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Percentage of workforce that exclusively works at an employer provided workspace
This measure calculates the percentage of workforce that works at an employer provided workspace exclusively. This Supplemental Information measure is intended to help…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "manage sales orders", "manage customer requests/inquiries", and "manage customer complaints" per call contact
This measure identifies the outsourced cost (total cost of all aspects of a process transferred to a third party, minus one-time developments/improvements of systems) on a…
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Total cost to perform the processes "manage sales orders", "manage customer service requests/inquiries", and "manage customer complaints" per active customer
This measure the total costs associated with these three processes per active customer. These processes involve managing a customer before and after delivery, and obtaining…
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Total cost to perform the processes "manage sales orders", "manage customer service requests/inquiries", and "manage customer complaints" per inbound contact
This measure the total costs associated with these three processes per active customer. These processes involve managing a customer before and after delivery, and obtaining…
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Overhead cost to perform the processes "manage sales orders", "manage customer service requests/inquiries", and "manage customer complaints" per inbound contact
This measure calculates, per inbound contact, overhead cost (i.e. costs that an organization cannot identify as direct costs of performing a process; these include occupancy,…
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Inbound contacts for the process "manage sales orders" as a percentage of total inbound contacts
This measure calculates the percentage of customer-initiated inquiries (related to sales, information, technical support, customer service, or complaints) that come from the…
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Percentage of training programs developed through other channels
This measure calculates the percentage of training programs developed through channels other than internal, external, or partnerships with external specialists. As part of a…
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Percentage of training programs developed through partnerships with external specialists
This measure calculates the percentage of training programs developed through partnerships with external specialists. As part of a set of Supplemental Information measures,…
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Percentage of sales order line items requiring no human intervention to create, modify, or fulfill
This measure calculates the percentage of sales order line items that required no manual intervention to create, modify, or fulfill. A sales order line item is an individual…
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Percentage of total annual sales revenue attributable to sales completed on social media
A major part of the process "manage sales orders" involves companies monitoring sales performance across different platforms. This measure calculates the percentage of total…
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Percentage of total annual sales revenue attributable to sales completed on mobile applications
A major part of the process "manage sales orders" involves companies monitoring sales performance across different platforms. This measure calculates the percentage of total…
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Percentage of total annual sales revenue attributable to sales completed through traditional face-to-face channels
A major part of the process "manage sales orders" involves companies monitoring sales performance across different platforms. This measure calculates the percentage of total…
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Percentage of total annual sales revenue attributable to sales completed through human-assisted channels other than face-to-face contact
A major part of the process "manage sales orders" involves companies monitoring sales performance across different platforms. This measure calculates the percentage of total…
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Percentage of total annual sales revenue attributable to sales completed through digital channels other than social media, website, or mobile applications
A major part of the process "manage sales orders" involves companies monitoring sales performance across different platforms. This measure calculates the percentage of total…
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Percentage of learning days delivered through the use of external partners such as vendors and universities
This measure calculates percentage of per-employee learning days for the business entity delivered by external partners (e.g. vendors, universities etc.) This Supplemental…