NICE's glossary works an example of 1,200 calls per hour at a 5-minute AHT, giving 6,000 minutes or 100 erlangs of workload, with Erlang C baseline staffing of about 110 agents; the example states no service level target.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
NICE
Product
CXone WFM
Subsystem
workforce management
Deployment
multi-tenant
Region
not restricted
Release range
current as of 2026-09-25
Checked
2026-09-25

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WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). Erlang B and Erlang C for voice and contact center sizing: source note erlang-traffic-engineering-nice-100-erlang-example. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/erlang-traffic-engineering-nice-100-erlang-example

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-erlang-traffic-engineering-nice-100-erlang-example,
  title  = {Erlang B and Erlang C for voice and contact center sizing: source note erlang-traffic-engineering-nice-100-erlang-example},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/erlang-traffic-engineering-nice-100-erlang-example},
  note   = {Source note erlang-traffic-engineering-nice-100-erlang-example, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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