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Total cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase
This measure calculates the total cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase (in which prototypes are used…
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Outsourced cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase
This measure calculates outsourced cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase (in which prototypes are used…
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Outsourced cost of the phase 'design and develop product/services' per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost (per $1,000 revenue) of the phase ‘design and develop products/services,' which includes assigning resources to product/service…
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Systems cost of the phase 'support product manufacturing or service delivery' per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost (per $100,000 revenue) of the phase ‘support product manufacturing or service delivery,' which are monitored by new product/service…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via social media channels
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via social media channels, which are comprised of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via website channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the website channel (companyname.com). It is part…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via traditional face-to-face channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the face-to-face channel. It is part of a set of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via contact center channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the contact center channel. It is part of a set of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via business-to-business channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the business-to-business channel. It is part of a…
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Systems cost of the phase 'test market for new or revised products and services' per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost (per $100,000 revenue) of the phase 'test market for new or revised products and services,' which uses prototypes to assess the market…
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Percentage of products designed with a 'design for supply chain' philosophy
This measure is calculated by dividing the number of products designed with a “design for supply chain” philosophy by the total number of products offered. Design for supply…
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Response time in minutes for inbound requests coming from SMS
This measure calculates response time in minutes for inbound requests (i.e. queries initiated by the customer) coming from short message service (SMS) via mobile phone. It is…