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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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Mattress Firm’s Contact Center Rises and Shines – Improving QA Scores and Average Handle Time

NICE inContact

But Mattress Firm could rest easy once it switched to NICE inContact CXone, the cloud-based, customer experience platform that supports workforce management, quality management and skills-based routing. Operational efficiency has improved, quality assurance (QA) scores are soaring and agent adherence has risen steadily.

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Young Energy Improves Average Handle Time (AHT) and Motivates Contact Center Agents

NICE inContact

In fact, implementing NICE inContact CXone has resulted in significant improvements in everything from average handle time (AHT) to average speed of answer (ASA) to quality assurance scores. Working with NICE inContact has accomplished all that and more. Even sales increased as a residual benefit!

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Five Signs That It’s Time for a Fresh Start With Quality Management

Monet Software

Do you have a quality management program? If you’re not sure where you stand on quality management, here are five signs that a fresh start might be recommended. If you’re not sure where you stand on quality management, here are five signs that a fresh start might be recommended. Normal.dotm.

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Study: The Health of the Contact Center

What does it take to engage agents in this customer-centric era? Download our study of 1,000 contact center agents in the US and UK to find out what major challenges are facing contact center agents today – and what your company can do about it.

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Why AHTs Still Matter and 5 Ways to Improve Them

CSM Magazine

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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A Playbook for the Transformational BPO

Uniphore

Our Playbook for the Transformational BPO details how conversational AI and automation can optimize customer interactions and deliver: Better average handle times (AHT) and first call resolution (FCR) rates. Fewer time-consuming manual tasks and less after-call work (ACW).

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The Health of the Contact Center: Are You Ready for 2019?

A survey of 1,000 contact center professionals reveals what it takes to improve agent well-being in a customer-centric era. This report is a must-read for contact center leaders preparing to engage agents and improve customer experience in 2019.