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This measure calculates average time in calendar days (including weekends) to close an identified skill or capability gap in behavioral skills (e.g., agility, adaptability to…
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This measure calculates average time in calendar days (including weekends) to close an identified skill or capability gap in business skills (e.g., analytics, business acumen…
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Average time in calendar days (including weekends) to close an identified skill or capability gap in leadership skills through training
This measure calculates average time in calendar days (including weekends) to close an identified skill or capability gap in leadership skills through training. Cycle time is…
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Percentage of workforce that works in a hybrid work model
This measure calculates the percentage of workforce that works in a hybrid work model (i.e. some at employer provided workspaces, some remote). Remote employees are those who…
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Percentage of employee population that has been reskilled within the last 12 months
This measure calculates the percentage of employees that has been reskilled within the last 12 months. This Supplemental Information measure is intended to help companies…
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Learning budget per business entity employee
This measure calculates the budget allocated to learning for the 12-month period per business entity employee. This measure is part of a set of Cost Effectiveness measures…
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Percentage of workforce that exclusively works from home/remotely
This measure calculates the percentage of workforce that works from home/remotely exclusively. Remote employees are those who have a work arrangement whereby they do not…
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Percentage of workforce that exclusively works at an employer provided workspace
This measure calculates the percentage of workforce that works at an employer provided workspace exclusively. This Supplemental Information measure is intended to help…
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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 training programs developed through other channels
This measure calculates the percentage of training programs developed through channels other than internal, external, or partnerships with external specialists. As part of a…
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Percentage of training programs developed through partnerships with external specialists
This measure calculates the percentage of training programs developed through partnerships with external specialists. As part of a set of Supplemental Information measures,…