Brad Cleveland Blog

MARCH 5, 2020

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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Knowmax

OCTOBER 14, 2020

How to reduce average handle time in a contact center.

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Kayako

JANUARY 19, 2017

In 2016 Kayako’s support team worked on a six-month project aimed at improving chat availability, average chat handling time (CHT) and first response Time (FRT). The first step was diving deep into our metrics and understanding ways we could reduce our average handle time for chats. 86:15:28.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 29, 2018

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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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 17, 2018

With average handle time (AHT) down by 21%, adherence up by 31% and QA scores up from around 50% to 70%, the positive impact on customer satisfaction is unmistakable. The post Mattress Firm’s Contact Center Rises and Shines – Improving QA Scores and Average Handle Time appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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LiveChat

APRIL 25, 2016

On the other side, the agent invested her time with nothing productive in it. The key point that plays a significant role in this is ‘Average Handling Time’. Definition wise, it is just the total time invested divided by the total number of calls. Call centers face such scenarios on a daily basis.

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TechSee

AUGUST 10, 2023

TechSee’s Computer Vision AI and AR can improve issues facing customer contact centers around first-call resolution, average handling times, and truck roll avoidance. home builders, and 5 of the top 10 global smart home automation companies.

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iPerceptions

JANUARY 13, 2021

The post Improve Average Handle Time in the Call Center: A 6-Point Action Plan appeared first on Astute. Balance efficiency and quality with these six steps to improving AHT while still providing stand-out service.

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CSM Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2023

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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Knowmax

JANUARY 20, 2021

Co-browsing: Controlling your average handling time.

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Playvox

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Taken on their own, synchronous channels like voice fit nicely into more traditional forecasting models that incorporate volumes and arrival patterns, simple average handle times, and target service levels to calculate staffing requirements. Average Handle Time.

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SaleMove

JULY 21, 2023

By implementing a holistic interaction platform, insurance companies can improve KPIs like first call resolution and average handle time, reducing operating costs. The post Deriving Value from the Insurance Contact Center appeared first on Glia Blog | Digital Customer Service Explained.

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Kustomer

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Average Handle Time (AHT) is the average duration of the customer conversation, from the time the conversation is initiated to the time it concludes, including all hold times and transfers, as well as after-conversation work.

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Containment rate, or its alternative name, “deflection rate,” is the percentage of total conversations fully handled by a chatbot, and is a key metric to track when trying to figure out how well your chatbot is performing. For example, will the average handle time increase now that agents are only handling more complex inquiries?

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Playvox

JULY 6, 2020

When scaling and streamlining your customer service teams, most companies first look at how to reduce areas such as First Response Time (FRT), First Contact Resolution (FCR) or Average Handle Time (AHT) among others.

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TechSee

JANUARY 24, 2023

The earlier that your call center staff can see the problem, the faster they can resolve it.

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TechSee

JULY 24, 2023

Reduced AHT: By allowing customers to complete forms and submit images before they speak to an agent, agents will have fewer questions to ask, which can help to reduce average handling time (AHT).

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Talkdesk

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Automated data storage systems can bring up both real-time and historical data, so the agent has all relevant information on hand and can focus on providing a superior customer experience. The post Embrace the digital era by automating key business processes in the contact center appeared first on Talkdesk.

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CSM Magazine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This is particularly worrying, considering agent KPIs are forensically measured and metrics such as Customer Satisfaction and Average Handling Time are easily affected by loud noises — whether these come from the customer’s or the agent’s side.

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Comm100

MAY 28, 2020

If it’s high, you may need to add staff during peak busy times. Alternatively, you may need to check average handle time as it could indicate that your agents are spending too much time on each chat. It can be measured as follows: Amount of live chats per month x Average Handle Time.

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SaleMove

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With this digital-first method of customer service, businesses can increase online sales, reduce average handle times within their call center and boost overall customer satisfaction.

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Comm100

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

When tracked over time, this metric also allows organizations to understand how AI chatbots are developing. Average Handle Time (AHT). Average Handle Time is a measure of the duration chatbots spend in each interaction. It’s expected that AHT should be shorter for chatbots than for live chat agents.

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NICE inContact

MARCH 23, 2020

They also want to achieve the center’s targets for Service Level (SL), Average Handle Time (AHT), and First Contact Resolution (FCR), among others. Despite the industry’s focus on the customer experience (CX), contacts still take too long and don’t reach closure often enough. Generally speaking, it’s not the agents’ fault.

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ViiBE Blog

APRIL 28, 2021

Here are the five KPIs that we will focus on: Average Handle Time. Average Handle Time (AHT) measures how long an agent spends on a call, including speaking with the customer, hold time, and call work time. These three factors are then averaged by the total number of calls to find the AHT.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Instead, we live in a customer-centric world, where metrics like Average Speed of Answer (ASA), Average Handle Time (AHT), and First Call Resolution (FCR) are, by themselves, short-sighted and more focused on controlling costs instead of enhancing the experience.

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BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In customer service, that looks like average handle times, first call resolution rates, and customer satisfaction scores. In content and ad review, there is also an average handle time – how quickly can an agent evaluate and approve or deny a piece of content in accordance with brand guidelines?

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 25, 2021

There’s average handle time (how long it takes to take care of the customer), average hold time, one-call resolution, and more. I’d like to add one more to the many metrics, which is how many times you make the customer tell the story. As Jason pointed out, that’s not always the case.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. The Impact of Bilingual Support on the Customer Experience When a bilingual solution is offered to the customer, companies quickly find that quality scores increase accordingly.

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Call Experts

APRIL 14, 2022

Handling Time. Handling time is the amount of time for an agent, on average, to assist your caller from pickup to hangup. Average handling time should be a primary goal for your call center because you want to spend as little time on the phone with each caller as possible. .

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Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This becomes even more evident with home-based agents, as supervisors have less control over their working conditions with limited visibility into real-time performance. For example, with customers feeling more stress, legacy metrics like Average Handle Time (AHT) aren’t going to drive CSAT scores.

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Myra Golden

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Twice in the last week, Contact Center Agents have reached out to me for help on reducing Average Handle Time (AHT). I’m listening, and I have an answer. I say “an answer” because I’ll be sharing more solutions in the coming weeks.

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

According to a 2021 survey by ICMI , the top 10 metrics for employee performance in service centers are: Customer Satisfaction Agent Productivity Accuracy Average Handle Time Average Speed of Answer Quality Score Abandonment Rate Schedule Adherence Service Level Average Response Time.

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TechSee

MAY 14, 2019

Analysis of Average Handling Time is deeply entrenched in the customer service field and almost every contact center manager wants to improve AHT. AHT = Total Talk Time + Total Hold Time + Total Post-Call Work/Number of Calls Handled.

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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Average Handle Time. An effective agent screen pop can have a dramatic positive impact on average handle time (AHT). On average, screen pops shave off 15-20 seconds per call, because rather than the agent having to search for the customer’s information manually in the database, that process is automated.

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Magellan Solutions

MARCH 5, 2023

Average Handle Time How soon can you close a ticket? The Average Handle Time is the duration that an agent spends handling a customer’s issue until it is marked as resolved. That’s why customer inquiries must be addressed timely. Customers hate waiting.

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Myra Golden

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Controlling phone calls; getting your average handle time down, known as AHT, comes down to emotional intelligence. This focus will shave seconds, if not minutes, off your talk time! Conclusion When you focus on the top 5 most underutilized soft skills, you’ll get your average handle time down and decrease stress!

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Kustomer

JULY 15, 2020

There are a handful of important metrics within the Kustomer platform that can help you understand whether your team is over- or under-staffed: inbound messages, average handle time, and agent capacity. You currently have a 10-person team that handles all of the incoming chat conversations on your website.

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