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Top 5 Customer Service & CX Articles for Week of February 26, 2024

ShepHyken

Our customer service research sponsored by RingCentral (brand new 2024 report is now out) includes a humorous stat/finding: 79% of US consumers have called customer support and been caught in the automated menu system and repeatedly screamed, “Agent” or “Representative,” and eventually hung up out of frustration. There are ways around this!

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Call center training time comes down with these 7 technologies

TechSee

Contact center decision-makers understand that better tools are the key to improving agent performance and reducing call center training times. Its flexible public channels, along with small private groups, can facilitate group learning as well as smaller workshops where ideas can be shared in real time. Get in the game.

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Reduce call hold time and improve customer experience with self-service virtual agents using Amazon Connect and Amazon Lex

AWS Machine Learning

Callers experienced an average handle time of 5 minutes or longer—an undesirable situation for both the callers and the DVR contact center professionals. The KYTC DVR reports that with the new system, they can handle the same or greater call volumes at a lower operational cost than the previous system.

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Hyper Efficiency: The Next Frontier in Contact Center Operations Management

NobelBiz

These metrics should be data-driven, allowing you to identify areas of improvement and track progress over time. Average Handle Time (AHT) The average call handling time (AHT) is frequently used to determine individual agents’ effectiveness and the performance of the customer service organization as a whole.

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Top 10 Ways To Boost Contact Center Efficiency & Productivity

Playvox

This could include a combination of classroom training, on-the-job training, learning courses , and workshops. Gartner reports that burnout has been linked to high employee turnover rates in contact centers. As Zendesk reports , “64% of consumers want bots to provide the same level of service as humans.”

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The Power of Real-Time Monitoring in Call Centers

NobelBiz

The Vital Components of Real-Time Monitoring Real-time monitoring in call centers consists of three core components: agent monitoring, customer interaction analysis, and performance reporting. Agent Monitoring The focal point of real-time monitoring is agent monitoring.

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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. The focus on the new upcoming ebook and workshop is IMPLEMENTATION. NONE of these metrics instils a ‘customer experience’ mind-set.

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