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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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Reduce call hold time and improve customer experience with self-service virtual agents using Amazon Connect and Amazon Lex

AWS Machine Learning

Callers experienced an average handle time of 5 minutes or longer—an undesirable situation for both the callers and the DVR contact center professionals. Check out these short demo videos: Introduction to QnABot Solution Introducing Amazon Lex Try Amazon Lex or the QnABot for yourself in your own AWS account.

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Christmas in July? Prepare Your Holiday Season Customer Service Now

TLC Associates

Even an overemphasis on average handle time can skew these numbers. Average Handle Time – If your handle times were low, know that this KPI is not necessarily a reflection of your agents’ capabilities. Get to the bottom of the issues and rectify them for this season.

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11 Best Practices For Successful Call Center Training of Agents

JustCall

Call recording has been instrumental in not only holding the agents accountable but also for training purposes. You can thus optimize the workshops or trainings for the newly joined agents. The most important being First Response Time , Average Resolution Time , Customer Ticket Volume as well as Average Handling Time.

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“Unlock your Potential”: ADP Canada and the Secret Behind Customer Service Success

Fonolo

Keeping talent motivated and inspired is top of mind for Sidhu, who as a result encourages supplementing the education of ADP employees, whether that’s CSPN training, CPA training certification, or accounting certification (among others). Top related content: How to Reduce Hold Time in Your Call Center. And it’s working.

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“Unlock your Potential”: ADP Canada and the Secret Behind Customer Service Success

Fonolo

Keeping talent motivated and inspired is top of mind for Sidhu, who as a result encourages supplementing the education of ADP employees, whether that’s CSPN training, CPA training certification, or accounting certification (among others). Handpicked related content: How to Eliminate Hold Time in Your Call Center. And it’s working.

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Aircall’s 2018 Customer Support Strategy Survey

aircall

The next-most popular measures of success — average reply time, average handle time, and average resolution time — also focus on operational urgency and efficiency. Everything an effective customer support representative needs to know can’t be neatly compressed into one two-day workshop.

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