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Percentage of procurement costs allocated to indirect materials and services purchases
This measure calculates percentage of procurement costs allocated to indirect materials and services purchases. Indirect materials and services are procured items and…
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Other cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" that comes from other costs. This process group…
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Total cost to perform the process "order materials and services" as a percentage of total procurement process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of total cost for the procurement process that comes from costs to perform the "order materials and services" process, which involves…
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Percentage of customer accounts that are active customers
This measure calculates the percentage of customer accounts that are active customers out of the total number of customers in a business entity's customer master file. An…
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Total revenue per active customer
This measure calculates total revenue per active customer. An active customer is defined as a customer who has purchased a business entity's products at least once in a 12…
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Number of FTEs that perform the processes "process accounts receivable (AR)", "manage and process collections", and "manage and process adjustments/deductions" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees per $1 billion revenue that process funds received, whether by check or electronically; coordinate and…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "manage and process adjustments/deductions" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that perform the process "manage and process adjustments/deductions," which…
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Systems cost to perform the process "invoice customer" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the process "invoice customer," which involves preparing detailed reports of customer purchases and…
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Systems cost to perform the process "manage and process adjustments/deductions" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the process "manage and process adjustments/deductions," which consists of creating and providing funds…
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Systems cost to perform the process "manage and process collections" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the process "manage and process collections," which consists of posting entries to respective accounts,…
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Systems cost to perform the process "process accounts receivable (AR)" as a percentage of total process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the "process accounts receivable (AR)" process that comes from systems cost. The purpose of this process…
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Systems cost to perform the process "process accounts receivable (AR)" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the "process accounts receivable (AR)" process, which processes payments due from customers, including…
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Systems cost to perform the process "process customer credit" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the "process customer credit" process, which evaluates customers' credit-worthiness, typically in…
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Total cost to perform the process "invoice customer" per process FTE
This measure calculates the total cost per process full-time equivalent (FTE) employee to perform the process "invoice customer," which involves preparing detailed reports of…
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Total cost to perform the process "invoice customer" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process "invoice customer," which involves preparing detailed reports of customer purchases and…