BlueOcean

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Are you in the middle of “contact center RFP season”? We segmented the questions into six key sections: Company Overview Agent Workforce Contact Center Reporting Project Management Technology Pricing Company Overview Get to know the history and organization of the vendor. Be realistic about your risk tolerance.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Employee Engagement Average Handle Time Culture 156

NobelBiz

JANUARY 28, 2025

With the advancement of the contact center industry, benchmarks continue to shift and challenge businesses to meet higher customer expectations while maintaining efficiency. Average Handle Time (AHT) : This measures how long agents spend on calls, including after-call work.

Contact Center 52

Contact Center Abandon Rate Self Service Average Handle Time 52

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

We’re making it easier than ever for contact center managers to bring together the most powerful solution to operate your contact center, to drive efficiency and productivity, and to give your agent a streamlined desktop with everything they need in one place. Easy-to-use, integrated agent desktop delivers productivity.

Contact Center 27

Contact Center Average Handle Time Self Service CRM 27

NICE inContact

MAY 14, 2019

Intraday reforecasting allows for the contact center to reevaluate needs based on the day-of trending of volume, average handle time, and service levels. For more ways on how to elevate your contact center, check out these resources. That’s where intraday management and reforecasting comes into play!

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Management Average Handle Time Course 136

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

If you’ve manage an aging contact center, then you’ve probably identified several inefficiencies which limit your success. Maybe its call volumes that exceed contact center capacity. When you transform contact center inefficiencies into proficiencies you are transforming money “wasted” into money saved.

Contact Center 121

Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time First Call Resolution 121

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Talk of ChatGPT is everywhere from your LinkedIn feed to the evening news to, yes, this blog. Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. So let’s get into it. Those first three are what we’d expect.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Experience Self Service Chatbots 156

NICE inContact

JANUARY 11, 2019

More recently, the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) and its role in customer care has been one that contact center managers have wanted to learn more about. It often seems that AI is becoming the answer for EVERYTHING but contact center leaders can struggle to understand how it can help specific employees with specific roles.

Omni-Channel 45

Omni-Channel Management Contact Center Self Service 45

NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

With good cloud-based contact center solutions, implementing agent screen pops have never been easier. However, benefits extend to other contact center metrics as well. Average Handle Time. An effective agent screen pop can have a dramatic positive impact on average handle time (AHT).

Contact Center 122

Contact Center Average Handle Time Engagement Wait Times 122

NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. Once those areas are identified, you can adjust agents’ shifts, moving around shift times, breaks, lunches, etc. Real-time adherence. Intraday management. Schedule changes.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Management Employee Engagement Average Handle Time 136

NICE inContact

AUGUST 22, 2019

In Part One of this two-part series, we sought to demystify the forecasting and scheduling components of contact center workforce management. Once those areas are identified, you can adjust agents’ shifts, moving around shift times, breaks, lunches, etc. Real-time adherence. Intraday management. Schedule changes.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Management Employee Engagement Average Handle Time 136

NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

A bad forecast can directly lead to under- or overstaffing, which then has cascade effects on average handle time, CSAT, labor waste… the list goes on and on! The post Workforce Management (WFM) – Using Historical Data for Contact Center Forecasting appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Data Management Average Handle Time 136

NICE inContact

AUGUST 13, 2019

A bad forecast can directly lead to under- or overstaffing, which then has cascade effects on average handle time, CSAT, labor waste… the list goes on and on! The post Workforce Management (WFM) – Using Historical Data for Contact Center Forecasting appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

Contact Center 136

Contact Center Data Management Average Handle Time 136

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

When it comes to reducing expenses within contact center operations, one of the best ways to do so is to reduce the amount of time that live agents spend on the phone. With that being said, one of the biggest time-consumers of live agent minutes comes from repetitive and tedious data gathering.

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Virtual Agent Contact Center Data Average Handle Time 122

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In our last post we talked about how using a “Contact Center as a Service” (CCaaS) may be a better use of resources as opposed to purchasing and maintaining contact center technology in your own data center. Explain how a contact center upgrade will improve KPI’s. Here is a quick example.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Average Handle Time Financial CRM 120

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It’s 2019, which means contact center metrics from 1999 are almost old enough for their first legal beer (and already knocking them back in Canada.) That said, the contact center accumulates millions of data points every single day. Fighting the Cost Center Mindset. But where do we start?

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Metrics Customer Care Measurement Contact Center 219

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But if you are a contact center manager, you aren’t measured solely on your own personal performance. One powerful way is to integrate your customer relationship management (CRM) system and your contact center software. Average Handle Time: Integrating your contact center and CRM enable you to shorten call length.

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Contact Center CRM Contact Center Software Self Service 24

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

As cloud communications companies like RingCentral and inContact have matured, the contact center world has been seeing an increasingly rapid move to the cloud. Taken together, these two movements are bringing about real change in the contact center. Here at RingCentral , many of our customers fall into that category.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Average Handle Time Insurance Conference 120

NICE inContact

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This is the first of four ways that virtual agents are automating the contact center. Navigating poorly designed DTMF touch-tone systems and single word command menus can cause issues with proper routing and ultimately result in internal transfers, which is a large expense for contact centers.

Virtual Agent 120

Virtual Agent Contact Center Self Service Average Handle Time 120

NICE inContact

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Today, contact center leaders who embrace the cloud are quick to see its benefits – powering engaging customer experiences while positively impacting business outcomes. As contact centers continue to become drivers of business growth, there are significant quantitative and qualitative results to consider.

Contact Center 120

Contact Center Virtual Agent Net Promoter Score Self Service 120

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The same is true for first call resolution and average handle times. Data from ICMI also reveals that 76% of call center professionals believe bilingual support improves the customer experience, brand loyalty, and customer satisfaction. It’s our thing. So, of course, we’re biased.

Contact Center 310

Contact Center Customer Care Average Handle Time Consumers 310

Uniphore

JULY 30, 2021

When contact center leaders were asked what prevents them from running their dream contact center operation, they cite the same reasons year after year – lack of technology integration closely follows lack of budget. Overall, only 12.1% of businesses receive high NPS ratings though 81.9% recognize CX as a differentiator.

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Innovation Contact Center Average Handle Time NPS 246

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Average talk time (ATT) is often a neglected little contact center metric. Overshadowed by its bigger, louder counterpart, Average handle time (AHT), it often stays in the background, waiting for someone to notice it and realize its potential. Your agents represent your brand.

Metrics 161

Metrics Average Handle Time Contact Center Guidelines 161

NobelBiz

JANUARY 18, 2022

The post How To Manage The Average Handling Time (AHT) For Contact Centers? How is the AHT calculated? What are the appropriate methods to employ in order to optimize it? Find out more in our article! appeared first on NobelBiz®.

Average Handle Time 52

Average Handle Time Contact Center Management How To 52

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Average talk time (ATT) is often a neglected little contact center metric. Overshadowed by its bigger, louder counterpart, Average handle time (AHT), it often stays in the background, waiting for someone to notice it and realize its potential. Your agents represent your brand.

Metrics 146

Metrics Average Handle Time Contact Center Guidelines 146

NICE inContact

MARCH 10, 2016

As a contact center manager, you’ve got a lot of metrics to choose from as your key performance indicators (KPIs). In this blog, we help narrow down this long list to help you focus on the metrics that, when improved upon, will really help your contact center thrive. Service Quality. Operational Efficiency.

Call Center 120

Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Self Service 120

AWS Machine Learning

JULY 29, 2022

Establishing highly efficient contact centers requires significant automation, the ability to scale, and a mechanism of active learning through customer feedback. In traditional contact centers, one solution for long hold times is enabling self-service options for customers using an Interactive Voice Response system (IVR).

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Contact Center Self Service Resources Average Handle Time 129

ViiBE Blog

MARCH 18, 2021

On the other, each call must be handled as promptly as possible to ensure that the next caller has a short wait time. Given these opposing demands, how can a center ensure that agents handle each call as efficiently as possible? A classic call center metric to measure this is the Average Handle Time (AHT).

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Average Handle Time Call Center Virtual Call Center Knowledge Base 52

ShepHyken

JANUARY 18, 2019

This rings especially true in the contact center, where many of the simpler, repetitive tasks are still performed by humans. It’s a crucial part of the contact center and the longer you wait to deploy it the further behind your competition you fall. The post Guest Blog: Are You Setting the Right Customer Experience Goals?

Customer Experience 99

Customer Experience Contact Center Airlines Average Handle Time 99

NICE inContact

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

In part 1 of the blog, we looked at the foundations of building a robust Customer Experience (CX), starting with contact centers. Voice of the customer, analytics and AI-driven technologies are important add-on pieces in addition to core contact center and CRM systems. CX metrics are not your operational KPIs.

Net Promoter Score 137

Net Promoter Score Contact Center Average Handle Time Effort Score 137

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

You’ve invested a significant amount of time and energy to hire highly skilled contact center agents, and you’ve invested a lot of money in the technology they use to handle calls/inquiries, so what is missing? Why aren’t you seeing the results you’d like in the customer experience space? Think about it this way.

Self Service 0

Self Service Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time 0

NICE inContact

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

You’ve invested a significant amount of time and energy to hire highly skilled contact center agents, and you’ve invested a lot of money in the technology they use to handle calls/inquiries, so what is missing? Why aren’t you seeing the results you’d like in the customer experience space? Think about it this way.

Self Service 149

Self Service Contact Center Call Center Average Handle Time 149

NobelBiz

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Forecasting in call centers helps today’s contact centers achieve high efficiency and customer satisfaction while keeping running costs low. Call centers predict future call volumes and other metrics so demand can be better met and good service levels can be maintained with optimized resources.

Call Center 52

Call Center Average Handle Time Contact Center First Call Resolution 52

Playvox

MARCH 27, 2023

Operating a successful contact center demands attention to a wide range of factors, from investing in your agents’ well-being and training to implementing the right tools and technology. Training programs should be designed to meet the specific needs of the contact center and its agents.

Contact Center 84

Contact Center Gamification Training Chatbots 84

BlueOcean

AUGUST 19, 2024

Placing the trust of your customer in the hands of your outsourced contact center partner requires even more attention to executing personal, uninterrupted conversations and world-class customer experiences (you should talk to us if you need an outsourced contact center partner who cares equally about the customer experience).

Self Service 156

Self Service Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Satisfaction 156

Kustomer

JULY 8, 2021

Darryl recognizes that as a leader in the contact center world, it can be difficult to fully buy into the idea of AI services when some existing processes are alright as is. Many leaders question why they should even buy into AI when innovation is already happening within their contact centers. TRANSCRIPT. Read More Hide.

Contact Center 98

Contact Center Self Service Consumers Examples 98

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Actual customer contact agents, however, prioritize something else: the effort required to perform their work. Agents obviously value bright contact centers and great salaries, but their daily happiness hinges far more greatly on systems and processes. Are the tools easy to use? It Had Better Be!

Omni-Channel 101

Omni-Channel Self Service Abandon Rate Policies 101

NICE inContact

JULY 12, 2019

Digital customer service streamlines the process so your contact center agents can work more efficiently, and this way, no customer ever gets left out in the cold. First Response Time (FRT) and Average Handling Time (AHT) are the dominant KPIs in many contact centers, with agents judged on how quickly they respond to customer queries.

Customer Service 136

Customer Service Net Promoter Score Call Center How To 136