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 Average Handle Time Culture Measurement 156

InMoment XI

DECEMBER 13, 2024

It enables call center management to monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) like call volume, agent effort score, and peak-hour traffic. The dashboard visualizes these metrics on a unified platform to provide insight into agent and call center performance. What Is A Call Center Dashboard Used For?

Call Center 195

Call Center Contact Center Social Media Metrics 195

Think Customers

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

For too many years, contact center measurements have been focused on efficiency instead of customer experience. Metrics such as average handle time (AHT), number of contacts handled, average wait time, and average speed of answer have all been heavily used and tracked.

Contact Center 88

Contact Center Customer Centricity Metrics Net Promoter Score 88

BlueOcean

MARCH 13, 2023

Like most people in the customer care sector, we are diving deep into where ChatGPT fits, or might fit, into the contact center world. We’ve long been proponents of making transactional customer service low effort, for both customer and contact center. So let’s get into it. Those first three are what we’d expect.

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Customer Experience Average Handle Time Customer Care 156

BlueOcean

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

By developing a custom Zendesk IVR integration for a global communications leader, Blue Ocean eliminated manual data entry, reducing average handle time by 53 seconds and boosting customer satisfaction ratings by 34%. Streamlining this process would improve all of these areas. as part of our QA process.

Average Handle Time 156

Average Handle Time Communication Contact Center Customer Satisfaction 156

BlueOcean

AUGUST 13, 2024

Measuring deep into the trenches of the contact center is an absolute must. We’re constantly asking questions like, how fast are agents answering calls (Average Speed to Answer)? What is the Average Handle Time? All these contact center metrics and more add up to give us a picture of call center performance.

Call Center 156

Call Center Metrics Measurement Average Handle Time 156

BlueOcean

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When it comes to customer experience , there’s a lot of cross-over between the hospitality industry and the contact center industry. How do metrics and standards play a role in exceptional customer service? What does a “rooms per shift ratio” have to do with contact center operations , you might ask?

Exceptional Customer Service 156

Exceptional Customer Service Customer Service Hospitality Contact Center 156

TechSee

MARCH 19, 2019

Once upon a time, measuring customer service success was straightforward. Hire some agents, train them, and use standard contact center KPIs to measure how well they perform. Customer care center metrics in the era of self-service clearly require a different approach. New Self Service KPI Metrics.

Metrics 146

Metrics Contact Center Virtual Agent Net Promoter Score 146

TechSee

MAY 14, 2019

Analysis of Average Handling Time is deeply entrenched in the customer service field and almost every contact center manager wants to improve AHT. AHT = Total Talk Time + Total Hold Time + Total Post-Call Work/Number of Calls Handled. Improve AHT with a customized blend of KPIs.

Contact Center 95

Contact Center Average Handle Time Net Promoter Score Travel 95

InMoment XI

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Conversational analytics, also called conversational intelligence or conversational AI, is the process of analyzing natural language conversations between an organization’s customer service or contact center agents (both human and virtual) with that organization’s customers or clients. Why is Conversational Analytics Important?

Social Media 195

Social Media Average Handle Time Contact Center Call Recording 195

BlueOcean

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Great companies are regularly assessing the ongoing value of their partnerships – but how do you measure the true value your contact center outsourcer is delivering? Whether it’s your own culture that shifts over time or that of your outsourcer, keeping a pulse on cultural alignment in your outsourced contact center is essential.

Customer Care 156

Customer Care Contact Center Net Promoter Score Metrics 156

Eptica

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Date: Monday, September 28, 2015 The evolution of contact center performance. Author: Pauline Ashenden In the past contact centers were often viewed as a cost cente r, meaning that the primary goal of companies was to run them as efficiently as possible while still responding to customers competently.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Call Center 2015 81

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

That’s what has happened in the outsourced contact center space when it comes to SaaS clients — there’s been a metamorphosis from customer service cost center to customer success revenue protection and generation center. Looking for the right contact center partner to outsource your customer success?

Customer Success 177

Customer Success Contact Center Average Handle Time Touchpoint 177

Playvox

JANUARY 24, 2022

While it’s hard to argue against the importance of delivering great CX, it’s also all too easy to assume that the experiences your contact center delivers are up to par simply because you are handling interactions efficiently. Unpacking the types of customer interactions contact centers handle provides key insights.

Contact Center 88

Contact Center Measurement Customer Experience Net Promoter Score 88

Call Experts

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Companies would have all the resources they needed to operate a BPO contact center in-house in a perfect world. Many companies migrate to BPO contact centers for their customer service needs. BPO contact centers help businesses increase productivity, grow their customer base, and improve customer experience.

Contact Center 105

Contact Center Call Center Multi-Channel Average Handle Time 105

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).

Average Handle Time 52

Average Handle Time Call Center Metrics Multi-Channel 52

Joe Rawlinson

JANUARY 6, 2016

Without a doubt, these platforms provide metrics that produce valuable guidance when it comes to customer retention, average handle time, first call resolution , service levels, response times, and even customer churn. In other words, metrics do not tell the whole story. Memories versus Experiences.

Exceptional Customer Service 104

Exceptional Customer Service Metrics Customer Service Average Handle Time 104

TechSee

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Contact centers are perfectly placed to predict imminent customer queries. Next Issue Avoidance (NIA) is a metric used by a growing number of customer service departments, one that encourages and enables agents to predict likely problems. NIA: The balancing metric. Next Issue Avoidance. Use readily available data.

Contact Center 84

Contact Center Average Handle Time Metrics Call Center 84

Playvox

MARCH 19, 2024

Some of the most common uses of AI have been game changers: Virtual assistants like Siri guiding us on our way and finding information in an instant Fraud detection from our financial institutions Medical diagnoses and healthcare Contact centers are no exception and stand to gain significant business and operational benefits from AI.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Omnichannel 74

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).

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Satisfaction 2024 156

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).

Contact Center 156

Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Satisfaction 2024 156

Call Experts

APRIL 14, 2022

Therefore, the average speed of an answer is meant to measure how long it takes for an incoming call to get answered by someone (agent or IVR). The ASA metric is measured in seconds, and it’s calculated as the average time calls spend waiting in the queue before they are answered. Average Speed to Answer.

Call Center 98

Call Center Metrics Average Handle Time Contact Center 98

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 Customer Satisfaction Interaction Call Center 84

BlueOcean

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

That’s what has happened in the outsourced contact center space when it comes to SaaS clients — there’s been a metamorphosis from customer service cost center to customer success revenue protection and generation center. Looking for the right contact center partner to outsource your customer success?

Customer Success 156

Customer Success Contact Center Average Handle Time Touchpoint 156

Playvox

APRIL 5, 2022

But without getting contact center performance right, all other CX elements – such as marketing, user experience, etc. How do you build a high performance contact center? These enable you to make progress on your most pressing challenges and transform into a high performance contact center.

Contact Center 77

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Metrics Average Handle Time 77

Playvox

JUNE 21, 2022

The requirement to provide a better customer experience while improving productivity and controlling costs is paramount in contact centers at the best of times. Workforce management (WFM) continues to be one of the most important contact center productivity tools. Workforce Management Strategy.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Average Handle Time Competitive Advantage Management 74

Playvox

JULY 14, 2023

Providing an ever-improving customer experience while boosting contact center agent productivity is paramount for your business. During the best of economic times, it’s a smart business practice. Here’s the blueprint for achieving greater agent productivity in your call center.

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Measurement Call Center Average Handle Time 74

Playvox

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

If your contact center is like most, you probably have a robust set of guidelines that document your procedures, detail your standards, and outline how employees should handle various situations. But one thing many contact centers are missing is a remote work company policy. What Is A Remote Work Policy?

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Average Handle Time 2022 Government 74

Playvox

APRIL 4, 2023

Every workplace has its pros and cons, but contact center agents have one of the toughest jobs out there. Just like agents are protecting your company, contact center leaders and managers need to protect them and their mental health. Burnout Burnout is at the heart of poor emotional well-being in a contact center.

Contact Center 78

Contact Center Average Handle Time Feedback 2026 78

Talkdesk

APRIL 14, 2020

Laying the foundation with the right infrastructure Contact centers are finding themselves stuck between the proverbial rock and hard place. Oftentimes in 24-hour contact centers, agents share desks and equipment – including headsets. Put simply, contact centers are perfect petri dishes for healthcare crises.

Contact Center 81

Contact Center Virtual Agent E Commerce Average Handle Time 81

Talkdesk

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Boost CX and operational efficiency with the right set of metrics and smart additions to your contact center tech stack. By now, many contact center agents have settled into their new remote work routines, and research shows that they may be in it for the long haul. First call resolution. Abandonment rate.

Metrics 87

Metrics Technology Contact Center Customer Experience 87

NICE inContact

JANUARY 31, 2019

I could take you through a litany of common contact center terms and definitions … but why? To understand todays technologies and what they mean to your business is key to help make the right investments in your customer experience – here are some of the most researched contact center terms: .

Contact Center 74

Contact Center Net Promoter Score Average Handle Time Government 74

TechSee

MARCH 5, 2020

Overworking employees can actually drive up call center costs by causing burnout and leading to high agent turnover. A report by HDI shows that when call center agent utilization rates approach 60–70%, the contact center will experience high attrition because they are pushing the agents too hard. Sharing the Knowledge.

Call Center 145

Call Center Contact Center Average Handle Time Customer Satisfaction 145

TechSee

DECEMBER 22, 2019

The contact center agent’s job is getting harder. Call volumes in many contact centers are down along with the cost to serve. However, that means successful call center agents must now deal with a far greater proportion of complex issues. Seven types of successful contact center agents.

Call Center 124

Call Center Contact Center Culture Average Handle Time 124

ShepHyken

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This episode of Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken answers the following questions and more:    How does modern AI enhance the efficiency of customer interactions in contact centers? ” “The average handle time is not a customer experience metric. They care about resolution.

Customer Engagement 93

Customer Engagement Engagement Contact Center Average Handle Time 93

NICE inContact

MARCH 29, 2018

Disconnected platforms and systems, an inability to get the metrics it needed and few customer insights were all obstacles to the excellent experiences the company wanted—and needed—to provide its customers. The post Young Energy Improves Average Handle Time (AHT) and Motivates Contact Center Agents appeared first on NICE inContact Blog.

Average Handle Time 48

Average Handle Time Contact Center Retail Metrics 48

ShepHyken

JULY 11, 2022

Finally, this is an all-the-time consistent effort. Time to Emphasise Real-Time CX Metrics by Ginger Conlon. Journey measurement, for example, can provide insights that allow companies to optimise the customer journey in real time. In other words, It’s essential to understand the “why” behind the metric.

Article 25

Article 2022 Customer Service Magazine 25