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IT service management cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the IT service management cost (help desk: incident management and IT service requests, service delivery control and operations management, service…
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Percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to process group "deliver and support information technology services"
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process group "deliver and support information technology…
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Percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to process group "deploy information technology solutions"
The measure calculates the percentage of the total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process group "deploy information technology solutions,"…
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Percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to process group "develop and maintain information technology solutions"
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization for assets acquired during current reporting period, allocated to the process…
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Retail customer lifetime value
This measure calculates customer lifetime value (CLV) for the retail operation. CLV is defined by the following equation: Margin * (Customer Retention Rate / ((1 + Discount…
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Annual percentage change in retail customer purchase frequency
This measure calculates annual percentage change in retail customer purchase frequency. Customer purchase frequency is defined as the number of times a customer has made a…
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Retail shopping cart abandonment rate
This measure calculates shopping cart abandonment for the business entity website. Shopping cart abandonment rate is calculated as follows: 100% - [Completed transactions as…
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Average time in hours to resolve a service commitment disruption
This measure calculates the average number of hours it takes to resolve a service commitment disruption. A service commitment disruption refers to a situation where a Service…
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Percentage of business entity IT FTEs who perform the process group "develop and maintain information technology solutions"
This measure calculates the percentage of IT full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who produce, develop and test new, enhanced, and improved solutions; enable services that…
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Percentage of business entity IT FTEs who perform the process group "deploy information technology solutions"
This measure calculates the percentage of IT full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who are dedicated to the "deploy information technology solutions" process group, which…
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Percentage of business entity IT FTEs who perform the process group "deliver and support information technology services"
The measure calculates the percentage of business entity IT full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform the process group "deliver and support information technology…
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Number of IT FTEs that perform the process group "deliver and support information technology services" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue dedicated to the process group "deliver and support information technology…
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Number of IT FTEs that perform the process group "deploy information technology solutions" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue dedicated to the process group "deploy information technology solutions,"…
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Number of IT FTEs that perform the process group "develop and maintain information technology solutions" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of IT full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that produce, develop and test new, enhanced, and improved solutions;…
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Percentage of customers using traditional face-to-face contact for information gathering on your business entity's products/services
This measure calculates the percentage of customers that gather information on a business entity's products/services via traditional face-to-face contact. It is part of a set…