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What is Average Handle Time (AHT)?

ViiBE Blog

Call centers face a unique dilemma created by conflicting priorities. On the one hand, customer satisfaction is a crucial goal that must be achieved by the end of a call to keep the caller’s business. On the other, each call must be handled as promptly as possible to ensure that the next caller has a short wait time.

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Sample Pricing for Outsourced Call Center Teams

Magellan Solutions

Deloitte believes using an outsourced call center is vital to delivering exceptional customer experiences. An outsourced call center can be your secret weapon for delivering exceptional customer experiences. Keep outdated in-house call center operations from holding you back.

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Call center cost reduction strategies

TechSee

Contact centers are always looking for ways to reduce costs. This is particularly true during periods of uncertainty and economic downturn, when call center cost savings contribute to business continuity. The Best Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies. ” Techniques to optimize time.

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Workforce Management for Call Centers: What You Need to Know

Playvox

Managing forecasting, scheduling, and agent productivity in a call center is a lot like searching for the fountain of youth. While we don’t have a roadmap to the proverbial fountain, we can help steer you in the right direction for better call center workforce management (WFM). WFM to the rescue.

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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.

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What is the Best Way to Analyze Call Center Performance?

Magellan Solutions

What is the Best Way to Analyze Call Center Performance? Analyzing call center performance is best done through data and analytics. By using this type of analysis, call centers can identify trends that point to issues inside their departments with less dependence on intuition or bias.

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Call Center Agent Utilization – Why Visual Tools Ensure Optimum Efficiency

TechSee

Every customer service professional knows that running a successful call center is a constant balancing act. Managers will often focus on improving employee productivity to keep customers happy and costs down. Overworking employees can actually drive up call center costs by causing burnout and leading to high agent turnover.