First call resolution Gamification Wait times 
Fonolo
DECEMBER 13, 2022
First-call resolution: The ability to resolve customer issues in a single call is a great KPI to monitor for agents. Specific: “Agent X aims to improve their first-call resolution rate from 37% to 55%, from October 2022 to March 2023.” Experiment with gamification. . What are SMART goals?
Outsource Consultants
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021
Waiting is the Hardest Part (But It Doesn’t Have to Be). Customers have not only come to expect inevitable wait times — they’ve come to loathe them. When faced with unanticipated hold times and slow inquiry resolution. It’s no wonder customers have such low expectations.
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Calabrio
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Measuring Call Center Agent Performance: Key Agent Productivity Metrics While overall contact center productivity is important to track as well, it’s the performance of your agents that ultimately drives results. Average Handle Time (AHT): Tracks the average duration of a customer interaction.
NobelBiz
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Hold queues and smart call routing play a pivotal role. Hold Queues : Ensures calls are answered promptly, minimizing wait times. Smart Call Routing : Directs calls to the most suitable agent based on expertise, language, or past interactions. This increases the likelihood of first-call resolution.
NobelBiz
MAY 9, 2023
Brad Butler, Contact Center Software Consultant @ NobelBiz Improved Agent Productivity Long wait times can be a significant challenge for contact centers, causing negative consequences for both agents and customers. To mitigate these issues, many contact centers use dialers to eliminate unwanted wait times.
Fonolo
MAY 17, 2017
Traditionally, the distribution strategy would be based on getting the caller to any agent as quickly as possible, however, advances in AI technology have allowed much more accurate skills-based call routing ; where calls are directed to the agent who is most competent at resolving the caller’s particular issue. Gamification.
OctopusTech
MARCH 1, 2023
We’ve seen businesses improve agent engagement by making individual performance stats available on agent dashboards and by the gamification of specific agent behaviors. Choose and focus on the right metrics Inbound call centers have so many things they can measure that it’s tempting to make each measurement equally important.
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