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Total cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" as a percentage of total cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees"
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process "manage employee relations"—which comprises the policies and practices concerned with the management and…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per $1,000 revenue. Outsourced cost refers to the total cost of outsourcing a…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process "manage employee relations" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates overhead and other costs to perform the process "manage employee relations" per $100,000 revenue. Overhead cost refers to expenses that an…
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Personnel cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per process FTE
This measure calculates personnel cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per process full-time equivalent employee (FTE). Personnel cost refers to employee…
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Systems cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per $100,000 revenue. Systems cost refers to a variety of expenses related to computer…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per process FTE
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per process full-time equivalent employee (FTE). Total cost is the sum of personnel …
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Total cost to perform the process "manage sales orders" as a percentage of total order-to-cash process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of total order-to-cash process cost that comes from the total cost to perform the process group "manage sales orders." The order-to…
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Percentage of qualified leads where the sale is closed
This measure calculates the percentage of qualified leads that close a sale. Qualified leads are prospective customers who have a demonstrated interest in the product or…
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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 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 customers opting out of receiving marketing messages from the organization
This measure calculates the percentage of customers opting out of receiving marketing messages from the organization. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures…