Reporting Period On Erlang C Calculations

Reporting Period On Erlang C Calculations

Expected Service Level Planner

Please note these figures do not include shrinkage

Average Handling Time (s) 257 seconds

Reporting Period 15 minutes

Required service level 85%

Target answer time (secs) 30 seconds

The reporting interval, whats the impact and the role on the staffing requirements?

Question asked by Keith

What is the Question That You Are Asking?

I’m not sure what you are asking.

The reporting period is the period of time that your calls cover. So if you have 200 calls per hour, then the reporting period is 1 hour – this is the equivalent of 50 calls per 15 minutes.

I presume that you have tried using the Erlang Calculator?

With thanks to Jonty

Just to Add.

Just to add.

Look at a clock when thinking about this.

how many times have you thought, “I’ll wait until just after X o’clock to call”?

Lots of people do this subconsciously, so, means you will get uneven peaks just after the hour and to a lesser extent after the half hour.

As Jonty (correctly) says, the reporting period is normally the period you plan / schedule to. So in your case will be the 15min interval.

The calculator will help with this, but, as a caveat, you HAVE to have good underlying data feeding the model.

please drop a line back if you need any help or support. We don’t bite here (well not often).

With thanks to applebyd

Reporting Period

Is the reporting period your call center hours? So if you are a 24/7 center, is your reporting period 24/7?

With thanks to Keyona

No the Reporting Period is the Interval That You Break Your Staffing Down To

This is typically 30 minutes e.g. 09:00 to 09:30 then 09:30 to 10:00 etc

With thanks to Jonty

FTE Required

Total Monthly Volumes=357 ( they come between 6AM- &AM)

Average Handling Time= 480 seconds

Target Answer Time= 3600

With thanks to Nikita

Have You Tried the Erlang Calculator?

Have you tried using the Erlang Calculator?

With thanks to Jonty

Author: Jonty Pearce