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What is scheduleadherence? To put it succinctly, scheduleadherence is a metric that calculates whether agents are actually available during their scheduled times. Low adherence can be costly to your bottom line. Agentburnout. How to Improve Call Center Agent Productivity.
Lateness is another classic example. However, this is a little contentious, as the planning team impacts utilization rates much more agents. After all, it is not the agent who designs their schedule. If rates go higher, the recuperation time agents have between calls gets shorter. How to Calculate Utilization.
Ensuring that employees can be a part of managing their schedule has big benefits. Improvements in scheduleadherence , occupancy rates , and efficiency mean the return on investment (ROI) on WFM is potentially enormous when you find an effective workforce management solution.
Occupancy rate is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time). It’s the most common measure of how much of their time your call center agents spend dealing with customers. Consider an agent who is engaged in call-related work for 45 minutes during a 60 minute period.
‘Occupancy Rate’ is the percentage of time that agents spend handling customer inquiries vs. waiting for calls (idle time). It’s the most common measure of how busy call center agents are dealing with customers. Keeping a close eye on the occupancy rate allows contact center managers to prevent agentburnout.
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