NICE inContact

MARCH 29, 2018

Disconnected platforms and systems, an inability to get the metrics it needed and few customer insights were all obstacles to the excellent experiences the company wanted—and needed—to provide its customers. The post Young Energy Improves Average Handle Time (AHT) and Motivates Contact Center Agents appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

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BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Work with your outsourcer to identify and measure CSS-specific metrics (this isn’t an average handle time kind of situation) and give their team a transparent view of your data to be able to measure their own performance effectively. Assuming a cost-center mindset. The goal is revenue protection and growth. It’s possible.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Customer saves are a key metric, and we outperformed the previous partner, with nearly ten years’ experience under their belt, right out of the gate, realizing a nearly 5% increase in retention during our first quarter in production.

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TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

When a virtual agent fields a customer’s enquiry, collects all relevant details and passes it to a human agent for final approval, how should average handling time ( AHT ) be measured? Customer care center metrics in the era of self-service clearly require a different approach. New Self Service KPI Metrics.

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Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Boost CX and operational efficiency with the right set of metrics and smart additions to your contact center tech stack. According to Gartner, 82% of companies will allow employees to work remotely at least some of the time, while nearly 50% of companies plan to make remote work permanent. Abandonment rate. Cost per contact.

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Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

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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CSM Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

With the large volumes of contact center advisors still incentivized based on speed – typically the Average Handle Time (AHT) – CX goals are quite often unachievable. Customer Experience Metrics. Customer experience (CX) has become a priority for the vast majority of organisations – or has it? Quality versus Quantity.

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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? Calabrio is a trusted ally to leading brands.

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eGain Blogs

APRIL 10, 2023

According to them, knowledge management (KM) is the #1 technology that simultaneously improves operational performance, customer experience, and employee experience, and we agree. When it is time to cut costs, it is time to deploy a modern, AI-infused knowledge hub! How do you go about doing it?

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Magellan Solutions

MARCH 22, 2023

The effectiveness of customer service teams can be gauged by call center performance metrics. Call center managers closely monitor trends and patterns and search for information that can be used to enhance customer service. In order to manage customer service and workforce effectively, management teams need more detailed metrics.

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Playvox

APRIL 6, 2023

Maximizing workforce management efficiency through real-time data is an often-overlooked advantage for contact centers. With real-time information, you can make crucial intraday adjustments that improve your efficiency and your customer experience. What Is Real-Time Data Monitoring In Workforce Management?

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COPC

JUNE 9, 2023

If you’ve been following along, you already know the incredible value that a balanced scorecard brings to performance management. By fostering a collaborative approach and consistently evaluating the metrics within your scorecard, you pave the way for informed decision-making and drive performance improvements across your organization.

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Kayako

JUNE 8, 2017

Metrics like time tracking, productivity, and performance take the front seat, but often don’t relate to the experience your customer receives or how they feel about it. Productivity is not the only metric that matters. An insights panel or dashboard won’t be able to capture these detailed metrics. Customers helped.

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Playvox

AUGUST 25, 2022

As workforce management professionals, we are faced with the daunting task of figuring out the ideal forecast, matching that forecast with a schedule and then making sure that our “master plan” works in the real world – meaning all the people that we are counting on for their shifts work their shifts as planned. Balloon Game.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For clients with complex care scenarios – whether that is enterprise customer success management or providing critical support direct to consumers – change is never taken lightly. What Service Level Metrics Are Most Relevant to Your Business Now? What should your outsourcer – and you – be measuring beyond those standard metrics?

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TechSee

JANUARY 24, 2023

Visual engagement is a proven strategy to improve call center performance, especially as it relates to two key metrics: 1) First call resolution (FCR) : The percentage of customers that achieve resolution during their first contact, with no further action required and 2) Average handle time (AHT) : The amount of time it takes to resolve an issue from (..)

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Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Contact Center Agent Productivity Defined Call center agent productivity is based on the efficiency and effectiveness with which your agents handle customer interactions, such as incoming calls, emails, chats, and social interactions. Look at schedule adherence and schedule compliance metrics. How accurate is your forecast to actuals?

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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. So, what are the top metrics you should be looking at?

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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. “How efficient are we? And where can we more be more efficient?”

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Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

What is Performance Management? Call Center Performance Management is a program, generally led by a contact center operations manager, dedicated to calculating and improving the performance of contact center agents. That’s where leveraging contact center performance management software can help. The answer is both.

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Magellan Solutions

MARCH 5, 2023

Among them are customer expectations, performance metrics, issues with the service, performance levels, and abandonment rate. Here are some of the common SLA metrics: First Response SLA This metric measures how prompt you’ll attend to customers’ inquiries or tickets to determine that their request is being processed.

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Tricia Morris

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

A new 2016 Knowledge Management for Customer Service survey conducted with analyst and knowledge management authority Esteban Kolsky shows organizations are struggling with justifying greater investments in knowledge because they’re not measuring its impact. calls, emails) should decrease.

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BlueOcean

JUNE 26, 2018

With that in mind, we reached out to Paul Jones, an award-winning hotel manager within the Best Western organization. Paul has earned acclaim for his exceptional management skills in the hospitality field – particularly his ability to generate loyalty with both staff and guests. But it goes deeper than that. Are they listening?

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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. Striking the perfect balance in a scorecard is essential for maximizing its effectiveness as a robust performance management tool. quality, service, etc.).

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COPC

OCTOBER 24, 2023

CSAT as an Output Metric Something we need to align on first is that CSAT is an output metric in the contact center, not an input. Making more money could be quantified as a metric, but it’s an output, not an input. These are typically observable as other performance metrics and agent behaviors.

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Eptica

JULY 25, 2018

Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 Author: Taoufik Massoussi - Product Manager & Head of AI Why traditional VoC metrics don’t deliver the insight you need to succeed. However, often these only provide topline data, such as Net Promoter Score or CSAT metrics. How to reduce Average Handling Time and improve quality.

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Ecrion

JULY 17, 2019

That’s why it’s critical to proactively define the customer metrics that are most important to your business and measure progress on them over time. Read on to learn about the most crucial customer service metrics that businesses across industries use to evaluate their success. Average reply time. Ticket backlog.

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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. In Part Two, we will seek to address intraday management and employee engagement as components of a WFM program. Intraday management. Real-time adherence. Schedule changes.

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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. In Part Two, we will seek to address intraday management and employee engagement as components of a WFM program. Intraday management. Real-time adherence. Schedule changes.

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Innovative CX

AUGUST 10, 2021

Peter Drucker didn’t say – what gets measured gets managed, contrary to popular lore). This article focuses on how we bring together all the various metrics within an organization to paint a picture of its performance at delivering better experiences. First let’s distinguish between metrics and measurements.

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ViiBE Blog

AUGUST 17, 2021

What is the purpose of customer experience management? This is why customer experience management, meaning a process of tracking customer expectations and undertaking relevant actions, has become one of the focus points of businesses across different industries. What's the meaning of customer experience management (CEM)?

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

A remote work location requires a different mindset from contact center management — and a distinct set of guidelines. Remote work agreements make clear for both agents and managers what the qualifications are for working outside the office and what’s expected of those who do. What Is A Remote Work Policy?

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ShepHyken

OCTOBER 1, 2023

AHT, as in average handle time, is a metric used to measure the average length of time for a customer support call. Some companies look for low AHTs, hoping to manage more calls per hour or shift with a lower time. Two areas not typically considered in this metric, should be.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 8, 2016

Nate chatted with Talkdesk Product Manager, Robert Sur, about the importance of leveraging call center data to develop and refine a phone support strategy. There were four insights in particular that stood out to me in the webinar: Lesson 1: Think outside of the box when it comes to call center metrics.

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Magellan Solutions

MAY 21, 2023

Outsourcing bilingual answering services can also help save you money, effort, and time. Think about the time consumed from hiring and training in-house employees to managing customer service inquiries in multiple languages. Reporting And Analytics What are the customer support metrics that matter to your business?

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Win the Customer

JULY 6, 2023

Metrics like response time, resolution time, customer satisfaction scores, and service level agreements (SLAs) are crucial for this stage. Measure Key Customer Service Metrics Collecting and analyzing data is fundamental to the Six Sigma process.

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Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

What’s worse, without customer experience metrics in place, is that you won’t know until it’s too late. If you take the journey from providing good enough customer service to delivering great experiences, and measure your progress with actionable customer experience metrics, you’ll be able to stay ahead of the competition.

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