COPC

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In last month’s article , we looked at how coaching customer satisfaction (CSAT) to a number may lead to wasted time and effort, employee dissatisfaction, and difficulty improving CSAT results. CSAT as an Output Metric Something we need to align on first is that CSAT is an output metric in the contact center, not an input.

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Callminer

JUNE 9, 2020

Average handle time, or AHT, is an important call center metric. To calculate AHT, add your total talk time + total hold time + total after-call tasks, and then divide by the number of total calls. That is your average handle time. Calculating Your Average Handle Time.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 5, 2019

The contact center may have a great quality management program that provides agents evaluations on their interactions as well as a stellar performance management platform that gives agents real-time insights into how they are performing against specific goals and metrics. This is where an effective coach comes in.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Average handle time is an important contact centre metric but it can be a double-edged sword that creates customer dissatisfaction. So, is Average Handle Time (AHT) still a relevant metric and what does it mean for contact centres today?

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Fonolo

JANUARY 21, 2021

TIP: Common KPIs for contact center agents can include Average Handle Time (AHT), First Call Resolution (FCR), and Customer Satisfaction score (CSat). If you don’t already have a system to track agent performance , it’s time to make the upgrade. Offer coaching sessions. Check out this article for more info.

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Fonolo

JUNE 9, 2020

Metrics for Evaluating Contact Center Agent Performance. Average Handle Time (AHT). Average Handle Time (also known as Average Response Time) refers to the amount of time it takes for an agent to answer an incoming inquiry. Where should you begin? Did you know? Occupancy Rate.

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Callminer

APRIL 24, 2020

In addition to call monitoring and scoring, managers and supervisors should also make it a point to schedule in time for targeted coaching sessions with agents. One best practice recommended by experts is to have the agent discuss what they believe to be their strengths and weaknesses during coaching sessions.

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Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

To ensure your contact center agents spend a vast majority of their time with customers resolving issues and as little time as possible on administrative tasks and after-call work, agents need the right kind of tools, processes, coaching, motivation, and goals in place. Look at schedule adherence and schedule compliance metrics.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 19, 2024

Call center dashboards provide the kinds of insights and metrics that contribute to having improved agent performance and more successful campaigns. These digital command centers offer a comprehensive overview of operations, enabling supervisors to make informed decisions in real-time.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 17, 2021

Use metrics and act on them. Use historical data, analytics, and call center metrics to measure your agents’ and overall call center’s performance. Evaluate metrics like first-call resolution , customer satisfaction score, abandonment rate, and average handle time to measure performance, and compare them to your competitors.

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Babelforce

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

They also: Take part in meetings Complete training Mentor and coach new employees Go on breaks. But they still take away from the time agents could spend taking calls. The time spent on these activities is called shrinkage. What’s a good average for shrinkage? What do your call center agents do while at work?

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COPC

JUNE 9, 2023

By fostering a collaborative approach and consistently evaluating the metrics within your scorecard, you pave the way for informed decision-making and drive performance improvements across your organization. In the above example, the team reviewing the data should investigate the data point circled in red.

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Callminer

AUGUST 1, 2017

Reduce Turnover – Keeping a stable team will help you to reduce training costs and time. Make onboarding & ongoing coaching as stellar as possible. No sacred cows … watch out for any processes that are time vampires. Make each metric public and ensure everyone knows why that metric is measured.

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Callminer

JUNE 21, 2017

Over the years, call centers have seen the development of numerous industry-specific training tools and coaching practices. The advantage is that this information is accessible by staff members at all times so they can learn at their own pace and get the most from the training. Providing data, metrics and analytics.

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Global Response

AUGUST 7, 2023

Before you set them free to make decisions and take ownership of their work, make sure that you support them with the necessary training, coaching and mentoring to feel confident in their abilities to do so. Track and reward the right metrics.

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COPC

APRIL 19, 2023

When designing a balanced scorecard, include the metrics related to your core values and ensure they are weighted appropriately. If you manage a sales organization, your scorecards wouldn’t be complete without conversion metrics. Scorecards should have views into performance over time compared to targets.

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Balto

JULY 12, 2022

We track just about everything in contact centers including average handle time , first-call resolution, customer satisfaction , ramp time , and dozens of other metrics to make sure we are meeting our customer service objectives. But what about our managers? How, if at all, are we tracking manager productivity?

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

As leaders and managers, you need to get down and dirty with metrics, KPIs, and agent performance to run a successful contact center. For example, Fonolo’s Voice Call-Backs make it easier to retain customers. If social media is in the mix, it’s time to add that to your strategy. . #3 Are your sales dropping?

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SharpenCX

JULY 26, 2023

It’s time to stop viewing call center metrics as an end result. For instance, a standard call center metric like call duration becomes more valuable when you compare it to industry averages. From there, you can set goals for improving the metric. Create loyalty dashboards to view metrics side-by-side.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

Monitor agent calls for coaching opportunities. Monitor interactions to identify exactly where agents are delivering great service while uncovering opportunities for training and coaching. You’ll improve customer experience metrics like average handle time and first call resolution. Get the complete picture.

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Serenova

MAY 29, 2020

Monitor agent calls for coaching opportunities. Monitor interactions to identify exactly where agents are delivering great service while uncovering opportunities for training and coaching. You’ll improve customer experience metrics like average handle time and first call resolution. The Cloud.

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

As we will see, this can include strategies like automation, data analytics, digital transformation initiatives, and continuous improvement programs aimed at achieving measurable performance improvements beyond traditional metrics. These metrics should be data-driven, allowing you to identify areas of improvement and track progress over time.

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Global Response

MAY 15, 2023

Establishing Quality Control Processes First things first: in order to improve your call center quality control, you’ll need to establish baseline metrics—understanding where you are now—as well as define KPIs for the future—understanding where you want to be. What KPIs and metrics are most important for your call center?

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Just as any great sports team is only as good as its coach, a call center team is only as good as its manager. There are plenty of call center metrics you can use to help determine how you’re doing, the most important ones being: Average waiting time. Average handling time (AHT).

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

What’s worse, without customer experience metrics in place, is that you won’t know until it’s too late. If you take the journey from providing good enough customer service to delivering great experiences, and measure your progress with actionable customer experience metrics, you’ll be able to stay ahead of the competition.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

But call center managers don’t have easy jobs — reviewing metrics, engaging employees, onboarding new talent, researching the latest call center technology , and keeping customers happy are only a few parts of a call center manager’s day. Most often, abandonment is a symptom of long hold times. Average Handle Time (AHT).

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. For example, we just launched a new program for a client repatriating their customer care from a huge multinational offshore partner back to an onshore solution. The value of that improved metric plays a big role in the client’s bottom line.

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Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

Some are able to reliably deliver exceptional customer experiences and perform as strategic, revenue generating organizations, while others deliver sub-par experiences that lead to disappointing performance metrics and frustrate customers, causing them to take their business elsewhere. Is your key challenge forecasting demand?

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Global Response

MAY 22, 2023

Typically, these call centers focus on one of the following areas: customer service or support help desk services technical support order taking Inbound call centers vary in cost depending on the services needed and the location of the call center—for example, nearshoring is an affordable alternative compared to domestic call centers.

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SharpenCX

MAY 26, 2020

With effective and frequent customer service training and coaching. For example, every quarter, have a set date for a customer service team “summit.” Aside from quarterly summits, make a schedule for more frequent coaching. Have a scheduled 1:1 time with each agent or supervisor on your team. Coaching on the Fly.

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CSM Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The majority (80%) or more rank agent engagement scores as the top measurement metric of the future ahead of traditional customer-centric KPIs such as customer effort (81%) and average handle time (80%). Listen to Your Agents Contact centre managers around the world have different ways to improve agent engagement.

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Transparent BPO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

“I worked for some large companies, all of which had some form of action plan built around metrics,” he says. “While every company I worked for had an action plan, it was focused strictly coaching for metrics,” says Williams. “You can’t coach to AHT itself,” notes Williams.

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Fonolo

MAY 31, 2022

From CSat score to Average Handle Time to First Call Resolution Rate , there are plenty of new terminologies that come with working at a contact center. For example, if your call center had an Occupancy Rate of 90% yesterday, your agents were handling customer inquiries for an average of 54-minutes every hour.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

On one hand, reporting refers to data collection on various metrics, such as customer satisfaction, call volume, agent performance, and other relevant KPIs. Presented using reports to monitor a contact center’s performance over time. Or even staff improvement, such as training agents on handling specific types of calls.

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Customer Service Life

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Asking the question at the wrong time makes us sound like robots. For example, when an agent asks the question after the customer has already said “That’s all I needed today” it sounds forced and unnatural. giving the customer the opportunity for an open-ended response.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 15, 2023

When it comes to demystifying call center metrics, ‘occupancy rate’ shouldn’t be forgotten. In this post, we will look into how occupancy rate is calculated, what value it adds to the vast mix of call center metrics and the problems that can arise if it is used improperly. What is Occupancy in a Call Center?

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Monet Software

JANUARY 15, 2019

Perhaps average handle time (AHT) is the toughest challenge, or cutting down on abandoned calls. If you have a workforce management system you can collect specific data from every customer interaction to assess your status on these metrics. Let’s stick with average handle time as an example.

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