CMS Terms

Key words and phrases used in CMS are defined below,

Abandoned

A call that comes into CMS but is disconnected by

Call

the caller before being serviced by an agent.

Abandoned

The minimum number of seconds an agent must

Call Threshold

be connected to a call for it to be considered a

 

serviced call. Calls that are disconnected before

 

reaching this threshold are considered abandoned

 

calls.

ACD

(Automatic Call

Distributor)

ACD Call

ACW (after- call-work) State

The general term for systems such as CMS that automatically answer incoming calls and distribute them to available agents.

An incoming call on a CMS line.

An agent-activated state in which the agent receives no ACD calls. Agents usually put their voice terminals into this state when they need to finish work associated with previous calls.

Agent Position

The 2-digit MERLIN II system intercom number

 

for the voice terminal assigned to an agent.

Agent Split

A team of agents who handle the same types of

 

incoming calls.

Alert

A signal, either a beep from the supervisor’s PC

 

or a wall-mounted light that turns on, to notify a

 

CMS supervisor that an exception threshold for an

 

agent, split, or a line group has been exceeded.

 

Alarm beeping, if turned on by the administrator,

 

also occurs for system errors and other screen

 

messages.

All-Ring

A CMS mode in which any call coming into an

Operation

agent split rings simultaneously at the voice

 

terminals of all agents in the split.

Answer Delay

The initial period of ringing in which an incoming

 

call continues to ring if no agent is available. If an

 

agent still is not available by the end of the

 

answer delay period, the call is connected to the

 

voice announcement unit.

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