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Total cost to perform the process "select suppliers and develop/maintain contracts" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates total cost per $1,000 revenue for selecting suppliers (typically through a request for information [RFI], request for proposal [RFP], or request for…
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Total cost to perform the process "select suppliers and develop/maintain contracts" per $1,000 purchases
This measure calculates total cost per $1,000 purchases for selecting suppliers (typically through a request for information [RFI], request for proposal [RFP], or request for…
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Total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the group of procurement processes, which includes the business activities of procurement planning, purchasing, sourcing,…
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Total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the group of procurement processes, which includes the business activities of procurement planning, purchasing, sourcing,…
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Total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" per $1,000 purchases
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" per $1,000 value of material and service purchases. Total process cost is…
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Total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" per process group FTE
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" per process group full-time equivalent employee (FTE). Total cost is the…
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Total cost to perform the procurement process group per purchase order
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the group of procurement processes, which includes procurement planning, purchasing, inventory control, traffic, receiving,…
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Total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" per purchase order line item
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "procure materials and services" per purchase order line item. A purchase order line item is a unique…
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Number of purchase order line items processed per FTE that performs the process "order materials and services"
This measure calculates the number of purchase order line items processed per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee who performs the "order materials and services" process,…
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Number of purchase orders processed per FTE that performs the process "order materials and services"
This measure calculates the number of purchase orders processed per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee who performs the "order materials and services" process, which…
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Systems cost to perform the procurement process group as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost of the procurement process group that comes from systems costs. Systems cost include a variety of specific cost…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage suppliers" per $1,000 purchases
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 purchases to develop and manage programs and policies for interacting with suppliers, and measure/improve their performance…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage suppliers" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to develop and manage programs and policies for interacting with suppliers, and measure/improve their performance…
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Total cost to perform the process "develop sourcing strategies" per $1,000 purchases
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 purchases to perform the "develop sourcing strategies" process, which involves clarifying purchasing requirements, matching…
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Total cost to perform the process "develop sourcing strategies" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the "develop sourcing strategies" process, which involves clarifying purchasing requirements, matching…
