BlueOcean

MARCH 31, 2022

If you’ve been a reader of Blue Ocean’s blog for any length of time, you probably know we love sports and particularly baseball. When Billy Beane used a highly specialized system of metrics to help his scrappy low-budget Oakland A’s teams compete with juggernauts in the league, the lessons weren’t lost on us.

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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? How do you navigate the sea of data to extract actionable insights and make informed decisions that propel your contact center forward?

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Call Center Report Contact Center Net Promoter Score 59

Uniphore

JUNE 9, 2021

In the contact center, the leading driver of improvements has been automation. Say goodbye to outdated Employee Experience (EX) metrics and KPIs How is your contact center currently measuring EX? If you’re like many contact centers, you’re probably looking at metrics like AHT and error rate.

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Engagement Contact Center How To Metrics 246

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 25, 2019

It enable explosive revenue for those partners, its four global contact centers (three are offshore business process outsourcers, or BPOs) were operating separately within an outdated AT&T platform. The old system offered almost no performance visibility and limited functionality and could not support an integrated disaster recovery plan.

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Contact Center Net Promoter Score Contact Center Software Customer Satisfaction 121

NICE inContact

JUNE 19, 2019

Its 17 contact centers located around the world support the Fossil Group business , including 250 agents who support over 10 languages. Three third-party call centers take calls during off hours and busy holiday seasons. The results: agents who are empowered, more engaged, and more productive.

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NICE inContact

JANUARY 22, 2019

There is a growing discussion among contact center managers about how to implement effective, KPI-based reporting. This conversation is being driven by contact center modernization and a realization that the old “art” of call center management is giving way to the new “science” of contact center management.

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Contact Center Report Call Center Metrics 136

Call Experts

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Behind the Scenes: A Day in The Life of a Call Center Agent Have you ever wondered what is it like for the call center agent answreing my phone when I partner with Call Experts? Performance Metrics in the Call Center Call center operations rely heavily on performance metrics to evaluate and improve efficiency.

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Call Center Net Promoter Score NPS Average Handle Time 59

NobelBiz

MARCH 26, 2024

CXA stands for Customer Experience Automation, a strategic approach that integrates automation tools and software within call centers to enhance the customer journey. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) At the core of intelligent contact center automation lies a well-calibrated IVR system.

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Self Service Customer Experience Contact Center Customer Journeys 52

TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

As companies embrace the digitization of customer support, the new standard is much more than a phone conversation with a call center representative or a visit from a field agent. With a career spanning over 20 years, Eric has an extensive amount of experience in Contact Center and 3rd party and onshore vendor management.

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NICE inContact

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Before modern avionics, pilots set a fixed point on the horizon and flew their planes using a center stick and right and left rudder pedals. Likewise, call center KPIs and benchmarks act as controls to establish direction and to know whether the call center is on course. A KPI Benchmark is a Comparative Metric.

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BlueOcean

OCTOBER 23, 2023

(This is updated version of our most popular blogs: 52 RFP Questions (2013), 51 RFP Questions (2016), 60 RFP Questions (2020)) Every few years we update our recommended list of contact center RFP Questions. How many physical centers do you operate? Pricing Contact center pricing models vary from vendor to vendor.

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Customer Care Contact Center Comparison Employee Engagement 177

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Everywhere you turn, the calls to move to cloud environments have become prevalent – regardless of system, workload or application, its no secret that cloud has redefined how our most critical systems are deployed and operated. In the world of Contact Centers , moving functions like IVR and ACD are obvious choices.

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Contact Center Call Recording ROI Report 159

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. First Call Resolution. And where can we more be more efficient?” Quality Scores.

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Metrics Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 120

Uniphore

JUNE 10, 2021

3 Ways Call Center Coaching is Leading to Customer Churn. Why then do so many call centers struggle to convert coaching into real, measurable results? Research shows that agent retention rates were nearly double the average when coaches spent 60 percent or more of their time on the call center floor.‡

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Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time eBook 147

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Talk of ChatGPT is everywhere from your LinkedIn feed to the evening news to, yes, this blog. Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. But with ChatGPT in the spotlight, we wanted to bring you a deeper dive into AI in the contact center.

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NobelBiz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The call center industry has been changing faster than ever, due to technological breakthroughs and constantly evolving customer demands. The drastic changes of the past few decades have caused a complete shift to high-tech modern solutions, where software has become key in transforming day-to-day call center operations.

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Call Experts

JULY 27, 2023

A customer service call center serves as the backbone of a company’s customer service operations, providing a centralized hub where all customer inquiries, requests, and concerns are addressed efficiently and effectively. That’s where a customer service call center comes in.

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NobelBiz

JUNE 19, 2023

The modern world is centered on the concept of immediacy and the ability to obtain information instantly. By harnessing cutting-edge technology and advanced analytics, call centers can gain valuable insights into their operations as they unfold , making informed decisions in the heat of the moment. What is Real-Time Monitoring?

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Call Center Contact Center First Call Resolution Metrics 52

Comm100

MARCH 21, 2023

The average turnover rate for call center employees is around 30-45% per year , which is higher than all other occupations. To learn what determines chatbot success, read The Essential Chatbot Success Metrics. In this blog, we break down the top performance metrics for chatbots that organizations should pay attention to.

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Self Service Customer Service Strategy Omni-Channel 167

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Call abandonment is a metric that may be used to assess a contact center's performance. Observing this key performance indicator allows you to identify and fix contact center flaws. In this article, we go unveil 5 ways to optimize and reduce your Call Abandonment Rate.

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Abandon Rate Contact Center Metrics Contact Center Software 98

Lumoa

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A customer mentions during a service call that they’ve had trouble finding the new permissions settings in their account dashboard. Survey responses come in through your survey provider, reviews are available only on third-party sites, and customer conversations are all stored in your contact center. or is it different?

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NobelBiz

JANUARY 16, 2024

Are you struggling to boost customer satisfaction, enhance agent efficiency, or increase lead generation in your contact center? So, as a call center owner, manager or supervisors how do you tackle these difficult challenges and improving the overall performance within your contact center?

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Call Center Contact Center Contact Center Software Call Recording 52

NICE inContact

AUGUST 23, 2019

Gen-Z was born between 1996 and 2010, with the oldest workers of the era being 23 years of age, and prime entry-level job candidates in your contact center. While both generations have commonalities, it’s important to recognize the differences and how to cater your performance management strategy to their unique needs and preferences.

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Contact Center Gamification Management Social Media 137

NICE inContact

AUGUST 23, 2019

Gen-Z was born between 1996 and 2010, with the oldest workers of the era being 23 years of age, and prime entry-level job candidates in your contact center. While both generations have commonalities, it’s important to recognize the differences and how to cater your performance management strategy to their unique needs and preferences.

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Contact Center Gamification Management Social Media 136

NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

Forecasting is a critical component of a call center’s workforce management program. The accuracy of your forecast has a ripple effect on almost all performance metrics and business outcomes. For example, if in the past you sold 500 nick-nacks, and you received 100 calls, you could use this assumption in future months.

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Contact Center Data Management Average Handle Time 136

NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

Forecasting is a critical component of a call center’s workforce management program. The accuracy of your forecast has a ripple effect on almost all performance metrics and business outcomes. For example, if in the past you sold 500 nick-nacks, and you received 100 calls, you could use this assumption in future months.

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Contact Center Data Management Average Handle Time 136

NICE inContact

JANUARY 28, 2019

That’s why it’s critical that contact centers have solid quality programs bolstered by a strong call center evaluation scorecard. . Whether your contact center is just establishing a quality program, or you’re a quality management veteran, the evaluation scorecard is key to setting the tone for agent performance. .

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NobelBiz

APRIL 18, 2023

Are you a call center operations manager striving to enhance your team’s productivity and deliver hyper efficiency in your daily operations? In this article, we will explore proven strategies and techniques to help you unlock the full potential of your team and achieve stellar performance. Look no further!

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Contact Center Call Center Management Gamification 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 22, 2021

Sh e shares best practices supervisors can use for monitoring call center agents in a work-from-home scenario. COVID-19 has led us to believe that we need to rethink, amend, and strengthen our contact centers with robust technology to stay ahead of the pandemic. They can also snoop, barge, and whisper on a live call if required.

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Call Center Virtual Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time 89

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 18, 2018

And you’re ready for your outsourced customer service RFP to hit the road and bring you some stellar options for a new contact center partner. Here’s the short list of the best questions to ask about AI in the contact center. Looking for more contact center RFP questions? CAPABILITIES & PROCESS. BALANCING MAN & MACHINE.

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Contact Center Self Service Chatbots Case Study 195

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. Service Quality.

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Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Self Service 120

NobelBiz

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Assume your contact centers employs 500 agents to answer incoming requests from your clients. If the number of agents available to handle calls falls below the number of agents on break, meetings/training, on after-call work (ACW), absent, sick etc., then a call center efficiency loss has already occurred.

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Call Center Tools Strategy Contact Center 98

Upstream Works

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Contact centers that embrace a strategic focus on the customer experience (CX) will follow a different evolution path than those who stay the course with a conventional approach to customer service. The more modern form of evolution begins with understanding what defines CX and adapting the contact center to support that.

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Contact Center Net Promoter Score Call Center Social Media 78

NICE inContact

JUNE 5, 2019

Just calling to let you know your results came back and your levels are too high. However, every day in the contact center, supervisors and managers send incomplete messages to their agents, failing to prescribe what “medicine” is needed to correct their performance problems. Have a nice day!”. What should I do to correct them?

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Contact Center Average Handle Time Exercises Interaction 136

Retently

JULY 28, 2023

The CXO’s influence reaches across call centers, marketing, sales, billing, customer support, and other areas where a customer-centric approach is necessary. According to the CCO study performed by the Chief Customer Officer Council, 22% of the Fortune 100 companies had a C-level Customer Officer.

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Chief Customer Officer Customer Centricity Call Center Metrics 141

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 5, 2017

There is a veritable cornucopia of acronyms, measures, metrics, and objectives in the customer experience (CX) space that, if mixed the right way, can provide the exceptional customer journey that is expected. Still a very reliable measure of operational performance of your business. First Call Resolution (FCR).

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Customer Experience Effort Score Net Promoter Score Contact Center 137

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 5, 2017

There is a veritable cornucopia of acronyms, measures, metrics, and objectives in the customer experience (CX) space that, if mixed the right way, can provide the exceptional customer journey that is expected. Still a very reliable measure of operational performance of your business. First Call Resolution (FCR).

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Customer Experience Effort Score Net Promoter Score Contact Center 136