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Out with average handle time and in with customer effort score

TELUS International

Organizations have long relied on average handle time (AHT) to measure customer service success. But in an age defined by customer experience and engagement, more and more brands are wondering: Is it really sufficient to measure success in seconds?

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Customer Effort: Don’t Make Your Customers Work For You

VocalCom

First contact resolution, average handling time…many brands consider these KPIs critical for measuring their customer service success. While resolving an issue quickly may restore faith in a customer, minimizing his effort to begin with is the greatest way to earn his trust. The truth is, not much.

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5 Technologies That Reduce Customer Effort

VocalCom

Customers seek effortless experiences, and the key to satisfying them is by using technologies in ways that serve their needs. Here are five ways to reduce customer effort through the efficient use of contact center technologies. With the help of insights provided by big data, live chat may be used to reduce customer effort.

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10 Key Metrics and KPI’s for Contact Centre Performance

Call Design

Customer Effort Score. A customer effort score refers to the effort that a customer has given, to get a solution or answer to their desired question. Average Handle Time (AHT). Average handling time tells you how much time on average, an agent spends working on a task.

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How to Enhance CX Metrics Strategically

Outsource Consultants

CSAT (Customer Satisfaction Scores): Reflects overall satisfaction with your service. FCR (First Contact Resolution): Measures the percentage of customer issues resolved in the initial interaction. CES (Customer Effort Score): Gauges the ease of issue resolution for customers.

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The Only Call Center Agent Performance Metrics You’ll Ever Need

Fonolo

Gone are the days when occupancy rate and average handle time were used to browbeat agents. The customer service industry got turned on its head in 2020. One of the secret ingredients to excellent customer satisfaction is reducing friction at every point. Customer Effort Score is a great way to do this.

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The Ultimate Guide to Call Center Agent Performance

Fonolo

TIP: Common KPIs for contact center agents can include average handle time (AHT), first call resolution (FCR), and customer satisfaction score (CSat). Establish Your KPI Tracking Methods If you don’t already have a system to track agent performance, it’s time to upgrade.