Articles - Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are essential for measuring how well your contact centre is performing. This page of expert guidance, practical examples, and benchmarking advice explores how to choose the right KPIs, interpret results, and use them to improve service delivery. Learn how to balance efficiency and quality metrics, set realistic targets, and communicate performance data in a way that motivates teams. You’ll also find insights on linking KPIs to customer experience and wider business goals, ensuring your metrics truly reflect what success looks like.

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10 Metrics to Help You Measure the Customer Experience
What to Measure and Manage in your Call Centre
Why Is Measuring Customer Satisfaction So Important?
Contact Centre Metrics: Are You Measuring the Right Things?
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Quality Scores is the Most Measured Contact Centre KPI
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Don’t Blame the Contact Centre
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Contact Centre Benchmarking – How to Get More From Your Metrics
Create Room to Breathe Instead of Making Knee-Jerk Reactions
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35 More Tips to Improve your Contact Centre Strategy
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Five Reasons Your KPIs Are Hurting Your Customer Experience
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12 Tips to Improve your Contact Centre Metrics
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25 Ways Technology Can … Increase Agent Productivity
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Should You Remove AHT as an Agent Target?
Recorded Webinar : Performance Management Tools
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Customer Service at the Expense of Customer Loyalty: A Leadership Primer
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What’s Your Most Important Telephony KPI?
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Call Centre Technology Checklist: Quality Monitoring