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 14, 2017

Average talk time (ATT) is often a neglected little contact center metric. Overshadowed by its bigger, louder counterpart, Average handle time (AHT), it often stays in the background, waiting for someone to notice it and realize its potential. What kind of an experience do you suppose that customer received?

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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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Call Experts

APRIL 14, 2022

Therefore, the average speed of an answer is meant to measure how long it takes for an incoming call to get answered by someone (agent or IVR). The ASA metric is measured in seconds, and it’s calculated as the average time calls spend waiting in the queue before they are answered. Average Speed to Answer.

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NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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. Keep track of the total time it takes to handle a particular call , including talking time and being on hold. But where do you find the answers?

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Seaton CX

MAY 24, 2023

We’re obsessed with metrics. Despite our obsession with metrics, we aren’t acting on them effectively. He faced a difficult challenge: improving project turnaround times. By incentivizing programmers to achieve a metric-based target, Chad created unintended consequences. That’s Goodhart’s Law.)

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InMoment XI

JANUARY 10, 2024

These scorecards typically encompass a range of key employee and customer experience KPIs and metrics specific to the agent’s responsibilities. Metrics may include factors like average handling time, first contact resolution, customer satisfaction scores, and adherence to scripts or guidelines.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

The metrics that are appropriate for your organization will serve as your compass. Before defining your Agent performance metrics, define your contact center goals Analyzing a KPI only because the competition does it is pointless. What are the right call center agent performance metrics to monitor?

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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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NobelBiz

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

For call centers, metrics provide insights that shape strategies and determine operational efficiency. Among these metrics, the “Talk” metric stands out as a vital instrument. Understanding the Average Talk Time metric Average Talk Time represents the actual duration an agent spends conversing with a customer.

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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. These touchpoints come together to significantly impact revenue. 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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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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NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

However, benefits extend to other contact center metrics as well. Average Handle Time. An effective agent screen pop can have a dramatic positive impact on average handle time (AHT). If screen pops improve the AHT, then they also in turn will have a positive impact on the wait time.

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LiveChat

APRIL 25, 2016

On the other side, the agent invested her time with nothing productive in it. The key point that plays a significant role in this is ‘Average Handling Time’. Just another metric to measure the efficiency of a call center. Definition wise, it is just the total time invested divided by the total number of calls.

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Kustomer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

How to Understand Your Metrics When Building a Customer Service Chatbot. Containment rate, or its alternative name, “deflection rate,” is the percentage of total conversations fully handled by a chatbot, and is a key metric to track when trying to figure out how well your chatbot is performing.

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NobelBiz

MARCH 19, 2024

Call center dashboards provide the kinds of insights and metrics that contribute to having improved agent performance and more successful campaigns. These digital command centers offer a comprehensive overview of operations, enabling supervisors to make informed decisions in real-time.

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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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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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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?

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Magellan Solutions

MARCH 22, 2023

The effectiveness of customer service teams can be gauged by call center performance metrics. In order to manage customer service and workforce effectively, management teams need more detailed metrics. Call center performance metrics include customer satisfaction, handle time, call volume, and costs.

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NICE inContact

JUNE 5, 2019

The contact center may have a great quality management program that provides agents evaluations on their interactions as well as a stellar performance management platform that gives agents real-time insights into how they are performing against specific goals and metrics. This is where an effective coach comes in.

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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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Uniphore

JUNE 16, 2017

It is well known that metrics have an important role in the success of any call center. Perhaps none more so, regardless of the communication channel, than the Average Handle Time (AHT), which is essentially a management tool to assess how quickly employees are assisting customers. Read More.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

What Service Level Metrics Are Most Relevant to Your Business Now? Let’s face it: Contact center metrics that measure customer service as if it’s some kind of race (think Average Handle Time) are frankly table stakes. What should your outsourcer – and you – be measuring beyond those standard metrics?

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Uniphore

JANUARY 21, 2022

Using real-time data—including emotion, sentiment and intent analysis—AI-powered systems are substantially shortening and simplifying complex patient and member journeys. According to a Forrester survey, 17 of the largest healthcare plans have an industry average score of 70.2 And patient satisfaction counts. out of 100.

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ShepHyken

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

That’s one of the reasons the Net Promoter Score (NPS) has become one of the most widely used metrics in corporate America and around the globe. This is a cornerstone of customer obsession — when customers are “obsessed” with a brand. Customer advocacy becomes your best friend. There are ways around this!

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NobelBiz

MARCH 5, 2024

Are you grappling with the complexities of call center metrics, seeking to elevate customer experience, and driving operational excellence through insightful data analysis? This comprehensive approach allows businesses of all sizes to unlock a deeper understanding of their customer’s journey, preferences, and pain points.

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Uniphore

JUNE 16, 2021

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. 67% of interactions involve a time-consuming diagnosis 60% of customer-assistance occupations are automatable* 30% of common call center tasks are automatable*.

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Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

Many call center leaders become “metric myopic” when coaching—zeroing in on one or two KPIs during a call. While numbers, like Average Handle Time (AHT), are convenient units of measurement, they make poor coaching tools, offering little actionable advice and alienating agents who feel they’re being “set up to fail.”

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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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Kayako

JANUARY 19, 2017

Aching over why your metrics aren’t meeting your performance benchmarks is tough for any support team. Support metrics are crucial at Kayako. For live chat, that means responding to customers quickly and streamlining chat handling times. Stage 1: Identify reasons for high average handle time.

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

The accuracy of your forecast has a ripple effect on almost all performance metrics and business outcomes. A bad forecast can directly lead to under- or overstaffing, which then has cascade effects on average handle time, CSAT, labor waste… the list goes on and on!

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NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

The accuracy of your forecast has a ripple effect on almost all performance metrics and business outcomes. A bad forecast can directly lead to under- or overstaffing, which then has cascade effects on average handle time, CSAT, labor waste… the list goes on and on!

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ShepHyken

AUGUST 25, 2021

There’s average handle time (how long it takes to take care of the customer), average hold time, one-call resolution, and more. I’d like to add one more to the many metrics, which is how many times you make the customer tell the story. Just one time. . The goal is simple.

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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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Think Customers

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Metrics such as average handle time (AHT), number of contacts handled, average wait time, and average speed of answer have all been heavily used and tracked. For too many years, contact center measurements have been focused on efficiency instead of customer experience.

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