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Metrics That Matter: Average Handle Time

Taylor Reach Group

Average handle time is a wonderful tool. To find out more about how Taylor Reach can help your company with average handle time, CLICK HERE to schedule a free consultation. AHT: the Most Misunderstood Metric in Call or Contact Centers. By John Cockerill.

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Operational Indicators – Average Handle Time (AHT)

Taylor Reach Group

In this article, we tackle one of the most important indicators; Average Handle Time (AHT). AHT is defined as the total amount of time (on average) that an agent spends on a contact. In a Contact Center environment (voice, chat), AHT includes talk time, hold time and after call work time (ACW).

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DMG Consulting Releases 2023 – 2024 Real-Time Guidance Productand Market Report

DMG Consulting

The Report analyzes the emerging real-time guidance (RTG) market, vendors, and products and explores the increasing importance, value, and benefits of RTG and its ability to enhance the customer and employee experience (CX and EX).

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Amazing Business Radio: Adrian Brady-Cesana

ShepHyken

Take the time to share customer feedback with everyone in the organization – from the executives to the newest customer service rep. For example, a focus on Average Handle Time may lead to incomplete resolutions, striving for a larger customer support headcount may drain a company’s resources.

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Optimizing AHT During a Visual Engagement Session

TechSee

To learn more about TechSee’s visual assistance technology, please contact your TechSee representative or schedule a complimentary consultation today. The earlier that your call center staff can see the problem, the faster they can resolve it.

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Two Surefire Mistakes to Avoid

Taylor Reach Group

Here are two of those tactics you should avoid: Capping handle time for agents. Trying to manage by AHT (Average Handle Time) will ultimately fail. The shorthand of getting calls completed faster so you can handle more calls sounds reasonable at first blush, but it is not.

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How to optimize customer service costs with visual assistance

TechSee

And when less time is spent on a call because the agent can provide the customer with visual guidance, average handling time is lowered and agent utilization improves as agents can deal with more calls per shift. The FTF rates are raised, and the time spent on site is shortened.