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Best Practices in Telephone Customer Service - A 2004 Call Center Benchmark Report
Portland Research Group, Feb 2004

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Section 1: Methodology
Data Collection Process
Weighting Process

Section 2: Executive Summary
Overall Perspective (Contactor Satisfaction and Loyalty)
Reason for Contact (Question/ Problem Type)
Call Center Agent Service Levels (Professionalism, Knowledge, Authority
Agent Response Service Levels (Timeliness, Clarity, Follow Through on Promised Action)
Call Center Service Standards (First Call Resolution, Hold, Number of Transfers)

Section 3: Overall Perspective
Executive Summary
Overall Contactor Satisfaction Benchmark
- Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodging
Overall Contactor Loyalty Benchmark
- Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodgin
Relationship Between Satisfaction and Loyalty

Section 4: Reason for Contact
Executive Summary
Reason for Contact (Question/ Problem Type)
Question/ Problem type by Industry Segmentation
- Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodging
Contactor Satisfaction by Reason for Contact

Section 5: Representative and Response
Executive Summary
- Call Center Agent Performance
- - Overall Professionalism
- - Knowledge
- - Authority to Resolve Caller’s Question/ Problem

- Agent Response Service Levels
- - Timeliness of Response
- - Clarity of Response
- - Follow Through on Promised Action

Call Center Agent Performance
- Overall Agent Professionalism Benchmark
- - Professionalism by Reason for Contact (Caller’s Question/ Problem)
- - Professionalism by Industry Segmentation
- - Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodging

- Overall Agent Knowledge Benchmark
- - Knowledge by Reason for Contact (Caller’s Question/ Problem)
- - Knowledge by Industry Segmentation
- - Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodging

- Overall Agent Authority to Resolve a Caller’s Question/ Problem Benchmark
- - Authority by Reason for Contact (Caller’s Question/ Problem)
- - Authority by Industry Segmentation
- - Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodging

Agent Response Service Levels
- Timeliness of Response Benchmark
- - Timeliness by Reason for Contact (Caller’s Question/ Problem)
- - Timeliness by Industry Segmentation
- - Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodging

- Clarity of Response Benchmark
- - Clarity by Reason for Contact (Caller’s Question/ Problem)
- - Clarity by Industry Segmentation
- - Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodging

- Follow Through on Promised Action Benchmark
- - Follow Through by Reason for Contact (Caller’s Question/ Problem)
- - Follow Through by Industry Segmentation
- - Industry Segmentation: Telco/ISP, Consumer Goods/ Retail, Consumer Services/ Medical, Travel/ Food/ Lodging

Section 6: Service Standards
Executive Summary
- Number of Contacts before Resolution
- Put on Hold
- Number of Transfers

Number of Contacts Benchmark
- Benchmark Service Standard
- Average Number of Contacts by Reason for Contact (Question/ Problem Type)

Put on Hold Benchmark
- Benchmark Service Standard

Number of Transfers Benchmark
- Benchmark Service Standard
- Average Number of Transfers by Reason for Contact (Question/ Problem Type)

Section 7: Scorecards
Overall Call Center Scorecard
- Customer Service Index (CSI) Benchmark Score
- Agent Index (AI) Benchmark Score
- Response Index (RI) Benchmark Score

Telecommunications/ ISP Call Center Scorecard
- Customer Service Index (CSI) Benchmark Score
- Agent Index (AI) Benchmark Score
- Response Index (RI) Benchmark Score

Consumer Goods/ Retail Call Center Scorecard
- Customer Service Index (CSI) Benchmark Score
- Agent Index (AI) Benchmark Score
- Response Index (RI) Benchmark Score

Consumer Services/ Medical Call Center Scorecard
- Customer Service Index (CSI) Benchmark Score
- Agent Index (AI) Benchmark Score
- Response Index (RI) Benchmark Score

Travel/ Food/ Lodging Call Center Scorecard
- Customer Service Index (CSI) Benchmark Score
- Agent Index (AI) Benchmark Score
- Response Index (RI) Benchmark Score

Section 8: Appendix
List of Companies Contacted
Questionnaire Extract
More Information




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