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Percentage of sales order line items placed through e-mail
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Percentage of sales order line items placed through telephone
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Percentage of sales order line items placed through fax and mail
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Percentage of sales order line items placed through other methods
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Percentage of sales order line items placed over the internet
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Percentage of sales order line items placed through WAP
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Percentage of sales order line items placed through direct connection to system
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Employee retention rate
This measure calculates employee retention rate. This is defined as the number of employees at the end of the year that were present at the beginning of the year, divided by…
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Value per invoice line item that is paid in full the first time
This measure calculates value of billed/invoiced line items paid in full the first time per billed/invoiced line item. An obligation is considered to have been paid in full…
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Average cost to resolve a service-after-sales request for contact centers or similar remote assistance channel
This measure calculates the average cost incurred when contact centers or remote channels deal with post-sale service requests. Service-after-sales requests can be for…
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Average cost to resolve a service-after-sales request for the customer self-service channel
This measure calculates the average cost incurred when a customer is able to resolve a post-sale service request on their own via a customer self-service channel. Service…
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Average cost to resolve a service-after-sales request for on-site visits
This measure calculates the average cost incurred when on-site visits are used to deal with post-sale service requests. Service-after-sales requests can be for discounted…
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Cycle time in hours before automation from the time a sales order is received until the time manufacturing/logistics is notified
This measure calculates the number of hours elapsed between receipt of a sales order and notification of manufacturing/logistics before automation of the sales order process…
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Cycle time in hours after automation from the time a sales order is received until the time manufacturing/logistics is notified
This measure calculates the number of hours elapsed between receipt of a sales order and notification of manufacturing/logistics after automation of the sales order process…
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Percentage effect of sales order processing automation on overall profitability
This measure calculates the effect of implementing sales order process automation, which makes use of automated tools like hand-held terminals and scanning devices, on…