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Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care?

BlueOcean

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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Guest Blog: Key KPIs You Must Monitor for an Optimal Customer Experience

ShepHyken

Knowing that referral usually is the best yet most uncontrollable vector of sales, the NPS calculates the probability that a customer would recommend your brand. You then take the percentage of promoters and deduct the percentage of detractors: that is your NPS. As is, the NPS doesn’t tell you anything. First Response Time.

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10 Agent Superpowers That Reduce AHT and Boost NPS

Uniphore

10 Agent Assist Superpowers That Reduce AHT and Boost NPS on Day 1. ??? 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. Maybe even a little too much. How to Train and Onboard Agents in 2021.

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Streamlining Customer Service Excellence: Applying Six Sigma Principles

Win the Customer

In this blog post, we will explore how to apply Six Sigma principles to elevate your customer service to new heights. To ensure consistently high levels of customer satisfaction and operational efficiency, many organizations turn to Six Sigma methodologies.

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How to Calculate Outsourced Call Center Service Level and Why is it Important?

Advantage Communications

These metrics - as discussed in our blog titled ‘ 7 Key Metrics to Look out for When Outsourcing Your Customer Service to a Call Center ’ - include First-Call Resolution (FCR), Net Promoter Score (NPS), Customer Satisfaction (CSAT), Call Abandonment Rates (CAR), Customer Effort Score (CES), Average Handle Time (AHT) and Service Level (SLA).

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Behind the Scenes: A Day in The Life of a Call Center Agent

Call Experts

In this comprehensive blog post, we’ll take you on a journey through the world of call center agents, exploring the key performance metrics and the qualities that define a top-notch call center agent. Net Promoter Score (NPS): NPS gauges a customer’s willingness to recommend a company’s services to others.

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How to evaluate a call center agent’s performance?

ViiBE Blog

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.