What Metrics Are Important to Contact Centres? Related Articles The Top 10 Most Important Call Centre Metrics 5 Important Call Centre Metrics to Improve Agent Performance 2020 Survey Report: What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now Contact Centre Metrics: 2020 Survey Results 502 Filed under - Contact Centre Research, benchmarking, Metrics, NICE, Polls, survey In our ‘What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now’ 2022 survey report, sponsored by NICE, we asked 294 contact centre professionals ‘What Are the Most Important Contact Centre Metrics?’ What Are the Most Important Contact Centre Metrics? Contact Centre Metric Very Important Quite Important Not Important Customer Satisfaction 85.3% 12.6% 2.1% Service Level 71.5% 22.6% 5.9% Quality Scores 67.8% 26.5% 5.7% Abandon Rate 66% 26.7% 7.3% First Contact Resolution (FCR) 63.9% 28.5% 7.6% Customer Complaint Volumes 59.7% 33.3% 7% Agent Satisfaction 59.5% 34.9% 5.6% Attrition Rate 49.3% 39.2% 11.5% Average Handling Time (AHT) 45.1% 37.1% 17.8% Customer Effort 44.8% 42.4% 12.8% Schedule Adherence 40.8% 44.3% 14.9% Utilization 39% 45.4% 15.6% Net Promoter Score (NPS) 38.8% 35.1% 26.1% Forecast Accuracy 34.3% 46.1% 19.6% Occupancy 33.9% 52.5% 13.6% Shrinkage 29.8% 53.5% 16.7% Sales Volume 25.9% 21.6% 52.5% Cost Per Call 24.2% 42.7% 33.1% NetEasy Score 13.3% 34.3% 52.4% Contact Centres Are Changing Their Priorities This year our survey results seem to suggest that contact centres are changing which metrics they feel are most important. The popularity of metrics to measure customer effort has dropped by 19.6%, and now only 44.8% ofrespondents believe it is “very important”. This is more in line with the results from 2018 to 2020, and a stark difference from last year’s jump to 55.7%. However, despite the drop in opinion that it is “very important”, just 12.8% said it was “not important”. Similarly, the number of contact centres that consider Average Handling Time (AHT), First Contact Resolution (FCR), and customer complaint volumes “very important” has also decreased by 5.3%, 7.9%, and 7.9% respectively since last year. If we combine the percentages of contact centres that rated these metrics as “very important” or “quite important”, we can conclude that they remain significant, but reflect a change in priorities. For example, 82.2% of respondents consider AHT to be “very important” or “quite important”, 92.4% for FCR, and 93.0% for customer complaint volumes. Focus Moves to Attrition Rates 59.5% of contact centre professionals rated agent satisfaction as “very important”, and only 5.6% claimed it was “not important”. With 94.4% seeing it as important in one form or another, it remains a significant metric. However, with the staffing and recruitment problems facing contact centres, we expected an increase back to at least the 2020 levels of 66.9%. Interestingly, the percentage who see attrition rate as a “very important” metric has risen 7.9% to 49.3% from 45.7%. This suggests that contact centres are viewing this as a vital metric, despite reducing the significance of agent satisfaction. Previously Important Metrics Drop in Popularity This year’s results do appear to show a change in contact centre perspective on previously “veryimportant” metrics, especially those aimed at staffing and predictions. Although the reduction in the importance of metrics for occupancy, utilization, schedule adherence, shrinkage and forecast accuracy from last year is difficult to explain, a possible reason is that increased attrition and staffing issues are making these metrics less accurate and harder to predict. 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(2019 Edition) How Contact Centres Are Delivering Exceptional Customer Service (2016 Edition) For more great information check out our other Contact Centre Research Author: Robyn Coppell Published On: 25th May 2023 - Last modified: 10th Oct 2023 Read more about - Contact Centre Research, benchmarking, Metrics, NICE, Polls, survey Recommended Articles The Top 10 Most Important Call Centre Metrics 5 Important Call Centre Metrics to Improve Agent Performance 2020 Survey Report: What Contact Centres Are Doing Right Now Contact Centre Metrics: 2020 Survey Results Related Reports eBook: Cut Contact Center Costs Without Straining Employees Report: The State of the Market for Workforce Engagement Solutions eBook: Hit Business Goals, Engage Agents, and Delight Customers eBook: Break Outdated WFM Paradigms Contact Centre Reports, Surveys and White Papers Get the latest exciting call centre reports, specialist whitepapers and interesting case-studies. Choose the content that you want to receive. 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