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Percentage of sales orders delivered on time
This measure calculates the percentage of all sales orders that were delivered within the agreed-upon time frame. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Percentage of total annual marketing spending spent on business entity's website
This measure calculates the percentage of total annual marketing spending (including advertising and trade spending if applicable) that went to a business entity's website …
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Percentage of total annual marketing spending spent on social media
This measure calculates the percentage of total annual marketing spending (including advertising and trade spending if applicable) that went to social media (i.e…
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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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Expedited costs as a percentage of total cost of the logistics process group "manage logistics and warehousing"
This measure calculates the percentage of total cost of the "manage logistics and warehousing" process group that comes from expedited costs. Expedited costs refer to costs…
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Warehouse slot utilization
This measure calculates a warehouse's slot utilization (number of slots filled out of total number of slots in a warehouse). It is part of a set of Process Efficiency…
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This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform the process "define logistics strategy"—in which they translate customer service…
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Cost of damaged product as a percentage of sales
This measure calculates the cost of damaged product as a percentage of sales by dividing total damaged value by total sales value. Appropriate values are in the range of 0 to…
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This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform the process "operate outbound transportation"—in which they prepare goods for delivery…
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This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who perform the process "operate warehousing"—in which they receive, inspect, and store incoming…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" excluding "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue who plan, implement, and control the forward flow and storage of goods,…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue who are employed to translate customer service requirements into capacity…