Fonolo

MAY 31, 2022

Total Shift Time —The full amount of time an agent was scheduled to work. For example, Occupancy Rates can help predict agent burnout and satisfaction at work. An overwhelmed agent is not a happy agent. When any employee experiences burnout at work, their performance suffers. Eventually, agents will quit.

Agent burnout 81

Agent burnout Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center 81

Playvox

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Have you ever struggled to determine what caused an unexpected increase in volume or a decrease in service level? Once you’ve run the gamut of possibilities and you still come up empty-handed, it’s time to review agent data to determine if agent behavior caused the unexpected spike in volume. Review adherence.

Contact Center 84

Contact Center Agent burnout Quality management contact center solutions 84

Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Call center workforce management is the art and science of having the right number of agents available at the right times to answer an accurately forecasted volume of incoming customer contacts at the service level standard set by a contact center while minimizing cost. Leaders must set the tone for everyone else to follow.

Call Center 52

Call Center Schedule adherence call center workforce Management 52

Playvox

APRIL 6, 2023

If too many people are scheduled, you’ll see downtime between interactions, lower occupancy rates, and lower employee productivity for the agents. If not enough people are scheduled, you will often see agent burnout due to minimal breaks between interactions, a higher-than-ideal occupancy rate, and higher overtime costs.

Management 54

Management Contact Center Best practices Agent burnout 54

Fonolo

MAY 31, 2022

Total Shift Time —The full amount of time an agent was scheduled to work. For example, Occupancy Rates can help predict agent burnout and satisfaction at work. An overwhelmed agent is not a happy agent. When any employee experiences burnout at work, their performance suffers. Eventually, agents will quit.

Agent burnout 67

Agent burnout Contact Center Average Handle Time Call Center 67

Playvox

JULY 31, 2023

Employee self-service allows employees to access a host of information and take care of simple processes themselves, such as requesting leave, checking on their schedules, performing shift swaps, and viewing their performance against KPI metrics. This timely reaction to metrics is crucial in a fast-paced contact center environment.

Self service 85

Self service Management Coaching Contact Center 85

Babelforce

JULY 29, 2021

So which metrics are the most useful? Talk time is a simple metric; it’s the total time agents spend dealing with callers. It’s useful to know, but – time spent talking doesn’t necessarily indicate service quality. #2 Keeping this metric low reduces support costs by helping you answer more queries with the same resources.

Call Center 52

Call Center Abandon rate Contact Center Agent burnout 52

JustCall

APRIL 3, 2024

Monitoring call volume patterns and adjusting staffing levels helps maintain service levels during peak periods. Without implementing flexible scheduling options, such as alternate shifts or remote work arrangements, you cannot ensure that all time zones are covered while preventing agent burnout.

Sales 52

Sales Interactive Voice Response Abandon rate Wait times 52

Balto

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are many things you can do to make your call center more productive, like motivating your agents, equipping them with technological solutions, and implementing self-service options. But before thinking about solutions, it’s important to measure your current productivity metrics to be able to track progress down the line.

Call Center 52

Call Center Interactive Voice Response Average Handle Time First call resolution 52

Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

In a recent customer experience survey by Customer Contact Week, consumers reported the following priorities: Easy handling of their problem Fast issue resolution Friendly, personalized service. Contact center agents may also take issue with the performance metrics being used to assess them.

Call Center 43

Call Center Management Average Handle Time Schedule adherence 43

Playvox

MAY 25, 2023

WFM systems enable organizations to gain insights into such business metrics as the exact number of employees needed to complete a particular job at a given time of the day, week, or month. and scheduling the correct number of agents with the right skills at the right time to handle the expected volume of transactions.

Contact Center 55

Contact Center Workload forecasts Agent burnout Customer retention 55

NobelBiz

JUNE 4, 2024

Benefits of a Call Center for Customer Service Scalability Customer service call centers can easily scale their operations to meet fluctuating demand. This scalability ensures that businesses can maintain high service levels during peak periods without overstaffing during slower times.

Call Center 52

Call Center Interactive Voice Response Customer Service contact center solutions 52

SharpenCX

APRIL 29, 2020

Factor in current business trends, new product or service releases and the net new customer forecasts for each quarter. And, look to your year-over-year metrics for added guidance, too. Look to your historical data and reports to find metrics to input into the calculator fields. Coaching builds confidence in your agents.

Coaching 76

Coaching Management Contact Center Morale 76

Fonolo

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In our on-going effort to demystify call center metrics, ‘occupancy rate’ shouldn’t be forgotten. Occupancy rate is basically a measure of how “busy” call center agents are when they are at work. If you like this type of post, you should check out our other posts on call center metrics such as.

Call Center 52

Call Center Average Handle Time Schedule adherence Agent burnout 52

Global Response

AUGUST 7, 2023

Consider these key strategies that we’ve used successfully for 40+ years in creating call center cultures that strengthen employee engagement and retention while improving customer service levels. Call centers with positive cultures perform better and offer stronger customer service levels than those without.

Call Center 62

Call Center Morale Employee engagement Customer centricity 62

Fonolo

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Is Chat Eating into Phone-Based Customer Service? Call Center Metrics. Some highlights: Contact Centers Focusing Less on 80/20 Service Level. Customer Service Lexicon. We tip our hat to the managers that face the day-to-day challenge of hiring agents and keeping them in good spirits.

Call Center 62

Call Center Contact Center Agent burnout Gamification 62

SharpenCX

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Digital tools provide a greater level of sophistication to analyze your agents. With upgraded reporting, you can see how agents perform compared to industry standards and your past track record. With metrics and KPIs, you set the bar for performance across your contact center.

Call Center 67

Call Center Coaching Contact Center Agent burnout 67

Noble Systems

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Here is a high-level view of how an ACD can benefit your call center. Connect customers with the right agent, right away – First-call resolution and customer satisfaction are very important metrics for a call center. Keeping agents and customers satisfied is critical in today’s fast-paced environments.

First call resolution 57

First call resolution Call Center Interactive Voice Response call center software 57

JustCall

MARCH 7, 2023

Know How to Measure Performance Not every contact center agent you hire would have the same performance – they would all have their own strengths and weaknesses. You need to set your KPIs in a way that agent performance metrics (like average handle time) align well with business goals and objectives.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Multichannel Contact center software contact center solutions 52