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Systems cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to translate customer service requirements into capacity requirements and lead-time requirements; design the…
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Total supply chain management cost per sales order line item placed
This measure calculates supply chain management costs per sales order line item. Associated costs include those that deal with the processes to plan, source, deliver, and…
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This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing"—which plans, implements, and controls the forward and reverse flow and…
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Total cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per process FTE
This measure calculates total cost per process full-time equivalent (FTE) employee to translate customer service requirements into capacity requirements and lead-time…
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Total cost to perform the process "operate outbound transportation" as a percentage of cost of goods sold
This measure calculates the total annual cost to perform the process group "operate outbound transportation"— which prepares goods for delivery from a warehouse to a…
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Total cost to perform the process "operate outbound transportation" per sales order fulfilled
This measure calculates total cost per sales order to prepare goods for delivery from a warehouse to a receiving location, which comprises activities like the notification of…
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Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" as a percentage of cost of goods sold
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing"—which involves receiving, inspecting, and storing incoming materials; picking, packing, and…
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Total cost to perform the process "operate warehousing" per sales order fulfilled
This measure calculates total cost per sales order for receiving, inspecting, and storing incoming materials; picking, packing, and shipping product for outbound delivery;…
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Personnel cost to perform the process "define logistics strategy" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates personnel cost per $1,000 revenue to translate customer service requirements into capacity requirements and lead-time requirements; design the…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" as a percentage of total supply chain function cost
This measure calculates percentage of the total cost of the supply chain function allocated to the process group "manage logistics and warehousing". Total cost is the sum of…
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Supply chain management cost per sales order fulfilled
This measure calculates supply chain management cost per sales order fulfilled (as opposed to sales orders placed). Total supply chain management cost is the sum of the costs…
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Number of sales order line items placed per FTE that performs the process "operate warehousing"
This measure calculates the number of sales order line items filled per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee who performs the process "operate warehousing," which involves…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "define logistics strategy" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) that perform the process "define logistics strategy" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "operate warehousing" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) that perform the process "operate warehousing" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "operate outbound transportation" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) that perform the process "operate outbound transportation" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics…