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Employee turnover rate
This measure determines the employee turnover rate, which is calculated by dividing total employees terminated (both voluntary and involuntary) by the average number of …
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Response time in minutes for inbound requests coming from postal mail
This measure calculates response time in minutes for inbound requests (i.e. queries initiated by the customer) coming from postal mail. It is part of a set of Cycle Time…
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Average talk time in seconds, including agent hold time
This measure calculates the average talk time in seconds, including agent hold time. It is part of a set of Cycle Time measures that help companies analyze the duration of…
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Annual percentage change in number of retail customer complaints
This measure calculates annual percentage change in number of complaints. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies minimize waste and refine resource…
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Voluntary terminations as a percentage of total business entity employee turnover
This measure calculates the percentage of total business entity employee turnover that was the result of employees voluntarily leaving the organization of their own accord…
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Involuntary terminations as a percentage of total business entity employee turnover
This measure calculates the percentage of total business entity employees that were terminated due to permanent layoff, redundancy, termination for cause, etc. As part of a…
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Involuntary terminations as a percentage of total business entity employees
This measure calculates the percentage of total business entity employees that were terminated due to permanent layoff, redundancy, termination for cause, etc. It is part of…
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Number of business entity employees per FTE in learning administration
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee in learning administration, which handles scheduling courses,…
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Agent involuntary attrition rate
This measure determines the agent involuntary attrition rate, which is calculated by dividing the number of agents involuntarily terminated during the reporting period by the…
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Customer retention rate for customers attempting service cancellation
This measure calculates the customer retention rate (i.e. the number of customers who were active three years ago and are still active, divided by the number of customers who…
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Percentage of the work force that are expatriates
This measure calculates the percentage of work force that have been moved to another country to undertake a role within that country for their same organization. As part of a…
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Percentage of "develop and manage HR planning, policies, and strategies" inquiries received that are routine
This measure calculates the percentage of inquiries received for the process "develop and manage HR planning, policies, and strategies"—which consists of workforce planning,…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of total cost to perform the process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" that comes from…
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Response time in hours for non-routine "develop and manage HR planning, policies, and strategies" inquiries
This measure projects the time spent to respond to non-routine inquiries (i.e. those that require complex responses and subject-matter expert escalation) for the process …
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Response time in hours for routine "develop and manage HR planning, policies, and strategies" inquiries
This measure projects the time spent to respond to routine inquiries (i.e. those received on a regular basis that a standard response) for the process "develop and manage HR…