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How to Calculate Schedule Adherence in the Call Center

Fonolo

If you are looking to improve call center agent productivity and optimize your contact center operations , you must learn how to calculate call center schedule adherence. What is Call Center Schedule Adherence? Call center schedule adherence is the amount of time agents spend sticking to their schedule.

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What is Peak Hour Traffic?

Babelforce

Increased call abandonment. Increased wait times lead to more call abandonment. A healthy call abandonment rate is usually between 5% and 8% for the average call center. Stressed agents become less efficient, and if they begin to feel burnt out, it will start to affect staff turnover rates. The result?

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Why Your Contact Center Needs A Remote Work Policy?

Playvox

According to a 2021 survey by ICMI , the top 10 metrics for employee performance in service centers are: Customer Satisfaction Agent Productivity Accuracy Average Handle Time Average Speed of Answer Quality Score Abandonment Rate Schedule Adherence Service Level Average Response Time.

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How to Measure Contact Center Agent Productivity and Five Ways to Boost It

Playvox

Are agents working on what they are scheduled to do? Look at schedule adherence and schedule compliance metrics. Having contact center software in place to automatically detect holds and dead air is a great way to minimize abandonment rates, maximize efficiency, and highlight areas for improvement.

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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 ÷ (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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Evaluate Agent Performance like a Pro with this Contact Center Score Card 

Fonolo

Abandon rate. Customer satisfaction ratings. Schedule adherence. . How well an agent follows their schedule, including start times, end times, and break times. The percentage of customers who end up calling the contact center more than once to resolve their issue. Average speed to answer (ASA).

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A Beginner’s Guide On An Effective Inbound Call Strategy

OctopusTech

Every inbound call center will have unique priorities, but here are some examples of metrics that are usually dashboard-worthy: Average handle times Abandon rate Average wait time Service levels First call resolution Schedule adherence Customer satisfaction Forecast accuracy Net Promoter Score Quality scores 4.