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Percentage of discounts available that are taken
This measure calculates the percentage of available discounts that are taken. A discount is a reduction in the amount of an invoice/bill to be paid if the entire amount is…
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Total cost to perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" per process FTE
This measure calculates the total cost per process full-time equivalent (FTE) employee to perform the "process accounts payable (AP)" process, which consists of processing…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" as a percentage of total process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the "process accounts payable (AP)" that comes from overhead and other costs. The purpose of this process…
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Personnel cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per $100,000 of T&E expenditures
This measure calculates personnel cost per $100,000 of travel and entertainment (T&E) expenditures to process reimbursements to employees for the expenses incurred during the…
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Systems cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per $100,000 of T&E expenditures
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 of travel and entertainment (T&E) expenditures to process reimbursements to employees for the expenses incurred during the…
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Personnel cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" as a percentage of total process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the "process expense reimbursements" process that comes from personnel cost. The purpose of this process…
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Systems cost to perform the process "Process expense reimbursements" as a percentage of total process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the "process expense reimbursements" that comes from systems cost. The purpose of this process is to…
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Overhead and other cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" as a percentage of total process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the "process expense reimbursements" that comes from overhead and other costs. The purpose of this process…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" as a percentage of total process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the "process expense reimbursements" process that comes from outsourced cost. The purpose of this process…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" as a percentage of the total cost of the process
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" that comes from outsourced cost. The purpose of this process…
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Number of finance function FTEs as a percentage of business entity FTEs
This measure calculates the percentage of business entity full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that are finance function FTEs. The finance function includes activities such…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process group "process accounts payable and expense reimbursements" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process group "process accounts payable and expense reimbursements" that comes from outsourced cost…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process group "process accounts payable and expense reimbursements" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the "process accounts payable and expense reimbursements" process group, which consists of processing…
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Number of invoices processed per $1,000 of purchases
This measure calculates the number of invoices processed per $1,000 of purchases. An invoice is a bill prepared by a seller of goods or services and submitted to the buyer…
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Percentage of FTEs that perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" that perform the activity "process payments"
This measure calculates the percentage of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that perform the "process accounts payable (AP)" process—which consists of processing payments…