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Operational Indicators – Average Handle Time (AHT)

Taylor Reach Group

In this article, we tackle one of the most important indicators; Average Handle Time (AHT). AHT is defined as the total amount of time (on average) that an agent spends on a contact. In a Contact Center environment (voice, chat), AHT includes talk time, hold time and after call work time (ACW).

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Calculating Average Handle Time in Light of Customer Experience and IVRs

Taylor Reach Group

Definition of Average Handle Time: The average time spent handling a contact with a customer, which may be a call, email, chat or any kind of request. Calculation: Total Handle Time/Total Contacts. As customer self-service has become more prevalent, AHT has gone up for most companies.

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12 Call Center Best Practices You Need to Be Doing Right Now

Callminer

In addition to call monitoring and scoring, managers and supervisors should also make it a point to schedule in time for targeted coaching sessions with agents. One best practice recommended by experts is to have the agent discuss what they believe to be their strengths and weaknesses during coaching sessions.

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10 Key Metrics and KPI’s for Contact Centre Performance

Call Design

Average delay refers to the average amount of time a customer spends waiting in the queue for an answer from an agent whereas grade of service is the defined as a percentage of contacts answered within x seconds. Average Handle Time (AHT).

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Getting to the Source of Quality Customer Experience: How to Implement Consistent Customer Service Training to Build your Dream Team in your Contact Center

SharpenCX

With effective and frequent customer service training and coaching. Invest in your agents to get the quality of service and performance you want. So, how do you fit frequent customer service training into your every day? Aside from quarterly summits, make a schedule for more frequent coaching. Coaching on the Fly.

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How Managing and Coaching to Agent Performance Metrics Amplifies Your Call Center’s ROI

SharpenCX

And, great managers know it’s on them to coach agents to better performance and realize higher call center ROI. Metrics like Service Level and First Contact Resolution are difficult for agents to influence. Use the daily performance data you collect to strengthen 1:1 coaching. And, they enjoy doing it. What’s more?

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What Call Center Metrics mean to Customers

Taylor Reach Group

So with ‘tongue planted firmly in cheek’, I present a customer translation for commonly used Call Center metrics; SL – Call Center operators know this as Service Level ; the percentage of calls that are answered within a defined period of time.