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Old 01-04-2002, 08:48 AM
JoeB JoeB is offline
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I agree with Maggie and Sergio - different ACDs use slightly different formulae to factor in abandoned calls, and some allow you to modify the calculations and/or choose from a number of canned strategies, so it is impossible to simply “reverse engineer” the SL figure 84.9%.

There are three general approaches to calculate SL, depending on your perspective on abandoned calls, and, as Maggie pointed out, numerous nuances you may consider.

Example:

Call offered: 100
Answered within service level threshold: 70
Abandoned within service level threshold: 10
Abandoned exceeding threshold: 20


Methods to calculate service levels:

Abandoned calls have negative impact: 70 / 100 = 70.0%
Abandoned calls have positive impact: (70 + 10) / 100 = 80.0%
Abandoned calls ignored: 70 / (100 - 10) = 77.7%%.

See more about this in another thread http://callcenterops.com/forum/showt...&threadid=175.

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