Performance Measures

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Adherence to Work Activity Mode (WAM)

Adherence to schedule is sometimes referred to as 'customer time' as it covers the Work Activity Modes of Talk time, After Call Wrap time a… View

After Call Work / Wrap - (ACW)

After call work, as its name suggests, takes place after the voice interaction with a caller and is the time spent processing any associated work f… View

Available

Also known as Idle or Ready in some ACDs View

Average Handle Time (AHT)

Average Handle Time is the average processing time to deal with a call and is the total of Average Talk time and Average Wrap time. Average Tal… View

Call Monitoring

Also known as Quality Monitoring View

Call-Out Avoidance (COA)

Call-out avoidance refers to the ability of the agent to correctly diagnose a fault and facilitate a user repair, without the need for an engineer … View

Calls Per Agent

This represents the average number of calls per agent in any given time period. This is total number of calls answered by the total number of a… View

Calls Per Hour

Calls per hour is a useful indicator of efficiency levels right down from call centre to advisor level.  However, that is all it should be an … View

Handling Time

Handling Time is the total processing time to deal with a call and is the total of Talk time and Wrap time. … View

Hold Time - Agent

Hold time refers to the time an agent puts a customer on hold. This is done for a number of reasons; Seeking assistance Reviewing… View

Idle

Also known as Avaialble or Ready in some ACDs View

Lead Generation

Many contact centres generate leads for other companies or departments. Lead generation is about creating a level of interest with a customer, … View

Normalised Calls Per Hour

Contact centres that rely on agent calls per hour as a key metric come under fire as it doesn't provide a good comparison for agents. Over … View

Not Ready Bucket

Whilst agents are in work it is good practice for them to be logged-into the telephone system, where the ACD can allocate a number of different wor… View

PriTel Rule 75

Often poor performing contact centres appear to be over-occupied, hence have little available time. 'Ready' puts us in the right behavi… View

Quality Monitoring

Also known as call Monitoring View

RAG Report

A RAG report refers to a report where standards or targets need to be identified. RAG stands for - R = Red / A = Amber / G = Green. A RAG repor… View

Ready & Not Ready (Work Activity Modes)

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Ready (Available)

Also known as Idle or Available in some ACDs View

Resolved Live - What Level?

Resolved live or first-time resolution is a key measure in any contact centre From a customer satisfaction perspective, the customer has an exp… View

Retention Rate

Customer retention refers to the activity of retaining a disenchanted or cancelling customer. The retention rate refers to the percentage of su… View

Revenue Per Call

This is a very useful measure in any Telsesales environment. It measures the total revenue generated by sales, divided by total calls.  Th… View

Service Level (SL)

Also known as Grade of Service (GOS) and Telephone Service Factor (TSF) View

Short Calls

As the name suggests these are calls of short duration.  Short calls can be created by callers hanging-up or by agents ending calls premat… View

Time-based First Contact Resolution (FCR) Reporting Window

Time-based FCR relies on a rolling FCR window. This means that the initial enquiry is perceived to be a FCR but over a period of time the initial r… View

Work Activity Modes (WAMs)

Work Activity Modes in call centres are types of work functions, under which advisors carry out their activities. The four Key ones in call cen… View

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