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Time in months to fulfill a business need with relevant IT solutions for major new/enhanced IT services investments less than $100,000 USD
This measure calculates the number of months it takes to fulfill a business need with relevant IT solutions for major new/enhanced IT services investments less than $100,000…
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Time-to-market (build-to-launch) in months for major new/enhanced IT services investments greater than $100 million USD
This measure calculates the number of months that elapses between when all IT service requirements are defined and when those services are implemented for major new/enhanced…
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Time-to-market (build-to-launch) in months for major new/enhanced IT services investments between $1 million and $100 million USD
This measure calculates the number of months that elapses between when all IT service requirements are defined and when those services are implemented for major new/enhanced…
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Time-to-market (build-to-launch) in months for major new/enhanced IT services investments between $250,000 and $500,000 USD
This measure calculates the number of months that elapses between when all IT service requirements are defined and when those services are implemented for major new/enhanced…
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Time-to-market (build-to-launch) in months for major new/enhanced IT services investments between $500,000 and $1 million USD
This measure calculates the number of months that elapses between when all IT service requirements are defined and when those services are implemented for major new/enhanced…
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Percentage of application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year delivered on time or early
This measure calculates the percentage of application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year that were delivered on time or early. Application…
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Percentage of application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year delivered on or below budget
This measure calculates the percentage of application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year that were delivered on or below budget. Application…
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Percentage of initially planned functionality that is delivered for application development and maintenance projects in the most recent year
This measure calculates average percentage of initially planned functionality that was delivered for application development and maintenance projects fully completed during…
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Annual shrinkage as a percentage of inventory value
This measure calculates annual shrinkage as a percentage of inventory value. The costs associated with breakage, pilferage, and deterioration of inventories. This Cost…
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Average "last mile" vehicle capacity used when the vehicle departs its location
This measure calculates average "last mile" vehicle capacity used when the vehicle departs your location. This refers to capacity utilization when the vehicle has been loaded…
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Percentage of returned product flowing through the same logistics network as primary products
This measure calculates the percentage of returned product that flows through the same logistics network as primary products—as opposed to flowing through an independent…
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Percentage of deliveries receiving customer complaints
This measure calculates the percentage of deliveries receiving customer complaints. This Supplemental Information measure is intended to help companies evaluate additional…
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Expedited costs as a percentage of freight cost
This measure calculates costs for expedited orders as a percentage of freight cost. Expedited orders are customer orders for which the actual delivery service level exceeds…
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Peak warehouse slot utilization
This measure calculates peak warehouse slot utilization. Warehouse slot utilization is defined as number of slots filled/total number slots in a warehouse. This Process…
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Percentage of total annual logistics and warehousing costs associated with the physical transportation, storage, or handling of returned product
This measure calculates percentage of total annual logistics and warehousing costs associated with the physical transportation, storage, or handling of returned product. The…