Average time in seconds to inbound calls abandoned

This measure calculates the average time in seconds that a caller waits in queue to reach the first agent before an inbound call (i.e. call that is initiated by the customer) is abandoned. It is part of a set of Cycle Time measures that help companies analyze the duration of the process "plan and manage customer service operations" from beginning to end.

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Measure Category:
Cycle Time
Measure ID:
103463
Total Sample Size:
451 All Companies
Performers:
25th Median 75th
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Key Performance Indicator:
No
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Units for this measure are seconds.

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Average time in seconds to inbound calls abandoned

Key Terms

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Cycle Time

Cycle time is the total time from the beginning of the process to the end. This includes both time spent actually performing the process and time spent waiting to move forward.

Measure Scope

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Cross Industry (7.3.1)

  • 6.2.1 - Plan and manage customer service work force (10387)
    • 6.2.1.1 - Forecast volume of customer service contacts (10390)
    • 6.2.1.2 - Schedule customer service work force (10391)
    • 6.2.1.3 - Track work force utilization (10392)
    • 6.2.1.4 - Monitor and evaluate quality of customer interactions with customer service representatives (10393)
  • 6.2.2 - Manage customer service problems, requests, and inquiries (10388)
    • 6.2.2.1 - Receive customer problems, requests, and inquiries (10394)
    • 6.2.2.2 - Analyze problems, requests, and inquiries (13482)
    • 6.2.2.3 - Resolve customer problems, requests, and inquiries (10395)
    • 6.2.2.4 - Respond to customer problems, requests, and inquiries (10396)
    • 6.2.2.5 - Identify and capture upsell/cross-sell opportunities (16928)
    • 6.2.2.6 - Deliver opportunity to sales team (16937)
  • 6.2.3 - Manage customer complaints (10389)
    • 6.2.3.1 - Receive customer complaints (10397)
    • 6.2.3.2 - Route customer complaints (10398)
    • 6.2.3.3 - Resolve customer complaints (10399)
    • 6.2.3.4 - Respond to customer complaints (10400)
    • 6.2.3.5 - Analyze customer complaints and response/redressal (19072)
  • 6.2.4 - Process returns (20094)
    • 6.2.4.1 - Authorize return (10364)
    • 6.2.4.2 - Process return and record reason (20095)
  • 6.2.5 - Report incidents and risks to regulatory bodies (12840)