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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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Total personnel cost per business entity FTE
This measure calculates total personnel cost per business entity full-time equivalent employee (FTE). Personnel cost refers to employee personnel compensation (salaries and…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process group "reward and retain employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates overhead and other costs of the process group "reward and retain employees" as a percentage of the total cost to perform the process group. Overhead…
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Number of monthly routine "reward and retain employees" inquiries per process group FTE
This measure calculates number of monthly routine "reward and retain employees" inquiries per process group full-time equivalent employee (FTE). The Process group "reward and…
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Percentage of "reward and retain employees" inquiries received that are routine
This measure calculates the percentage of inquiries received for the process "reward and retain employees"—which consists of compensation administration, award/incentive…
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Number of monthly non-routine "reward and retain employees" inquiries per business entity employee
This measure calculates the number of monthly non-routine inquiries (i.e. those that require complex responses and subject-matter expert escalation) received per business…
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Number of monthly routine "reward and retain employees" inquiries per business entity employee
This measure calculates the number of monthly routine inquiries (i.e. those received on a regular basis that require a standard response) received per business entity…
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Percentage of "reward and retain employees" inquiries received that are non-routine
This measure calculates the percentage of inquiries received for the process "reward and retain employees"—which consists of compensation administration, award/incentive…
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Number of total monthly "reward and retain employees" inquiries per business entity employee
This measure calculates number of total monthly "reward and retain employees" inquiries per business entity employee. The Process group "reward and retain employees" includes…
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Number of monthly non-routine "reward and retain employees" inquiries per process group FTE
This measure calculates number of monthly non-routine "reward and retain employees" inquiries per process group full-time equivalent employee (FTE). The Process group "reward…
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Number of total monthly "reward and retain employees" inquiries per process group FTE
This measure calculates number of total monthly "reward and retain employees" inquiries per process group full time equivalent (FTE). The Process group "reward and retain…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "reward and retain employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process group "reward and retain employees" that comes from personnel cost. Activities in this process…