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Percentage of sales orders not fulfilled due to lack of production capacity/stockouts
This measure calculates the percentage of sales order that are not fulfilled or completed due to lack of product availability. It offers valuable information regarding supply…
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Relative change in brand performance over the past three years
This measure calculates the percentage of relative change in brand performance over the past three years; a negative percentage denotes declining performance. It is part of a…
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Total number of direct marketing campaigns executed
This measure calculates total number of direct marketing campaigns executed. This Supplemental Information measure is intended to help companies evaluate additional variables…
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Average cycle time to develop a direct marketing campaign
This measure calculates average cycle time in days to develop a direct marketing campaign. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration related…
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Total annual cost incurred to execute direct marketing campaigns as a percentage of revenue generated by direct marketing campaigns
This measure calculates total annual cost incurred to execute direct marketing campaigns as a percentage of revenue generated by direct marketing campaigns. This Cost…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via social media channels
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via social media channels, which are comprised of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via website channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the website channel (companyname.com). It is part…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via traditional face-to-face channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the face-to-face channel. It is part of a set of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via contact center channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the contact center channel. It is part of a set of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via business-to-business channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the business-to-business channel. It is part of a…
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Percentage of sales order line items delivered on time
This measure calculates the percentage of sales order line items that were delivered on time. A sales order line item is an individual transaction listed on a sales order…
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Percentage of sales order line items changed after initial order placement through electronic data interchange (EDI)
This measure calculates the percentage of sales order line items altered via Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) connection (a standards-based, program-to-program communication…
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Percentage of sales order line items changed after initial order placement through e-mail
This measure calculates the percentage of sales order line items altered via e-mail after an order has been placed. A sales order line item is an individual transaction…
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Percentage of sales order line items changed after initial order placement through fax and mail
This measure calculates the percentage of sales order line items altered via fax and mail after an order has been placed. A sales order line item is an individual transaction…
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Percentage of sales order line items changed after initial order placement through telephone
This measure calculates the percentage of sales order line items altered via telephone after an order has been placed. A sales order line item is an individual transaction…