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How Important is First Call Resolution for SMB Contact Centers?

Voxjar

First Call Resolution (FCR) is arguably the most important metric for small and midsize contact centers to track. As the name suggests, a First Call Resolution is a call that gets resolved by the support rep on the first call. appeared first on Voxjar. That’s why we made Voxjar.

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The Complete Guide to Call Center Management

Fonolo

Average time of work after calls – the amount of time agents spend working on related tasks after they’ve hung up with the customer. Average handle time – the amount of time agents spend on a call and working on related tasks after they’ve hung up with the customer. Focus on preventing employee burnout.

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Unhappy Customer Support Agents Mean Unhappy Customers

Mindtouch

Inadequate on-the-job tools. Regardless of the reason, an unhappy group of support agents can make for unhappy customers and seriously impact customer experience KPIs. Wherever you find agent burnout, dissatisfied customers are not far away. What makes customer support agents unhappy? High caseloads and long hours.

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How to Create a Call Center Performance Report

Fonolo

By leveraging the wealth of data available in your call center software’s online reporting tools, you can keep a close eye on the productivity, performance, and quality of your overall customer service offering. To calculate agent occupancy rate, divide the workload (busy) hours by staff hours. Fonolo #CallCenter Click To Tweet.

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Study: The Health of the Contact Center

What does it take to engage agents in this customer-centric era? Download our study of 1,000 contact center agents in the US and UK to find out what major challenges are facing contact center agents today – and what your company can do about it.

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Improving Customer Service in BPOs with Multi-Tenant Contact Center Software

Hodusoft

With multi-tenant contact center software, it’s like having a magical building where all the companies share the same big room and use the same powerful tools together! These dashboards show important information about the customers and the phone calls. The multi-tenant system has custom dashboards for each company.

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4 Key Contributors to Call Center Absenteeism and How to Address Them

Fonolo

If you don’t have enough agents working, your call center won’t have the resources to deal with high call volumes and caller demand. This can cause the following call center metrics to suffer: Cost of operation. First call resolution (FCR). Agent satisfaction and attrition. Abandonment rate.

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.