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Total transportation cost as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates total annual transportation cost as a percentage of revenue. Transportation costs are the costs of moving product from your enterprise to customer…
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Pick-to-ship cycle time in hours for customer orders
This measure determines the average pick-to-ship cycle time in hours for customer orders. Cycle time begins when an order is released to be picked from the warehouse and…
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Unit fill rate
This measure calculates the percentage of ship-from-stock lines shipped within 24 hours of order receipt, calculated as number of units shipped within 24 hours of order…
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Value of sales order line items not fulfilled due to production capacity or stockouts as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total value of all sales order line items that were not fulfilled due to lack of product availability. as a percentage of revenue. A sales order…
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Value of sales order line items not fulfilled due to production capacity or stockouts per $1 million revenue
This measure calculates the value of sales order line items which are not fulfilled due to production capacity or stockouts per $1 million business entity revenue. A sales…
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Cycle time in hours from receipt of customer order to completing order preparation
This measure calculates the average customer order processing time in hours to receive and prepare an order for selection. It is a Cycle Time measure that helps companies…
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Inventory accuracy
This measure calculates average inventory accuracy, which is the absolute value of the sum of the variance between physical inventory and perpetual inventory (i.e. inventory…
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Hours spent developing new classroom training content per trainee
This measure calculates the number of hours spent per trainee on developing new classroom training content. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Hours spent developing new e-learning training content per trainee
This measure calculates the number of hours spent per trainee on developing new e-learning training content. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Systems cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates systems cost as a percentage of total process group cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees". Systems cost refers to a…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates overhead and other cost as a percentage of total process group cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees". Overhead cost refers…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates outsourced cost as a percentage of total process group cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees". Outsourced cost refers to…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage employee relations" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process "manage employee relations," which comprises the policies and practices concerned with the…
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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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Personnel cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates personnel cost per $1,000 business entity revenue to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees". Personnel cost refers to employee…