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7 Essential Tips for Reducing Average Handling Time

VocalCom

For this reason, average handling time, or AHT, is often considered an important metric to measure in the contact center, as agents strive to offer great customer service while keeping their interactions as short as possible. Keeping agents well-informed is essential to reducing average handling time.

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7 Key Indicators Your MSP Call Center Needs a Revolutionary Shift

Hodusoft

Long Wait Times and High Abandonment Rates One of the most noticeable red flags is extended wait times for customers and high abandonment rates. Limited Multichannel Support Multichannel, if not omnichannel support, is extremely important in today’s time. Here are seven of those: 1.

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How to Measure Contact Center Agent Productivity and Five Ways to Boost It

Playvox

Contact Center Agent Productivity Defined Call center agent productivity is based on the efficiency and effectiveness with which your agents handle customer interactions, such as incoming calls, emails, chats, and social interactions. phone or digital), and are they taking breaks at the most optimal times to maintain service levels.

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How to Improve Call Center Productivity

Balto

Average Handling Time (AHT). The Average Handling Time (AHT) is the total amount of time an agent spends handling a customer, measured in seconds. This includes the time spent in the phone call itself, in addition to after-call work and hold and transfer time. Missed-Call Rate.

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Contact Center Acronyms: What They Mean & When to Use Them

InGenius

AHT - Average Handle Time. Average handling time (AHT) describes the average period of time in which an agent takes to handle or resolve a customer's call. EWT - Expected Wait Time. In his spare time, John enjoys travelling around Central and South America.

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10 Ways to Succeed With Omnichannel Customer Service in 2021

JivoChat

Omnichannel vs. multichannel customer service. They don’t want to feel the information gap that can happen in multichannel settings (not the same as omnichannel—we’ll get into that later). Omnichannel vs. Multichannel Customer Service. Think of omnichannel as a step further than multichannel.

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7 Ways to Get Better at Customer Service

Kayako

If that information changes, be proactive about letting customers know and updating your availability and average wait times across your web properties. You can gauge first response times, average handle times, customer feedback scores… the sky’s the limit. Train and Empower Your Reps.