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Percentage of total annual marketing spending spent on mobile applications
This measure calculates the percentage of total annual marketing spending (including advertising and trade spending if applicable) that went to mobile applications. It is…
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Percentage of total annual marketing spending spent on traditional face-to-face contacts
This measure calculates the percentage of total annual marketing spending (including advertising and trade spending if applicable) that went to traditional face-to-face…
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Percentage of total annual marketing spending spent on search engine marketing
This measure calculates the percentage of total annual marketing spending (including advertising and trade spending if applicable) that went to search engine marketing. It is…
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Percentage of total annual marketing spending spent on indirect marketing
This measure calculates the percentage of total annual marketing spending (including advertising and trade spending if applicable) that went to indirect marketing (e.g.,…
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Percentage of total finance function FTEs allocated to the process "manage and process collections"
This measure calculates the percentage of total finance function full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that perform the process group "manage and process collection," which…
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Percentage of total finance function FTEs allocated to the process "process customer credit"
This measure calculates the percentage of total finance function full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) allocated to evaluating customers' credit-worthiness. The finance…
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Percentage of invoice line items which are entered into the financial system via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
This measure calculates the percentage of invoice line items entered into the financial system via electronic data interchange (EDI). An invoice line item is a single entry…
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Percentage of invoice line items which are entered into the financial system via some other method than manual entry, scanning, or EDI
This measure calculates the percentage of invoice line items entered into the financial system via a method other than manual entry, scanning, or EDI. An invoice line item is…
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Number of credit reviews per FTE that performs the process "process customer credit"
This measure calculates the number of credit reviews per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that evaluates customers' credit-worthiness. It is part of a set of Staff…
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Total cost to perform the process "process customer credit" as a percentage of total order-to-cash process cost
This measure calculates the total cost to evaluate customers' credit-worthiness as a percentage of the total cost of the order-to-cash process, which includes managing sales…
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Number of active customers per FTE that performs the process "process customer credit"
This measure calculates the number of active customers per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that evaluates customers' credit-worthiness. A customer is considered active if…
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Number of active customers managed per FTE that performs the process "manage and process collections"
This measure calculates the number of active customers managed per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that performs the process "manage and process collections," which…
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Percentage of customer credit decisions made without any manual intervention
This measure calculates percentage of customer credit decisions made without any manual intervention (i.e., automatic credit scoring). This Process Efficiency measure is…
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Percentage of invoice line items approved by three-way matching
This measure calculates the percentage of invoice line items approved by three-way matching. An invoice line item is a single entry on an invoice. For example, an invoice for…
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Total annual number of updates to the vendor master file per FTE that performs the process "process accounts payable"
This measure calculates the total annual number of updates to the vendor master file (i.e. complete listing of any trackable data set) per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee…