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FlexSet 120S/280S User Guide
ACD and UCD Hunt Groups
ACD and UCD Hunt Groups
An ACD/UCD group is a number of stations operating together for the purpose of automatic call distribution. The
ACD/UCD groups form the building blocks for modern call centers. The Automatic/Uniform Call Distribution
Systems improve incoming call handling by queuing and routing callers. They are used in businesses handling a large
volume of incoming calls. ACD/UCD systems prevent from giving busy tone to incoming callers. They encourage
callers to wait rather than ring elsewhere.
The incoming calls are distributed among a group of agents. Agents can log in or out of the group. When all lines are
in use, an announcement plays for callers waiting in queue. If the queue is full, calls are routed to a predetermined
telephone number.
Calls incoming to an ACD/UCD group are answered by free agents, according to system wide defined rules. The
most commonly rule used by an ACD is for the longest waiting call to be answered by the agent who has been
waiting for a call for the longest period of time. UCD groups do not provide call distribution to the longest waiting
staff. The UCD system automatically delivers each incoming call to the next available agent's line.