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Are You Using 1999 Metrics to Measure 2019 Customer Care?

BlueOcean

Instead, we live in a customer-centric world, where metrics like Average Speed of Answer (ASA), Average Handle Time (AHT), and First Call Resolution (FCR) are, by themselves, short-sighted and more focused on controlling costs instead of enhancing the experience. Need a hand? Contact us here.

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Top 5 KPIs Every Live Chat Manager Needs to Track

Comm100

If it’s high, you may need to add staff during peak busy times. Alternatively, you may need to check average handle time as it could indicate that your agents are spending too much time on each chat. It can be measured as follows: Amount of live chats per month x Average Handle Time.

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The 3 Principles of Brand Loyalty in a Highly Disruptive World

BlueOcean

We’ve written before about the changes in consumer behaviours and the impact on customer care – from fluctuations in arrival patterns to dynamic average handle times. Brand loyalty depends heavily upon customer experience, regardless of the impact of the pandemic.

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Go Beyond Call Center Coaching with Real-Time Agent Assist

Uniphore

Average handle time cut by 2 minutes for a healthcare service leader. Check out our Agent Assist eBook to learn how to make your desktop work smarter—so you can make every agent your best agent. A 50% decrease in after call work effort for a major European telecommunications provider. The list goes on…. Learn More.

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Banking Needs Humans & Machines to Deliver Better Experiences

Uniphore

The time spent in after-call work (ACW) — including categorizing and summarizing the call, updating systems, and taking follow-up actions — impacts average handle time, call waiting times, customer satisfaction, costs, agent productivity, and agent satisfaction.

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3 Ways Call Center Coaching is Leading to Customer Churn

Uniphore

While numbers, like Average Handle Time (AHT), are convenient units of measurement, they make poor coaching tools, offering little actionable advice and alienating agents who feel they’re being “set up to fail.” Download the eBook. Don't Coach to a Number. Make Every Agent Your Best Agent. Intro to Call Center Life.

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The 3 Principles of Brand Loyalty After COVID-19 Rocked Our World

BlueOcean

We’ve written before about the changes in consumer behaviours and the impact on customer care – from fluctuations in arrival patterns to dynamic average handle times. For more insights, grab a copy of our latest eBook: Customer Care Outsourcing Amidst Uncertainty: A Pandemic Resource.

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