{"id":23539,"date":"2026-11-05T06:24:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sphinx-solution.com\/blog\/?post_type=az_glossary&#038;p=23539"},"modified":"2026-11-05T06:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:24:35","slug":"agent-utilization","status":"publish","type":"az_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sphinx-solution.com\/blog\/glossary\/agent-utilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Agent Utilization"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"what-is-agent-utilization\"><strong>What is agent utilization?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Agent utilization is a workforce management metric that shows how productive agents are. In simple terms, it is the ratio of the work an agent produces to the work they have the capacity to do.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The idea is straightforward, but measuring it is harder than it looks. 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