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Percentage of total annual revenue from pre-defined variants/SKUs
This measure calculates, for build-to-stock models, the percentage of total annual revenue from pre-defined variants/SKUs (stock keeping units). This Supplemental…
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Percentage of total annual revenue from generating variants in production
This measure calculates, for build to order models, the percentage of total annual revenue from generating variants in production. This Supplemental Information measure is…
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Percentage of component part numbers common with other products
This measure calculates, within a typical product, the percentage of total component parts that are common with other products (as opposed to being unique to that specific…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for product platforms
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for product platforms. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration related…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for completely new products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for completely new products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new product variants
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new product variants. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help…
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Percentage of products that are based on common development platforms
This measure calculates the percentage of products that are developed on common platforms, providing companies with key data for their "perform discovery research" process…
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Percentage of invoice line items which are entered into the financial system via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
This measure calculates the percentage of invoice line items entered into the financial system via electronic data interchange (EDI). An invoice line item is a single entry…
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Percentage of invoice line items which are entered into the financial system via some other method than manual entry, scanning, or EDI
This measure calculates the percentage of invoice line items entered into the financial system via a method other than manual entry, scanning, or EDI. An invoice line item is…
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Total cost to perform the process group "govern and manage product/service development program" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process group "govern and manage product/service development program" per $1,000 business entity revenue. Total cost is the…
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Percentage of new product/service development projects launched on time
This measure calculates the percentage of new product/service development projects that are completed and made ready for marketing/sale on time, relative to the launch date…
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Percentage of invoice line items approved by three-way matching
This measure calculates the percentage of invoice line items approved by three-way matching. An invoice line item is a single entry on an invoice. For example, an invoice for…
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Total annual number of updates to the vendor master file per FTE that performs the process "process accounts payable"
This measure calculates the total annual number of updates to the vendor master file (i.e. complete listing of any trackable data set) per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee…
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Percentage of FTEs that perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" that perform management activities
This measure calculates the percentage of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that perform the "process accounts payable (AP)" process—which consists of processing payments…