The Northridge Group

JULY 20, 2023

Contact centers are in a state of flux, with many contact center associates (and workers in general) hesitant to return to the office full-time and forgo the flexibility that comes with a work-from-home (WFH) or hybrid environment. Imagine that you conduct an extensive analysis of contact center associate performance.

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Fonolo

MAY 4, 2021

If this sounds familiar, don’t worry — it is possible to upgrade your call center infrastructure and reduce future contact center costs at the same time. Read on to learn how to offset call center costs, and ensure that your customer service operations meet the needs of the 21st-Century customer. Go remote (or go home).

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

Best Practices Contact Center Management: Best Practices & Strategies for Peak Performance Share The modern contact center is no longer seen as a mere service function at the periphery of the business. At the same time, contact center operations have also taken on a new level complexity.

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Revation Systems

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Businesses in nearly every industry have felt increasing expectations from their customers as a result of a new standard for communication thanks to the abundance of smartphones and mobile devices. Contact centers, an industry that is driven purely by consumer communications has been significantly impacted by recent digital trends.

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Fonolo

MARCH 4, 2021

Contact center reporting can be stressful for even the most seasoned managers and directors. The higher your FCR, the more efficient your contact center is at helping your customers. The average call center has an FCR of 72%. Abandonment Rate. Here’s another popular KPI in contact centers.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Entrepreneur and CRM expert Bobby Darnell describes business development as a “contact sport.” When it comes to contact center development, what Darnell means is that you must engage. You can’t passively improve a call center. . Call center development is an essential subset of any overall business development plan.

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Calabrio

APRIL 23, 2025

The task of juggling cost and quality is nothing new, but todays environment has created a perfect storm for contact centersand its clear that achieving brighter days ahead will require more than just incremental improvements. Instead, contact center teams need innovation.

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Outsource Consultants

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

It’s because the ongoing labor shortage, paired with increased Q4 purchasing, is leaving many businesses that rely on contact center support exposed to looming CX disasters. Look no further than the travel industry, which is already reeling to meet Q4 demand spikes and record call volume. Tip the Scales with Technology.

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ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. As an example, evaluate abandonment within your web self-service channels.

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CCNG

MAY 30, 2024

Ultimately, if your software cannot produce the required number of full-time equivalent (FTE) to meet your goal (service level or abandon rate) then it’s not a WFM platform. This allows you to know, based on the latest information, if you’ll be able to meet your service level and abandon rate goals for today.

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Calabrio

MARCH 11, 2025

Workforce Management 9 Contact Center Quality Assurance Best Practices: Modernize Your Approach, Optimize Your Performance Share Even as AI enters the picture, the human interaction between agent and customer is, and will remain, at the core of customer service operations. What is call center quality assurance?

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TechSee

JUNE 16, 2022

If you want to stay ahead of the game, follow them on Linkedin, Twitter, or YouTube or try meeting them at key industry events – their enormous impact is bound to become a catalyst for change in the space. Customer Management Practice is the analyst, advisor and industry network that helps companies turn customers into raving fans.

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SharpenCX

JUNE 23, 2021

But, your contact center KPIs are an important piece of creating a happy team and happy customers. Plus, you need a high-performing, empowered contact center. But, don’t feel burdened to track the dozens of KPIs in your contact center. Active Contact Resolution. Call abandonment rate.

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Taylor Reach Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The old Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) model is broken. By: Colin Taylor.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

But when unpredictable events occur, even the best in the industry need a helping hand. The result is typically a rise in hold time, an increase in abandonment, angry callers, and stressed out agents. Fortunately, there’s an easy and affordable approach that call centers can take to protect themselves against these common scenarios.

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Fonolo

APRIL 17, 2018

In the wide world of call center metrics, “service level” has always held a special place. It gives the industry a universally understood way to talk about how quickly calls are answered by agents. Its origins go back over 5 decades, to the earliest days of call centers. What’s Inside: Occupancy Rate. Abandonment Rate.

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Revation Systems

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The South Bend Clinic’s mission is to provide exceptional patient-centered, physician-led, coordinated care to improve the health of their patients and community. 200% The South Bend Clinic Improves Contact Center Abandonment Rate by 200% with LinkLive. High Abandonment Rates Linked to Outdated Technology.

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Hodusoft

MARCH 18, 2025

The Importance of Social Media Integration in Ecommerce Contact Centers Before we start with the blog, let’s do a quick experiment. When compared with other sectors, the customer retention rate of the e-commerce industry is among the lowest. How many can you find?

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Fonolo

AUGUST 31, 2021

Some companies have long contact pages, with hundred phone numbers linking to every department or important person. A call routing system is the industry standard solution to this. The Contact Center Guide to Managing Spikes in Call Volume. What is Call Routing in a Contact Center? How frustrating!

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CCNG

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Budgets are getting tighter, and executive teams are asking contact center leadership to do more with a lower headcount. The already frustrated customer is now stuck in a queue with a long wait; that’s because staffing levels are down because contact centers don’t have enough customer-facing workers. It’s a vicious cycle.

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Fonolo

APRIL 11, 2019

It’s imperative in a time of high competition and demand that your contact center is in optimal condition. Business consultant Peter Drucker noted, “the purpose of a business is to create a customer,” and the purpose of the call center is to maintain the customer. Use Advanced Analytics. Engage your Employees.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Call center managers must be aware of industry trends, customer needs, and the latest call center technology. Benchmarking helps call centers compare their operations and processes to other call centers. Here we’ll go through standard KPIs and common reasons why call centers struggle to meet them.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 19, 2023

If you’re in the contact center industry, 80/20 service levels are likely nothing new. Contact center managers know that SLAs are essential for defining and measuring success for their businesses. Contact center managers know that SLAs are essential for defining and measuring success for their businesses.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 29, 2019

Every year we ask: What can contact centers do to bolster their productivity, efficiency, and customer service offerings in the future? This year’s soundbites are rich with well-researched insights that a) act as a warning; and b) can help your contact center win. Learn more about Shaun here and here.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 15, 2022

That all depends on the goals your contact center sets. It’s up to you to set those standards and provide the right support and motivation for your call center team to achieve them. And that can be an undertaking, considering all the areas of the contact center that can affect performance.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 27, 2025

Contact center key performance indicators (KPIs) are critical for measuring and improving customer service operations. By focusing on these essential metrics, contact centers can optimize their operations and deliver outstanding service. How to Improve AHT: Implement knowledge management systems to provide quick answers.

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Callminer

JANUARY 18, 2021

International contact centres face many of the same obstacles as domestic contact centres, but they must also overcome language and location-related barriers to function properly. ” – Robert Brown, 10 Effective Call Center Operational Performance Strategies , Invensis; Twitter: @invensis.

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Talkdesk

MARCH 5, 2018

The post is an examination of a Call Center KPI from Talkdesk’s 2018 Contact Center KPI Benchmarking Report. Customers call contact centers to have an issue resolved. Sometimes those calls are abandoned. Average Abandonment Rate. Inbound callers typically abandon in the IVR or waiting queue.

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NobelBiz

AUGUST 2, 2022

Despite the fact that there are other ways to contact customer support, people prefer the phone. However, call center agents are not always accessible right away. Reducing call abandonment rate means connecting more with customers in a less impersonal way. What is the Call Abandonment Rate for Contact Centers?

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Taylor Reach Group

JANUARY 11, 2018

The Contact Center outsourcing industry is a significant piece of the customer service and support landscape. The most common metrics included in CCO agreements are all quantitative: Service Level, AHT, abandon rate etc. By: Colin Taylor. The Status Quo. It is primarily based on labor arbitrage.

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Fonolo

JUNE 12, 2019

According to an Accenture study , consumers’ top two complaints were: Having to contact customer service multiple times; and. This consumer pet peeve is exacerbated by the fact that contact centers routinely face expected, and unexpected, spikes in call volume. Lower Abandonment Rates. Lowering Abandon Rates.

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Fonolo

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you take a tech tool like ChatGPT and ask it about call abandonment in the contact center, the AI-powered bot will give you an earful about one of the most persistent problems in the customer service industry. But asking the powerful generative pre-trained transformer a question won’t save a single abandoned call.

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Fonolo

MARCH 11, 2021

Medical contact centers have been inundated with worried members seeking answers and support. While not physically on the front lines, call center agents have been facing their own challenges with massive call volumes as they attempt to help callers navigate health networks to get the support they need. Abandonment Rate.

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Fonolo

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

In the world of contact center metrics, service level has always held a special place. This metric is universally understood across the industry, and clearly conveys how quickly customer calls are answered by support agents. Its origins go back over five decades, to the earliest days of call centers.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 12, 2021

If you’re looking to boost your performance metrics and optimize your processes, rearranging your contact center space is a good place to begin. But how do seating arrangements really factor into your contact center, and is it worth the time and initiative? How to Foster Agent Engagement in a Hybrid Contact Center.

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Fonolo

MAY 6, 2021

The contact center industry boasts some of the most intelligent and innovative CX technologies out there. Six Crucial CX & Contact Center Trends That Will Shape 2021. Through this full-service experience, contact centers can gather more data with greater accuracy in a single interaction.

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Fonolo

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

But now, with agent engagement becoming a growing priority for call centers, it’s a great time to reimagine your approach to training your team members. Contact Center Trends: Industry Predictions for 2022. That’s why customers rely more on contact center agents now more than ever for all the information they need.

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