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Understanding Average Handling Time

Brad Cleveland Blog

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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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). What is Workforce Management for Call Centers?

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Maximize Your Investment in Upskilling Agents

TechSee

Most service organizations have found that visual support is a force multiplier when upskilling agents, helping them maintain their average handle time (AHT) and first contact resolution (FCR) while adjusting to their new duties. Skill set investment has critical operational implications.

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CXNext Podcast Episode 56: From Contact Center to CX Officer: Leadership for Customer Experience

Bold360

I once subscribed to the Moses model of CX leadership. Transitioning from the contact center to CX leadership. They started as frontline agents, became managers, and eventually became second level managers. The next stage is: you start to get into change management from a customer-centric lens. Nate Brown.

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How to optimize customer service costs with visual assistance

TechSee

Customer service leadership must abandon any short-term initiatives to reduce customer service costs and instead find sustainable cost optimization tactics that will allow for business resilience. How to Reduce Customer Service Costs Sustainably.

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Using a Balanced Scorecard for Performance Management

COPC

If you’ve been following along, you already know the incredible value that a balanced scorecard brings to performance management. The post Using a Balanced Scorecard for Performance Management appeared first on COPC Inc. For further information or inquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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The 3 Principles of Brand Loyalty After COVID-19 Rocked Our World

BlueOcean

Some brands managed to catch up with demand and patch any holes in their supply chain, but others are challenged by the supply-demand equation to this day. We’ve written before about the changes in consumer behaviours and the impact on customer care – from fluctuations in arrival patterns to dynamic average handle times.

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