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Time in months to respond to major business shifts
This measure calculates the average number of months it takes to respond to a major business shift. A major shift is defined as entry into a new market or market segment; an…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage the business of information technology", 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 the business of information technology,"…
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Total IT budget, including depreciation/amortization, as a percentage of revenue
This measure projects the total IT budget, including any depreciation/amortization allocated to the fiscal year for capital assets acquired in the previous period, as a…
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Total IT budget, including depreciation/amortization, per employee
This measure projects the total IT budget, including any depreciation/amortization allocated to the fiscal year for capital assets acquired in the previous period, per…
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Total IT budget, including depreciation/amortization, per business entity FTE
This measure projects the total IT budget, including any depreciation/amortization allocated to the fiscal year for capital assets acquired in the previous period, per…
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Total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization, per business entity FTE
This measure calculates the total cost of the IT function, including any depreciation/amortization allocated to the fiscal year for capital assets acquired in the previous…
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Total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, per business entity FTE
This measure calculates the total cost of the IT function, excluding any depreciation/amortization allocated to the fiscal year for capital assets acquired in the current…
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Value of materials and services per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the value of materials and series per $1,000 revenue. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help companies evaluate additional…
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Ratio of purchases to revenue
This measure calculates the ratio of annual value of all materials and services purchased to revenue. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help…
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Percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization, allocated to operating/maintaining the business
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization for capital expenses on assets acquired during current period, allocated to…
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Internal personnel cost, including benefits, as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of internal personnel (including benefits) as a percentage of the total IT cost. Personnel cost refers to employee personnel compensation …
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On-premise software cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of on-premise software (including what is delivered via private clouds; including operating systems, middleware such as database management…
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Hardware cost as a percentage of total IT cost, excluding depreciation/amortization
This measure calculates the cost of hardware (processors and storage including those part of private clouds) as a percentage of the total IT cost. Total IT Cost or Budget …
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process "manage sales orders" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates overhead and other costs to perform the process "manage sales orders" per $100,000 business entity revenue. Overhead cost refers to expenses that an…
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Systems cost of the process "Manage sales orders" as a percentage of total process cost
This measure calculates systems cost as a percentage of the total cost to perform the process "manage sales orders". Systems cost refers to a variety of expenses related to…