Reaction Time versus Response Time
Term: | Reaction Time versus Response Time |
Meaning | Reaction time is an internal metric and consists of assigning/reassigning and sending/archiving; whereas response time is an external metric measuring only the response to the customer. |
Location | N/A |
Calculation | N/A |
Example | Customer A sends a message to your team@ inbox. After 1 hour, Manager A manually assigns the conversation to Teammate A to reply. Teammate A replies immediately and responds in 1 minute. Manager A’s reaction time is 1 hour, teammate A’s reaction time is 1 minute. The response time is 1 hour and 1 minute
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