Tenfold - Contact Center Blog

JULY 9, 2018

It begins with setting metrics. The right metrics or key performance indicators (KPIs) should effectively measure a business’s specific capacities. Here’s a list of the most crucial metrics that inbound call center must measure. How does a contact center know it’s consistently delivering high quality service?

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Callminer

JANUARY 18, 2021

They are an easy way to track metrics and discover trends within your agents. There were strict criteria to meet the requirements. Schedule adherence and after call work management are part of the overall performance management processes. Implement call centre etiquette tests regularly. Keep the customer journey in mind.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Picture this: You’ve got 100 agents scheduled to work on a Monday morning—enough staff to cover this notoriously busy shift. They might be on a break or in a meeting, and some have likely called in sick or arrived late. Scheduled holidays and vacations. Team meetings. Pretty normal, right? Late arrivals. Absenteeism.

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Babelforce

AUGUST 25, 2021

There are a number of key metrics that matter in contact center workforce management including: Schedule adherence What proportion of their time agents spend on tasks they are scheduled for, versus tasks they are not scheduled for. How do WFM analysts measure contact center performance?

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Taylor Reach Group

AUGUST 23, 2017

Metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), Reports – we have a lot of names for the information and data we review to help keep our centers on track and performing as we want them to. To understand the metrics and reporting that we should be looking at, we need to look at the reasons that reporting exists in the first place.

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Call Design

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Or we could focus on “right time”, concentrating on our forecast accuracy and schedule adherence. How we understand our agents often comes from our KPIs and their metrics. We cannot build schedules that meet business and agent needs if we don’t even know what the agents need.

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Monet Software

JUNE 10, 2021

If a particular agent can’t work weekends because they have other responsibilities, they won’t stay in the job for long, or be fully engaged while there, if the schedule doesn’t meet their needs. #3 You might handle everything from inbound sales to product repair scheduling to billing support. 3 Tap into Talents. So break it up.

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Playvox

MAY 24, 2023

For just about any business or department, metrics are crucial to measuring performance. For the typical contact center, metrics are the key to identifying the reason behind a bad day and being able to create operational efficiency that helps avoid a repeat. Let’s break down these three key metrics.

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Calabrio

MARCH 22, 2025

By focusing on agent empowerment, process optimization, and data-driven decision-making, businesses can create a contact center that not only meets but exceeds customer expectations, fostering long-term relationships and driving business success. This requires a holistic approach that integrates people, processes, and technology.

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Fonolo

OCTOBER 13, 2022

At any given moment, your scheduled staff may be attending a meeting, taking a break, or arriving late because their kid missed the bus and they had to drive them to school. Track Schedule Adherence. Schedule adherence is an area where your workforce management (WFM) tools can be very helpful. Not so fast.

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Calabrio

MARCH 31, 2025

Points: Agents accumulate points for achieving specific metrics, such as call resolution time or customer satisfaction scores. Improved measurement: Gamification is naturally tied to metrics and measurement. Badges help supervisors quickly, visually monitor their agents performance metrics and progress against goals.

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Global Response

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Start measuring performance by creating a dashboard Metrics are used by customer care teams to measure performance and signal when changes are needed to make improvements. But each account customizes the metrics to its specific situation, which may differ by product category, industry, sales strategy or any number of factors.

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Pointillist

JANUARY 25, 2019

So how can you balance the need for operational efficiency with meeting customer expectations? It’s no easy task, but the right mix of call center metrics and KPIs can help you stay the course. There are many call center metrics you can measure, but only a few KPIs that you will want to monitor over a period of time.

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Fonolo

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The 4 Most Important Call Center Agent Performance Metrics 1. This call center metric is an essential gauge of customer perception — how they perceive your product and service. As with many of these call center metrics, CES is a good indicator, but rife with nuance. Still, many managers use this back to front.

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Talkdesk

APRIL 10, 2019

Tracking The Call Center Metrics That Matter Maintaining a high level of customer experience is difficult, especially considering the dozens of metrics that you could be tracking to help you answer the question “Are my customers happy?”. These include things everything from bathroom breaks to team meetings.

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Fonolo

MAY 30, 2023

Executive Guide to 6 Call Center Metrics What is Workforce Management in a Call Center? By scheduling call-backs for quieter times, you increase efficiency and decrease agent downtime. Meeting service level agreements Customers value a fast response when they reach out for customer support. You know where this leads!

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Monet Software

JULY 30, 2019

Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) should help you monitor and analyze this data but again, there are so many of them. We selected the top call center metrics that will really help your call center succeed. Tip: If this metric is too high, it means your agents are not moving as fast as they should.

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Serenova

AUGUST 25, 2020

Such a disconnect leads to the following questions: How can organizations best support agents’ productivity so they not only meet but exceed their goals? Supports schedule compliance. Schedule adherence assesses how closely a contact center agent follows their scheduled activities. Supports regulatory compliance.

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Playvox

JUNE 22, 2023

Tracking, reporting, and improving upon metrics are essential across all areas of business, including finance, sales, marketing, and contact center management. Understanding the key call center efficiency metrics to track , and more importantly, how to improve them, will set you up for success and help keep your customers happy.

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3CLogic

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Metric standards that don’t make sense. Go Beyond Metrics To Offer Individualized Coaching. Monitoring agent performance metrics — which includes service level, agent schedule adherence, call resolution, average handle time, and customer satisfaction — is critical for identifying opportunities to improve.

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Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

It’s key to understand the complexities of these metrics to know if they are leading to improved satisfaction or if customers are left feeling rushed and problems are left unresolved. Are agents working on what they are scheduled to do? Look at schedule adherence and schedule compliance metrics.

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Playvox

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

For contact center managers, this phrase rings in their heads each time they create a forecast, build a schedule, or track schedule adherence. . You might find even yourself re-creating a report a second, third, or fourth time to meet individual users’ needs. Focusing on values and seeking feedback.

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Fonolo

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Schedule reviews regularly and well in advance. To ensure agents know when their reviews are, schedule them in batches and on the same cadence. You might decide to meet bi-weekly, monthly, or quarterly depending on how many agents you’re responsible for. Ask each agent to have a self-assessment prepared for your meeting. .

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Babelforce

MARCH 2, 2022

It also involves taking part in coaching sessions, meetings, and huddles. However, it is not just a metric for team leaders to concern themselves. Also, avoid confusing conformance with schedule adherence. Conformance will not highlight such issues, but adherence will. Why does Conformance Matter?

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Customer Service Life

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

It’s at this point in the meeting that they reveal the millions of metrics available to any contact center leader who adopts the platform. As someone who loves my metrics, I get giddy as I start considering just how many I can fit onto a single dashboard. But are more metrics really better?

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Noble Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

At the core, it is comprised of forecasting accuracy, effective scheduling, and efficient rostering. In the contact center, WFM provides the necessary metrics to gain insights into the number of agents and supervisors with the right skill sets that are required to complete the work at any given time of day, week or month.

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COPC

APRIL 19, 2023

When designing a balanced scorecard, include the metrics related to your core values and ensure they are weighted appropriately. If you manage a sales organization, your scorecards wouldn’t be complete without conversion metrics. Agent-Level Scorecards Keep agent-level scorecards focused on agent-level metrics.

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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. Ensuring that employees can be a part of managing their schedule has big benefits.

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Outsource Consultants

JANUARY 27, 2025

At Outsource Consultants, we understand the pivotal role these metrics play in driving success and enhancing customer experiences. By focusing on these essential metrics, contact centers can optimize their operations and deliver outstanding service. Train agents on the impact of these metrics.

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Playvox

AUGUST 25, 2022

Another person may not adhere to scheduled breaks or lunches. All these singular actions can negatively impact service level metrics and the customer experience. You can use these in a huddle or team meeting, and they don’t take a lot of time. One person may leave early from their closing shift. ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE?

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Playvox

JANUARY 11, 2024

Ultimately the goal of workforce management is to maintain the tricky tightrope act of accurately forecasting the right number of agents to meet the required workload–using the fewest number of labor hours without sacrificing CX or EX. The result—it’s easier to build schedules and manage the daily fluctuations 3.

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Outsource Consultants

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Advanced Analytics for Performance Tracking Performance tracking has evolved beyond basic metrics like average handling time. This has resulted in improvements in schedule adherence and operational costs for many centers. What are the key metrics Indian call centers focus on? FAQs About India Call Center QA 1.

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Monet Software

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Either way, make sure that you are accommodating celebrating schedule adherence in an effort to promote the behavior you are seeking. However you schedule, strive to optimize staffing, keep customers satisfied and track adherence. Meeting Performance Standards. We’re Here to Help. Contact us today for a demo.

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Fonolo

AUGUST 15, 2023

When it comes to demystifying call center metrics, ‘occupancy rate’ shouldn’t be forgotten. In this post, we will look into how occupancy rate is calculated, what value it adds to the vast mix of call center metrics and the problems that can arise if it is used improperly. What is Occupancy in a Call Center?

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Monet Software

JULY 25, 2019

Workforce management in a contact center or help desk is the art and science of having the right number of employees with the right skills at the right times, to meet accurately forecasted volumes of work at a predetermined service level with minimized costs. It also means less errors and less manual processes. Boost productivity.

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OctopusTech

MARCH 1, 2023

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. That can lead to data overload and the really important metrics can get lost in the shuffle. Call center agents benefit greatly from having access to reporting metrics.

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Talkdesk

JULY 16, 2019

Contact center agents may also take issue with the performance metrics being used to assess them. Also, the caller simply does not care about whatever internal call center metrics you are using for performance management. All they care about is results, and different callers will have different opinions about their interactions.

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