NICE inContact

JUNE 5, 2019

However, every day in the contact center, supervisors and managers send incomplete messages to their agents, failing to prescribe what “medicine” is needed to correct their performance problems. So how can you effectively “treat” your contact center with invaluable coaching medicine? Select the Right QM Platform.

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2019

Given the current state of technology, your strategic goals must now go beyond improving metrics. Customer Experience will be the primary focus for successful operations in 2019 but is that “unwavering commitment to better CX” controlled by smaller metrics that don’t have a big effect on the experience as a whole?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. Real-time adherence. Another important intraday activity is measuring and monitoring real-time adherence (RTA). Intraday management.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. Real-time adherence. Another important intraday activity is measuring and monitoring real-time adherence (RTA). Intraday management.

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Pointillist

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The pressure to reduce contact center costs is immense. But many contact center leaders struggle to achieve these outcomes while simultaneously improving customer satisfaction. Contact centers are now considered more than just service centers. Omnichannel Interaction Data is Siloed or Nonexistent.

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Bold360

MAY 14, 2020

In the first of a three-part conversation, Nate and I discussed how CX leaders are coming from the world of the contact center, what makes a good leader and how Nate took this journey himself. “We’ve Transitioning from the contact center to CX leadership. How much overlap exists between the contact center and CX?

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Talkdesk

JUNE 21, 2019

Reducing average wait time and average handle time in your contact can yield huge customer satisfaction increases for your business. In this blog, we outline what call wrap up time is and actionable steps you can take to reduce it in your contact center.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

Forecasting is a critical component of a call center’s workforce management program. The accuracy of your forecast has a ripple effect on almost all performance metrics and business outcomes. While assumptions based on other metrics aren’t perfect, they are far better than nothing at all! What if I don’t have historical data?

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

Forecasting is a critical component of a call center’s workforce management program. The accuracy of your forecast has a ripple effect on almost all performance metrics and business outcomes. While assumptions based on other metrics aren’t perfect, they are far better than nothing at all! What if I don’t have historical data?

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

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Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

These drivers will continue into the new year has contact centers strive to meet new customer demands – by upgrading technology while knowing how to deploy the new capabilities. Contact center leaders must understand how the criteria for CX has changed with the pandemic. Meeting the New Criteria for Customer Experience.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Average talk time (ATT) is often a neglected little contact center metric. Overshadowed by its bigger, louder counterpart, Average handle time (AHT), it often stays in the background, waiting for someone to notice it and realize its potential. Your agents represent your brand.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

As a contact center manager, you’ve got a lot of metrics to choose from as your key performance indicators (KPIs). In this blog, we help narrow down this long list to help you focus on the metrics that, when improved upon, will really help your contact center thrive. Service Quality.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

If you are a call center manager, you likely ask these questions on a regular basis. Below is a list of call center metrics you should look at to improve not only your efficiency, but also your quality and outcomes. Average Handling Time. And where can we more be more efficient?” Quality Scores.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Average talk time (ATT) is often a neglected little contact center metric. Overshadowed by its bigger, louder counterpart, Average handle time (AHT), it often stays in the background, waiting for someone to notice it and realize its potential. Your agents represent your brand.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. Are the tools easy to use? It Had Better Be!

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ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2021

Sh e shares best practices supervisors can use for monitoring call center agents in a work-from-home scenario. COVID-19 has led us to believe that we need to rethink, amend, and strengthen our contact centers with robust technology to stay ahead of the pandemic. Real-time Remote Monitoring. Here’s how!

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NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

As cloud communications companies like RingCentral and inContact have matured, the contact center world has been seeing an increasingly rapid move to the cloud. Taken together, these two movements are bringing about real change in the contact center. Here at RingCentral , many of our customers fall into that category.

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COPC

APRIL 19, 2023

Previously, we discussed the importance of a well-designed scorecard in our blog, Benefits of a Balanced Scorecard for Performance Management. When designing a balanced scorecard, include the metrics related to your core values and ensure they are weighted appropriately. quality, service, etc.).

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Eptica

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Part of our series on optimizing CX with Eptica, this blog post explains how reporting can power customer experience improvement , as well as giving you the ability to enhance productivity. This builds over time, allowing comparisons between specific periods, such as the Peak season in retail. Share this page on: Tweet.

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Call Experts

JULY 27, 2023

In today’s competitive market, ensuring every customer interaction is handled with care and professionalism is crucial for success. That’s where a customer service call center comes in. Metrics to Track for a Successful Customer Service Call Center The business landscape today is primarily customer-centric.

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Bold360

OCTOBER 2, 2020

When customers call your contact center, call routing sends customers to the right department for their inquiry. By the way, “call routing” can apply to any contact center channel, like live chat, messaging, or email. Decreased Average Handle Time (AHT). But sometimes calling is the best option.

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Uniphore

JUNE 16, 2021

You probably already think enough about Average Handle Time, or AHT for short. AHT is the average length of time it takes an agent to complete a call. 67% of interactions involve a time-consuming diagnosis 60% of customer-assistance occupations are automatable* 30% of common call center tasks are automatable*.

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Eptica

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Also, given the high turnover rates in the contact center industry, recognition can be a powerful weapon in keeping your best staff and ensuring they remain happy and motivated. That’s why pretty much every contact center I visit has a recognition program of some sort in place. telephone) over another.

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Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

63% of customers churn after a bad experience* 60% of agents state they more helpful tool to handle complex customer interactions † 53% of contact centers find it harder to train agents effectively*. Many call center leaders become “metric myopic” when coaching—zeroing in on one or two KPIs during a call.

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Eptica

AUGUST 1, 2018

Author: Joanna Allouche - Consultant Optimizing CX with Eptica When it comes to the contact center, there is a clear link between happy agents and overall performance. To read the first post, on reducing Average Handling Time and improving quality, click here. Published on: August 01, 2018.

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ViiBE Blog

APRIL 8, 2021

What is a good idea of a great call center answer? In any kind of call center or contact center , customers are ultimately looking to resolve their problem. That means a great call center answer should resolve the customer issue as much as possible. The evolution of the call center experience.

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Advantage Communications

JULY 10, 2019

When it comes to outsourcing your customer service to a call center, there are a range of metrics that call centers use to ensure they are delivering a superior customer experience (CX) for your customers.

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ViiBE Blog

MAY 13, 2021

No matter the kind of call center, ensuring a positive call center experience is crucial to a customer’s experience with a company. So what exactly do call centers do? What does a call center do? Customer satisfaction is a crucial metric and the priority of every call center employee. Contact Center.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

If you are wondering how AI can move the needle on the metrics you get measured on every day, below is a short guide on how to get the best business results when considering AI as part of your Customer Service strategy. Step 1: Focus AI on Metrics that Matter. Increase First Contact Resolution (FCR). 1) First step? The result?

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 5, 2017

There is a veritable cornucopia of acronyms, measures, metrics, and objectives in the customer experience (CX) space that, if mixed the right way, can provide the exceptional customer journey that is expected. The percentage of time a contact center agent is available to assist customers, divided by the length of their shift.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 5, 2017

There is a veritable cornucopia of acronyms, measures, metrics, and objectives in the customer experience (CX) space that, if mixed the right way, can provide the exceptional customer journey that is expected. The percentage of time a contact center agent is available to assist customers, divided by the length of their shift.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) Those metrics were born in an era when customer service was a race, where whoever got to the finish line first (i.e. Fighting the Cost Center Mindset.

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Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 5, 2017

There is a veritable cornucopia of acronyms, measures, metrics, and objectives in the customer experience (CX) space that, if mixed the right way, can provide the exceptional customer journey that is expected. The percentage of time a contact center agent is available to assist customers, divided by the length of their shift.

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Natalie Petouhof

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In a typical contact center, agents are on the phone or communicating through other channels; email, text, web chat, Facebook Messenger, WeChat… When customers reach out to an agent, they need help and are often upset. A customer’s impression of a company is directly related to their experience with the contact center and its agents.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 13, 2019

When I worked in a contact center, there was a complicated projections report that we presented to the leadership team every Monday morning. This experience might sound crazy, but there many contact center managers reading this and nodding their heads because they’ve been there! Automate your analysis process.

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