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2017 Trend 3: The Beginning of Channel Guidance

Team HGS

In 2016, customer service professionals continued to work hard to figure out how to best integrate and connect all of the disparate communication channels. HGS has employed our Smart Channel Selector to significant ROI for our clients. And average handle time (AHT) has been reduced to 477 seconds from 683 seconds.

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Neglecting Your Contact Centre

Clarabridge

The primary focus for inbound contact centres is often the service level achieved, perhaps followed by Average Handle Time, Adherence or other measures of productivity and performance. In many cases, the problem is still that contact centres are seen as cost–centres and therefore management become obsessed with their efficiency.

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Neglecting Your Contact Centre

Smith+co CX

The primary focus for inbound contact centres is often the service level achieved, perhaps followed by Average Handle Time, Adherence or other measures of productivity and performance. In many cases, the problem is still that contact centres are seen as cost–centres and therefore management become obsessed with their efficiency.

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Neglecting Your Contact Centre

Smith+co CX

The primary focus for inbound contact centres is often the service level achieved, perhaps followed by Average Handle Time, Adherence or other measures of productivity and performance. In many cases, the problem is still that contact centres are seen as cost–centres and therefore management become obsessed with their efficiency.

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Top 12 Call Center Cost Reduction Strategies: Unlock Your Call Center’s Full Potential

NobelBiz

According to McKinsey , high-performing organizations are 3X more likely than others to report data and analytics initiatives contributed at least 20% to EBIT (from 2016–19). Well-trained agents can handle customer interactions more efficiently, leading to higher first-call resolution rates and reduced average handling times.

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People-First Culture Keynote: Las Vegas 2019 (Employee Engagement & Company Culture Keynote)

Michel Falcon Experience

But then in 2016, I realized “I’m bored.” I’ve trained myself to think long term, because the initiative that we build today maybe it doesn’t pay us an ROI for 12 to 24 months, and I’m okay with that, I’m patient. ” I was lonely, actually.

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