Contact Centre Focus

Average Handling Time (AHT)

February 06, 2023 Jeremy Blake and Bob Morrell Season 2 Episode 3
Average Handling Time (AHT)
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Contact Centre Focus
Average Handling Time (AHT)
Feb 06, 2023 Season 2 Episode 3
Jeremy Blake and Bob Morrell

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Most contact centres will monitor AHT (Average Handling Time) per call. This gives managers a snapshot idea of general productivity. It also helps form objectives because there is:

a) a limit of how long a customer will want to talk for
and
b) a limit to the number of products or services that can be sold. 

The problem is that AHT monitoring can skew results and call behaviours, so this episode questions whether this metric really works and offers several ideas that would improve or change the value of measuring AHT. 

Enjoy!


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Show Notes

Send us a Text Message.

Most contact centres will monitor AHT (Average Handling Time) per call. This gives managers a snapshot idea of general productivity. It also helps form objectives because there is:

a) a limit of how long a customer will want to talk for
and
b) a limit to the number of products or services that can be sold. 

The problem is that AHT monitoring can skew results and call behaviours, so this episode questions whether this metric really works and offers several ideas that would improve or change the value of measuring AHT. 

Enjoy!


Find more useful and essential contact centre development from realitytraining.com