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6 Ways to Reduce Call Center Shrinkage

Fonolo

Reducing call center shrinkage sounds like a no-brainer. If you schedule enough staff, give them the tools to do their job, and ensure they stick to a schedule, your problem is solved, right? For starters, everyone knows call center agents work very hard — but no one can be at their desk 24/7. Not so fast.

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The Ultimate Guide to Call Center Agent Performance

Fonolo

Improving call center agent performance can seem overwhelming, and you might wonder where to start. With some hard work, consistency, and great tools, your team will soon reach new heights of operational efficiency! Schedule Adherence Schedule Adherence is another older metric that can still be a useful measure of agent attendance.

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Contact Center Workforce Management Best Practices

Fonolo

In fact, Gartner reports that by 2025, 60% of contact centers will have implemented AI-driven workforce management tools to help optimize scheduling and resource allocation. Workforce management software is a tool that facilitates this process. higher adherence rate than those without.

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Schedule like a Boss

Monet Software

When armed with good forecasts—which contact center automation tools, like WFM software, can help you build—you can create robust schedules that deliver the desired service levels and enhance the call center customer experience. Of course, making a cost-efficient, employee-motivating schedule only matters if teams adhere to it.

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10 Key Metrics and KPI’s for Contact Centre Performance

Call Design

The industry benchmark for the first call resolution measurement is between 70% to 75%. Tools to improve staff engagement and more frequent measurement of advisor satisfaction has become increasingly important with the rise in work from home staff. It is measured as a percentage of scheduled time on the phone.

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18 Call Center Metrics You Need To Be Tracking Today

Talkdesk

First Call Resolution: First call resolution, or first contact resolution, tracks how many customer issues are resolved on the first call or interaction. Learn more about how to increase first call resolution.

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Top 10 Tips to Improve the Productivity of Your Call Center Agents

Hodusoft

Additionally, to improve employee engagement and customer satisfaction, you can employ schedule adherence and conformance metrics. When handling a call, how long the agent takes to seek out the customer data is one of the major determinants of how long, may resolve wanted issues. Set personal goals.