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Number of FTEs who perform order inquiry as a percentage of total FTEs for the process "manage sales orders"
This measure calculates the percentage of total full-time equivalent employees for "manage sales orders" that perform order inquiry. Order inquiry involves fielding potential…
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Cross-sell/up-sell close rate
This measure calculates percentage of inbound contacts that completed an additional cross-sell or up-sell. Inbound contact refers to any query (related to sales, information,…
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Percentage of sales force that made their quotas/targets in the last 12-month reporting period
This measure calculates the percentage of the sales force that hit their designated quotas/targets in the last 12-month reporting period. It is part of a set of Staff…
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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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Percentage of total annual sales revenue attributable to sales completed on your business entity's website
A major part of the process "manage sales orders" involves companies monitoring sales performance across different platforms. This measure calculates the percentage of total…
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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…