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Understanding Average Handling Time

Brad Cleveland Blog

Once I worked with a technical support center that had a fairly wide range of average handling times (AHTs). Most of the agents had AHTs somewhere from 8 to 12 minutes, but the AHT for one agent in the group was over 20 minutes.

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Replacing Customer Service Surveys with Sentiment Analysis

Balto

” That’s the question I posed to a group of customer service professionals. For example, a contact center leader used sentiment analysis to discover that effective technical support reps used something called positive positioning. “Do you enjoy filling out customer service surveys?”

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25 Call Center Leaders Share the Most Effective Ways to Boost Contact Center Efficiency

Callminer

Average handling times (AHT) increase. Reduced Queue wait time : This can be done by having a strong dialer that can reroute calls to different agent groups. Rerouting the calls to the Campaign B agent group improves efficiency. Repeat calls went down, but so did average handle time!

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Scheduling Software for Call Centers: Buying Tips & Best Practices

Callminer

. “Take the time to read user reviews as they can give you great insight into how the software functions. Reviews can also provide information on other essential aspects such as customer support, technical support, or third-party integrations. Most scheduling solutions offer a trial. ” – Jones, Elden F.,

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Top 12 Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies: Unlock Your Call Center’s Full Potential

NobelBiz

Well-trained agents can handle customer interactions more efficiently, leading to higher first-call resolution rates and reduced average handling times. According to an analysis by Boston Consulting Group , A.I. Reducing average handle time (AHT) is critical to lowering call center costs.

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How Contact Center Technology will Change the Way You Do Business.

Call Experts

Specifically, this technology ranges from automated call routing and call recording to call distribution across groups and campaigns. . Contact center technology disrupts traditional business models, allowing companies to escape late-night customer service requests, office politics, and time zone differences.

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Call Centre 101: Understanding Inbound and Outbound Calls

Select VoiceCom Blog

Technical support Technical support is a type of customer service, but not all customer service calls are technical support. Fashion brands, for example, don’t necessarily need technical support. Technical support can include changing account information or resolving bugs in the service.