced average handle time for all calls.

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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.