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Percentage of total annual revenue from generating variants in production
This measure calculates, for build to order models, the percentage of total annual revenue from generating variants in production. This Supplemental Information measure is…
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Percentage of component part numbers common with other products
This measure calculates, within a typical product, the percentage of total component parts that are common with other products (as opposed to being unique to that specific…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for product platforms
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for product platforms. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration related…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for completely new products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for completely new products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new product variants
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new product variants. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help…
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Percentage of products that are based on common development platforms
This measure calculates the percentage of products that are developed on common platforms, providing companies with key data for their "perform discovery research" process…
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Cycle time in days to prepare the financial forecast
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) it takes to prepare the financial forecast. A financial forecast identifies internal and external…
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Percentage error for the inventory cost forecast
This measure calculates the inventory cost forecasting percentage error. It is calculated as the absolute value of ((Projected – Actual inventory cost) / Actual inventory…
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Systems cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting," which involves developing periodic plans, budgets,…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates overhead and other cost per $100,000 business entity revenue to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting". Overhead cost refers to…
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Percentage of financial forecast created through touchless processing
This measure calculates percentage of the financial forecast that is created through touchless processing. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies…
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Systems cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per process FTE
This measure calculates business entity's systems cost (direct and/or allocated to your business entity) to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per process FTE
This measure calculates the overhead and other costs (costs other than personnel, systems, overhead, and outsourced) to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting," which involves developing periodic plans, budgets,…