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Action Changes Things: Make it Happen in 2021

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At the recent CCNG Fireside Live Chat held in December I had the opportunity to provide my reflection on 2020 and what I predict will happen in 2021 alongside two other industry colleagues, Poly and Avtex. Roger Lee is VP Customer Success for Gridspace and long time CCNG member and advocate.

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The Power of Data Analytics in Contact Centers: Driving Insights and Improving Performance

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Performance Optimization: Data analytics can reveal key performance metrics such as call resolution times, average handling times, and first-call resolution rates. Jason Mercer-Pottinger is a multi year CCNG magnet member and regular contributor to member programs and content.

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ROBUST KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CAN CUT COSTS

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It seems logical that the average time could be reduced if customer-facing agents could find the answer at conversational speed without having to scroll through articles, frantically trying to find the right information.With a reduced average handle time, the contact center would be able to handle these calls with a lower headcount.

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Key contact center metrics you should be tracking

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Average Handle Time (AHT) An efficiency metric, average handle time measures the amount of time it takes each agent to converse with a customer.

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The Supervisor Cadence – Does It Drive the Wrong Behavior?

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To make matters worse, the agent’s average handle time goes up because the agent is discouraged and types or talks slower. I’d sure appreciate it.” The agent agrees. The box is clicked, and the green dot appears. Unfortunately, the agent’s performance doesn’t get better. Will you be that leader?

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Unlocking Next-Level Customer Service with Gen AI Technology

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This functionality can greatly reduce average handle times (AHT) by accessing suggest responses and solutions to customer queries faster than humanly possible. This not only saves time but enables CSRs to handle more interactions with efficiency.

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Agent Experience (AX): The Next Frontier for Elevating the Customer Experience (CX)

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Consider a knowledge management {KM} system that reduces your Average Handle Time metric from 5 minutes to 4.5 A center with 1,000,000 calls per year could save 10% of time spent on calls. If average cost per call is currently $5.00, then reducing the cost to $4.50 would save $500,000.