Free tool
Calculate average handle time from active handle time, after-call work, and tickets, see the capacity gain from a 10% lower AHT, then route the next workflow change.
Use the standard formula: active handle time plus ACW divided by resolved tickets. Then split where time is spent: conversation, hold, writing, documentation, or handoff. That keeps AHT from becoming a speed target without quality control.
Use active handle time plus after-call work divided by resolved tickets. This keeps documentation, wrap-up, and follow-up work inside the calculation.
With 5,400 active minutes, 900 ACW minutes, and 700 resolved tickets, the output is 9.0 minutes AHT. If your result looks extreme, check scope before changing targets.
A lower AHT is only healthy when first contact resolution, reopen rate, and CSAT stay stable. Use benchmarks as diagnostic signals, not agent pressure.
Do not average separate AHT averages across agents or queues. Add all handle time and ACW first, then divide by the total resolved tickets. Otherwise a small queue gets the same weight as your largest support flow.
The calculator shows how many hours a 10% lower AHT would free in the ticket set you entered. Use that to choose between AI draft replies, better routing, or staffing changes.
1. Input current operational data
Use recent data from the same period and team scope.
2. Check output against your targets
Compare the score with your agreed KPI thresholds.
3. Pick the immediate next action
Map the result to a staffing, process, or communication action.
4. Repeat on a fixed cadence
Re-run consistently to track trend and intervention impact.
Next step
Let the result decide the next move: faster draft creation, fewer queue handoffs, or a quick plan-fit check before rollout.
Cut reply writing time
Use AI draft replies grounded in customer context and approved knowledge so agents stop starting from scratch on every ticket.
See AI draft repliesRemove handoffs and queue drag
Use ownership, routing rules, and cleaner queue structure so tickets spend less time bouncing between touches.
See ticket workflowsCheck plan fit before rollout
See which SamDesk plan gives your team the workflow and AI building blocks needed to bring AHT down.
See plan fit from AHTYes, ideally calculate AHT per channel and then use a weighted total.
Not always. Extremely low AHT can signal quality trade-offs.
Treat ACW as a fixed workload component in your staffing model.
The basic formula is: total handle time plus after-call work divided by resolved tickets.
Benchmark by channel and case type. Simple ecommerce order questions often behave very differently from technical or escalation work.
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