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Response time in minutes for inbound requests coming from postal mail
This measure calculates response time in minutes for inbound requests (i.e. queries initiated by the customer) coming from postal mail. It is part of a set of Cycle Time…
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Average talk time in seconds, including agent hold time
This measure calculates the average talk time in seconds, including agent hold time. It is part of a set of Cycle Time measures that help companies analyze the duration of…
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Annual percentage change in number of retail customer complaints
This measure calculates annual percentage change in number of complaints. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies minimize waste and refine resource…
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Customer sales promotions as a percentage of sales revenue
This measure calculates average spend on customer sales promotions as percentage of retail sales. This Supplemental Information measure is intended to help companies evaluate…
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Number of business entity employees per FTE that performs the process group "manage employee information"
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that performs the process group "manage employee information," which…
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Percentage of employees with access to Employee Self-Service (ESS) system
This measure calculates the percentage of employees who have access to an Employee Self-Service (ESS) system, which allows non-payroll, non-benefits and non-HR employees to…
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Percentage of managers with access to Manager Self-Service (MSS) system
This measure calculates the percentage of employees who have access to a Manager Self-Service (MSS) system, which allows non-payroll, non-benefits and non-HR managers to…
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Customer retention rate for customers attempting service cancellation
This measure calculates the customer retention rate (i.e. the number of customers who were active three years ago and are still active, divided by the number of customers who…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" per process group FTE
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" per process group full-time equivalent employee (FTE). Total cost is the sum of…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group "manage employee information." Core components of this process group include management…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage employee information" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that perform the process group "manage employee information," which…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" that comes from personnel cost. Core components of this…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates personnel cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group "manage employee information." Core components of this process group include management…
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Percentage of active customers who are repeat customers
This measure calculates the percentage of active customers who are repeat customers. A customer is considered active if they have purchased a business entity's product at…
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Overhead cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" that comes from overhead cost. Core components of this…