Contact Center metrics

The Coming Disruption of the Contact Center Outsourcing Industry

Posted on January 11, 2018 in Abandon rate • abandon rate • AHT • Average handle time • Call Center KPIs • Call Center Metrics • Contact Center KPIs • Contact Center metrics • Forecasting • Forecasting- WFM • KPIs • Outsourcing • Outsourcing • Service Level • Sourcing

By: Colin Taylor The Contact Center outsourcing industry is a significant piece of the customer service and support landscape. The US market size was estimated by the Everest Group at between $78 and $81 billion dollars annually. Each day millions of calls, emails, chats, SMS messages and social media interactions are handled by Contact Center […]

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Calculating Abandon Rate in Light of Customer Experience and IVRs

Posted on December 19, 2017 in Abandon rate • abandon rate • Call Center KPIs • Call Center Management • Call Center Metrics • Call Center Performance • Contact Center KPIs • Contact Center metrics • Customer Experience • Customer Experience Metrics • IVR • KPIs • Metrics

By: Peg Ayers and Turaj Seyrafiaan Definition of Abandon Rate: The percentage of calls ended by the caller before being answered by an agent. Calculation: Abandoned Calls/ (Abandoned Calls + Answered Calls) X 100 Example: 90 calls are answered; 10 calls are abandon before they’re answered. Abandon rate is 10/ (10+90) which is 10%. Alternate […]

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