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Time-to-market in days for new product/service development projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days required to design, test market, and manufacture/deliver new product/service development projects. The cycle time begins…
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Percentage of revenue from product/services launched in the past year
This measure identifies the percentage of revenue generated from products/services launched in the previous year. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process group "govern and manage product/service development program" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) (including external) per $1 billion revenue that perform the process group "govern and manage product/service…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full time equivalents (FTEs) (including external) per $1 billion business entity revenue that perform the process group "generate and…
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Total cost to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates total cost per $1,000 business entity revenue to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas". Total cost is the sum of…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the function "develop and manage products and services" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), including those outside the company, per $1 billion revenue that work on the "develop and manage…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process group "develop products and services" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), including external FTEs, that perform the process group "develop product and services," which…
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Total cost to perform the process group "develop products and services" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "develop product and services," which handles all activities associated with designing, prototyping,…
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Total cost to perform the function "develop and manage products and services" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost of the function "develop and manage products and services" per $1,000 revenue. This includes products or services that are offered to…
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Product development defect rate in parts per million
This measure calculates the average manufacturing defect rate in parts per million for a company's primary products (during development; i.e. not yet fully finalized finished…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage employee development" as a percentage of total cost to perform the process group "manage employee on-boarding, development, and training"
This measure calculates percentage of total cost to perform the process group "manage employee on-boarding, development, and training" allocated to the process "manage…
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Total cost to perform the process "develop and train employees" as a percentage of total cost to perform the process group "manage employee on-boarding, development, and training"
This measure calculates percentage of total cost to perform the process group "manage employee on-boarding, development, and training" allocated to the process "develop and…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage employee on-boarding, development, and training" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "manage employee on-boarding, development, and training" per $1,000 revenue. The total cost is the sum of…
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Number of learning days per employee
This measure calculates the average number of days per employee that were dedicated to learning. It is calculated by dividing the total number of days utilized for learning a…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage employee orientation and deployment" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process "manage employee orientation and deployment" per $1,000 revenue. Total cost is the sum of personnel (compensation…