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Why First Call Resolution is the Most Important Call Center Metric

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Many call center leaders cite First Call Resolution (FCR) as the most important metric to track. Research firm Frost and Sullivan calls First Call Resolution the “home run” of call center metrics. What is First Call Resolution? The reason?

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Contact Center Pipeline Magazine: Inside Our December 2016 Issue

Contact Center Pipeline

Thank you for making us a part of your journey in 2016. December is always a wonderful time of reflection to examine our goals, accomplishments and challenges and to look forward to another opportunity in the new year to continue on our journey. As our way of saying Thank You, please feel free to start, […].

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Call Center Statistics You Should Know

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When dedicated call center agents are focused exclusively on handling calls, there’s often an improvement in important call center metrics like first call resolution. ” – Shauna Geraghty, 10 Customer Service Statistics for Call Center Supervisors , Talkdesk; Twitter: @talkdesk.

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9 Critical Contact Center Trends for 2018 [White Paper]

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The Temkin Group’s 2017 Customer Experience study showed a severe decline in customer experience ratings from 2015 to 2016, but the number of companies that scored ‘good’ or ‘excellent’ increased from 18% in 2016 to 38% in 2017 – the highest rating ever. Which Topics Are Most Important for Your Customer Service Department in 2017?

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4 Scenarios Where Customers (Still) Crave Phone Support

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The importance of first-call resolution. The measure of call centers’ day-to-day success is often based on first-call resolution. Despite the changing tides, most businesses are quicker to pick up the phone than to respond on any other channel, and customers know it.

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14 Critical Call Center Metrics You Should be Tracking

NICE inContact

This can be done in a variety of ways, including with Customer Satisfaction Surveys that are sent out after a call or chat. Call SLA : A goal based on what % of the calls are answered in X seconds. Customer Experience: First Call Resolution : Are you resolving customer issues on the first call?

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8 Contact Center KPIs Add to your Management Tool Box

SharpenCX

You can also call these one-touch cases. You typically measure it by plugging calls into this formula: First call resolution % = (# of issues resolved on the first call ÷ total # of issues) x 100. We originally posted this article on November 16, 2016. Need more tools in your toolbox?