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3 Reasons Your Call Center is Missing Benchmarks

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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. And, not all call center benchmarks will be as relevant to one call center as they would be to another.

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How to Overcome Challenges with Your Call Center Metrics

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Abandonment Rate. An abandoned call is one where the caller hangs up before reaching an agent. Nine times out of ten, abandoned calls are caused by long hold times. Here are a few ways you can lower your abandonment rate: Smarter staffing. 5 Pitfalls When Measuring Abandonment Rate.

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How to Measure & Improve Call Center Average Speed of Answer

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Average speed of answer is one of the most important metrics for call centers to measure. The concept is closely tied to (and often confused with) those of average handle time and first call resolution. To make up for this blind spot, be sure to look at customer abandonment rates as well.

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8 Tips for Selecting an Effective Contact Center Strategy

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Check your past metrics and data reports, and analyze them for any trends that might be useful. Start with common KPIs such as Average Handle Time (AHT), First Call Resolution (FCR) and abandonment rates. Handpicked related content: This Year’s Top Contact Center Technology Trends.

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Medical Call Centers Can’t Afford to Ignore These 5 Metrics

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How to Overcome Challenges with Your Call Center Metrics. Abandonment Rate. Hold time is one of the biggest problems in a medical call center. If your abandon rate is high, it represents lost business — and what’s worse, it means that you’ve failed to serve someone in need. First Call Resolution (FCR).

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First Call Resolution and Other Essential Call Center Metrics

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Knowing what and how to measure is particularly true in a call center, where key performance indicators such as first call resolution, customer satisfaction, cost per call, etc are a prerequisite for effective decision-making. Yet few call centers use KPI’s to their full potential. Cost per call.

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Guide to Interpreting Call Center Analytics

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Analytics are also called key performance indicators or KPIs. They measure things like call volume, call duration, first call resolution, agent productivity, customer satisfaction, and more. One of the most basic, and critical, types of call center analytics is call volume.