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Percentage of total annual marketing budget allocated to allocated overhead
This measure calculates the percentage of total annual marketing budget allocated to "allocated overhead." The marketing budget includes, among other things, IT costs…
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Cycle time in days to deploy change in enabling technology
This measure calculates the number of days to it takes to deploy change in enabling (i.e. compliance) technology. It is part of a set of Cycle Time measures that help…
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Personnel cost to perform the process "perform fixed-asset accounting" per fixed asset transaction
This measure calculates personnel cost to perform the process "perform fixed-asset accounting" per fixed asset transaction recorded to the sub ledger. The purpose of this…
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Revenue lost from retail loyalty card discounts as a percentage of revenue
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Value per invoice line item that is paid in full the first time
This measure calculates value of billed/invoiced line items paid in full the first time per billed/invoiced line item. An obligation is considered to have been paid in full…
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Total value of Assets Under Management per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total value of Assets Under Management per $1,000 retail bank revenue (interest income plus fee income). Assets Under Management are all of the…
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Average cost to resolve a service-after-sales request for contact centers or similar remote assistance channel
This measure calculates the average cost incurred when contact centers or remote channels deal with post-sale service requests. Service-after-sales requests can be for…
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Average cost to resolve a service-after-sales request for the customer self-service channel
This measure calculates the average cost incurred when a customer is able to resolve a post-sale service request on their own via a customer self-service channel. Service…
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Average cost to resolve a service-after-sales request for on-site visits
This measure calculates the average cost incurred when on-site visits are used to deal with post-sale service requests. Service-after-sales requests can be for discounted…
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Cycle time in hours before automation from the time a sales order is received until the time manufacturing/logistics is notified
This measure calculates the number of hours elapsed between receipt of a sales order and notification of manufacturing/logistics before automation of the sales order process…
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Cycle time in hours after automation from the time a sales order is received until the time manufacturing/logistics is notified
This measure calculates the number of hours elapsed between receipt of a sales order and notification of manufacturing/logistics after automation of the sales order process…
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Percentage effect of sales order processing automation on overall profitability
This measure calculates the effect of implementing sales order process automation, which makes use of automated tools like hand-held terminals and scanning devices, on…
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Annual personnel cost savings through sales order processing automation for the process "manage sales orders" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates how much a company saves each year in personnel cost (employee salaries/wages, bonuses, benefits, etc.) per $1 billion revenue when automation is…
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Percentage of inbound fax contacts outsourced to a third-party provider
This measure calculates the percentage of inbound contacts. Inbound contact refers to any query (related to sales, information, technical support,customer service, or…
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Percentage of inbound IVR DTMF contacts outsourced to a third-party provider
This measure calculates the percentage of inbound contacts through Interactive voice response (IVR) Dual tone multi frequency (DTMF) speech which are outsourced to a third…