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It’s Time to Rethink How you do Real Time Management!

Call Design

Traditional Real Time Management methods are not only time-intensive but also prone to errors. Often there is a delay in updating schedules which means that the information in your workforce management system is no longer reflective of what is happening. Lets take a closer look at how it does this.

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2025 Call Center Productivity Guide: Must-Have Metrics and Key Success Strategies

Calabrio

Average Handle Time (AHT): Tracks the average duration of a customer interaction. Average Speed of Answer (ASA): Measures how quickly calls are answered. After-Call Work (ACW): Tracks the time agents spend on post-call tasks.

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Contact Center Key Performance Indicators to Improve CX

Outsource Consultants

Five key KPIs help optimize efficiency: Average Handle Time (AHT) , Service Level , Abandonment Rate , Occupancy Rate , and Average Speed of Answer (ASA). Optimize Average Handle Time (AHT) AHT measures the average time spent on a customer interaction, including talk time, hold time, and after-call work.

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How to Spot (and Hire) a Great Call Center Manager

Fonolo

Since the call center industry is known for high attrition rates, managers play a key role in retaining strong agents. This requires empathy, which can be helpful when providing constructive feedback and support. Call center managers should have the analytical skills to interpret the data and translate them into actionable insights.

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6 Questions to Assess Your Contact Center’s Readiness to Identify Customer-Impacting Issues

Customer Service Life

Are your agents empowered and given the time to thoroughly test an issue or are you micromanaging their average handle time (AHT) or after-call work (ACW)? I think it’s fairly rare for contact centers to ask their agents to spend more time during and after calls.

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Three Ways Call Centers Can Reduce Average Wait Time

JustCall

Average wait time vs average handling time Average handling time (AHT) is the time it takes an agent to complete a call. It’s calculated by dividing the total time taken on calls by the total number of calls. In other words, the same number of queries are resolved in less time.

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7 Tips to Improve Your Customer Support for Small Businesses

JivoChat

Let’s say that your primary goal is to minimize customer wait times. Managers and agents are aware of this goal which motivates their actions. Here are a few examples: Improve response time. Work on average handle time (AHT). Request customer feedback. They inspire action. Improve employee skill.