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Percentage of component part numbers common with other products
This measure calculates, within a typical product, the percentage of total component parts that are common with other products (as opposed to being unique to that specific…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for product platforms
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for product platforms. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration related…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for completely new products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for completely new products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new product variants
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new product variants. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help…
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Percentage of products that are based on common development platforms
This measure calculates the percentage of products that are developed on common platforms, providing companies with key data for their "perform discovery research" process…
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Hours spent developing new classroom training content per trainee
This measure calculates the number of hours spent per trainee on developing new classroom training content. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Hours spent developing new e-learning training content per trainee
This measure calculates the number of hours spent per trainee on developing new e-learning training content. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Internal cost to perform learning administration activities per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the internal cost per $1,000 revenue for scheduling courses, coordinating course attendance, printing and/or distributing course/learning materials,…
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Internal cost to perform learning administration activities per business entity employee
This measure calculates the internal cost per business entity employee for scheduling courses, coordinating course attendance, printing and/or distributing course/learning…
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Percentage of CEO and senior leadership time spent on leadership development
This measure calculates the percentage of time that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (i.e. the officer who has ultimate management responsibility for an organization and…
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Average time in days to close an identified skill or capability gap through training for an employee
This measure calculates total average time in days per employee to close an identified skill or capability gap through training. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help…
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Average time in calendar days to close an identified skill or capability gap in data science, digital skills and other specialty IT skills through training
This measure calculates average time in calendar days to close an identified skill or capability gap in data science, digital skills and other specialty IT skills through…
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Percentage of the learning budget that is attributed to reskilling aligned to technology changes
This measure reports the percentage of the learning budget that is allocated to reskilling that is required based upon technology changes. In this instance, reskilling refers…
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Percentage of workforce that works in a hybrid work model
This measure calculates the percentage of workforce that works in a hybrid work model (i.e. some at employer provided workspaces, some remote). Remote employees are those who…