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Time in weeks to complete projects that address an identified business exposure or opportunity (less than 20 percent of total annual revenue)
This measure calculates the average time in weeks taken by your business entity to complete projects (worth less than 20 percentage of total annual revenue) that address an…
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Time in weeks to complete projects that address an identified business exposure or opportunity (between 20 and 40 percent of total annual revenue)
This measure calculates the average time in weeks taken by your business entity to complete projects (worth between 20 and 40 percent of total annual revenue) that address an…
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Time in weeks to complete projects that address an identified business exposure or opportunity (between 40 and 60 percent of total annual revenue)
This measure calculates the average time in weeks taken by your business entity to complete projects (worth 40 and 60 percent of total annual revenue) that address an…
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Time in weeks to complete projects that address an identified business exposure or opportunity (between 60 and 80 percent of total annual revenue)
This measure calculates the average time in weeks taken by your business entity to complete projects (worth 60 and 80 percent of total annual revenue) that address an…
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Time in weeks to complete projects that address an identified business exposure or opportunity (greater than 80 percent of total annual revenue)
This measure calculates the average time in weeks taken by your business entity to complete projects (worth greater than 80 percent of total annual revenue) that address an…
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Percentage of total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization, allocated to process group "manage business resiliency and risk"
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process group "manage business resiliency and risk" as a percentage of total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage business resiliency and risk", including depreciation/amortization, per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost (including depreciation/amortization) per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group "manage business resiliency and risk." Functions…
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Number of IT FTEs that perform the process group "manage business resiliency and risk" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of IT full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that perform the process group "manage business resiliency and risk."…
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Number of new businesses launched over the past three reporting periods per $1 billion revenue (current reporting period)
This measure calculates the number of new businesses launched by a business entity over the past three reporting periods (i.e. past three years) per $1 billion revenue. "New…
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Number of new businesses launched over the past three reporting periods per $100 million R&D spend (three reporting periods prior)
This measure calculates the number of new businesses launched by a business entity over the past three reporting periods (i.e. past three years) per $100 million R&D spend. …
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Average time-to-productivity in calendar days for new hires
This measure calculates the average time-to-productivity for new hires, in calendar days. This Staff Productivity measure is intended to help companies assess the efficiency…
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Actual Open-to-buy retail inventory as a percentage of planned retail inventory
This measure calculates actual Open-to-buy inventory as a percentage of planned inventory. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies minimize waste and…
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Retail customer lifetime value
This measure calculates customer lifetime value (CLV) for the retail operation. CLV is defined by the following equation: Margin * (Customer Retention Rate / ((1 + Discount…
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Number of business entity employees per FTE in learning administration
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee in learning administration, which handles scheduling courses,…
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Number of FTEs that perform learning administration activities per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that schedule courses, coordinate course attendance, print and/or…
