Contact Centre Ops

Operational Indicators – Average Handle Time (AHT)

Posted on March 20, 2018 in AHT • Call Center Consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Satisfaction • Education • Forecasting- WFM • People management • Planning • Strategy

Tags: AHT• Call Center Consulting• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Contact Center Strategy• Customer Service Consulting• Operational Management• WFM

By: Turaj Seyrafiaan Have you ever wondered what is behind any of the Contact Center operational indicators? Why do we measure what we measure and what do they mean? In this article, we tackle one of the most important indicators; Average Handle Time (AHT) AHT is defined as the total amount of time (on average) […]

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Operational Indicators – Sevice Levels, ASA & Occupancy Rate

Posted on March 19, 2018 in AHT • ASA • Call Center Consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Satisfaction • Forecasting- WFM • Occupancy • People management • Planning • Strategy

Tags: ASA• Call Center Consulting• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Operational Management• service level• Strategy• Taylor Reach Group• WFM

By: Turaj Seyrafiaan In the last Indicators post, we discussed one of the most important operational indicators: Average Handle Time or AHT. In this issue, we continue with other operational indicators dealing with the efficiency of the center, i.e. “Service Level”, “Average Speed of Answer (ASA)” and “Occupancy Rate”. Although each indicator provides different information, […]

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Click-to-Call: Driving Great Calls in the Contact Center

Posted on May 19, 2017 in Call Center Performance • Call Center Technology • Call Center Tools • Contact Center • Contact Center Technology • Contact Centre Ops • Purchasing Decisions • Technology

By: Bruce Lebowitz   Many companies are reluctant to introduce click-to-call technologies (also known as click-to-agent, click-to-dial, click-to-contact, tap-to-talk etc.) for fear of driving increased costs and complexities to their Contact Center.  Their fears included:     Driving incremental contacts into their center Requiring new systems (and integrations) Staffing issues Training issues   Companies should […]

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Leading Contact Center Consulting Firm, Expands Customer Experience Services

Posted on March 16, 2017 in Blog • Call Center Assessment • Call Center Audit • Call Center Consulting • Call centre consulting • Contact Center • Contact center consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Experience • Customer Experience • Customer Experience Metrics • Customer Satisfaction • News • Snapshotz • TRG

Tags: #callcenter• Call Center Assessment• Call Center Consulting• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Customer Experience• Customer Service Consulting• Snapshotz• Taylor Reach Group

The Taylor Reach Group, Inc., allows brands to see behind the customer experience curtain – announcing 3 services, each with a different focus for optimizing CX delivered in the contact/call center. Toronto-ON- Colin Taylor, the CEO and Chief Chaos Officer of Taylor Reach Group, Inc., announced today that the company has expanded their customer experience consulting […]

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Quality Assurance in Your Contact Center

Posted on March 23, 2016 in Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Call centre consulting • Contact center consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Experience • Metrics • Outsourced Quality Monitoring • Quality

Tags: #callcenter• #contactcenter• #Cx• Call Center Assessment• Call Center Audit• Call Center Consulting• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Contact Center Strategy• CSAT• Customer Experience• Customer Service Consulting• Operational Management• Outsourced Quality Listening• Taylor Reach Group

Quality is a critical support function in call and contact centers. In this interview, Colin Taylor and John Cockerill discuss Quality Assurance, Compliance, outsourcing and the risks and opportunities that can be found by a closer look at your contact centers’ quality program. Colin: Hello and welcome to Talking Contact Centers. My name is Colin […]

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Metrics that Matter – Service Level

Posted on February 25, 2016 in ASA • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Call centre consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Experience • FCR • Metrics • Service Level

Tags: #callcenter• #cctr• #contactcenter• #custexp• #custserv• #Cx• ASA• Call Center Consulting• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Contact Center Strategy• Customer Service Consulting• Operational Management• service level• Strategy• Taylor Reach Group

Hello, my name’s Colin Taylor and I’m the CEO and Chief Chaos Officer for the Taylor Reach Group. We are a call and contact center consulting firm based in the Toronto area. We assist our client organizations in improving the customer experience, operational effectiveness and efficiency of their call or contact center. Today in this […]

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Customer Experience Consultancy Expands West With Newest Hire

Posted on February 10, 2016 in Call Center Consulting • Call centre consulting • Contact center consulting • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction • The Taylor Reach Group

Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #cctr• #contactcenter• #custexp• #custserv• #Cx• Call Center Assessment• Call Center Audit• Call Center Consulting• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Strategy• Customer Experience• Customer Service Consulting• Leadership• Operational Management• Strategy• Taylor Reach Group

Taylor Reach Group Adds Calgary to Markets With a Local Presence

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Friction in The Customer Experience

Posted on January 19, 2016 in Call Center Assessment • Call Center Consulting • Call Center Management • Case Study • Contact Centre Ops • Customer Experience • Customer Satisfaction

Tags: #callcenter• #callcentre• #cctr• #contactcenter• #contactcentre• #custexp• #custserv• #Cx• Call Center Assessment• Call Center Consulting• CSAT• Taylor Reach Group

Can You Hear the Canary in Your Customer Experience Coalmine? By: Colin Taylor The call center or customer service department has long been call the ‘canary in the coalmine’ for its ability to provide early identification and diagnosis of problems and issues impacting the satisfaction of customers. Despite of numerous warnings most organizations don’t change, […]

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The Influencers: Customer Service Report 2015

Posted on December 02, 2015 in Contact Centre Ops

Tags: #callcenter• #cctr• #contactcenter• #contactcentre• #custexp• #custserv• #Cx• #taylorreach• Colin Taylor• Contact Center Consulting• Contact Center Management• Contact Center Strategy• Customer Experience• Customer Service Consulting

The Influencers: Customer Service Report 2015 Courtesy of OneReach In today’s world, customer service is becoming more important than ever. Research from Deloitte has found that over 60% of businesses think customer service is a competitive differentiator, and over 90% of customers who have an effortless service experience will buy from a brand again. In […]

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The Role of Customer Service is to Serve the Customer

Posted on November 30, 2015 in Contact Centre Ops

Tags: #callcenter• #cctr• #contactcenter• #custexp• #custserv• #Cx

Too many companies use their customer service contact centers and policies to ‘protect them’ from their customers. Great Customer Service doesn’t require these barriers, it begins with the mindset that the company exists to serve the customer- Colin Taylor

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