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This measure calculates funding for the knowledge management (KM) program, initiative, or service that comes from sources other central/enterprise funding source or…
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Total cost, excluding overhead cost, for the business entity's knowledge management program per business entity employee
This measure calculates the total cost, excluding overhead cost, for the business entity's knowledge management (KM) program, per business entity employee. KM is responsible…
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Percentage change in win rate/revenue gain attributed to KM
This measure calculates the percentage change in win rate/revenue gain attributed to KM. Win rate is the total amount of successful sales as a percentage of sales…
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Percentage change in cost savings attributed to KM
This measure calculates the percentage change in cost savings attributed to KM. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies minimize waste and refine…
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Percentage change in time savings attributed to KM
This measure calculates the percentage change in time savings attributed to KM. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies minimize waste and refine…
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Percentage change in cycle time reduction for projects/processes attributed to KM
This measure calculates the percentage change in cycle time reduction for projects/processes attributed to KM. Cycle time is the total time from the beginning of a process or…
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Percentage of funding of KM applications, platforms, or technologies coming from the KM program, initiative, or service
This measure calculates percentage of funding of KM applications, platforms, or technologies coming from the KM program, initiative, or service. This Cost Effectiveness…
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Percentage of funding of KM applications, platforms, or technologies coming from the IT group/function
This measure calculates percentage of funding of KM applications, platforms, or technologies coming from the IT group/function. This Cost Effectiveness measure is intended to…
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Percentage of funding of KM applications, platforms, or technologies coming from the digital group/function
This measure calculates percentage of funding of KM applications, platforms, or technologies coming from the digital group/function. This Cost Effectiveness measure is…
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Percentage of funding of KM applications, platforms, or technologies coming from one or more business units/functions whose employees are end-users of the application/platform
This measure calculates percentage of funding of KM applications, platforms, or technologies coming from one or more business units/functions whose employees are end-users of…
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Onshore/co-located personnel (staff) costs directly associated with leading, managing, and supporting the KM program, initiative, or service per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates business entity's onshore/co-located personnel (staff) costs directly associated with leading, managing, and supporting the KM program, initiative, or…
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Offshore/low-cost delivery center personnel (staff) costs directly associated with leading, managing, and supporting the KM program, initiative, or service per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates business entity's offshore/low-cost delivery center personnel (staff) costs directly associated with leading, managing, and supporting the KM program,…
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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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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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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…