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Cost of goods sold as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total annual cost of goods sold (COGS) as a percentage of revenue. COGS represents the cost of purchasing raw materials and manufacturing finished…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" as a percentage of total business entity FTEs
This measure calculates the percentage of business entity full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who are employed to perform the process group "manage logistics and…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue who plan, implement, and control the forward and reverse flow and storage…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" as a percentage of the cost of continuing operations
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing"—which plans, implements, and controls the forward/reverse flow and…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" per process group FTE
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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Conversion costs as a percentage of cost of goods sold
This measure calculates the percentage of cost of goods sold (COGS) that comes from conversion costs. Conversion costs equate to the sum of labor and overhead costs. Overhead…
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Total cost of manufacturing as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total cost of manufacturing finished goods as a percentage of revenue. These manufacturing costs are those associated with the physical production…
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Total cost of manufacturing (without materials) as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates total cost of manufacturing (without materials) as a percentage of revenue. Total manufacturing cost describes costs associated with the physical…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates total cost as a percentage of revenue to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing". Total cost is the sum of personnel …
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Personnel cost to perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per process FTE
This measure calculates the personnel cost per process full-time equivalent employee (FTE) to perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics," which includes…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" as a percentage of process group "manage logistics and warehousing" FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) that perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" as a percentage of process group "manage…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per sales order fulfilled
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process "manage returns; manage reverse logistics" per sales order fulfilled. The total cost is the sum of outsourced,…
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Percentage of putaway work that is aided by intelligent automation
This measure calculates percentage of putaway work that is aided by intelligent automation (Examples include autonomous storage/retrieval systems, robots, "cobots," wearables…
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Percentage of retrieval work that is aided by intelligent automation
This measure calculates percentage of work significantly aided by intelligent automation (e.g., autonomous storage/retrieval systems, robots, "cobots," wearables, voice…
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Percentage of moving/sorting work that is aided by intelligent automation
This measure calculates percentage of work significantly aided by intelligent automation (e.g., autonomous storage/retrieval systems, robots, "cobots," wearables, voice…
