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Key customer retention rate (1-year)
This measure calculates the percentage of key customers (i.e. the top 20 percent of customers in terms of currency volume of sales) retained from the previous year. It is…
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Customer wallet share
This measure calculates the average percentage of current customer's total spending in the benchmarked product/service categories. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency…
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Percentage of revenue attributed to customers who made first purchase of the brand
This measure calculates the percentage of revenue in the last year that is attributed to customers who made their first purchase of the brand in the same year. It is part of…
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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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Market share
This measure calculates the percentage of total value (not volume) sold in the product/service categories being benchmarked. It is computed by dividing annual sales revenue…
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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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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 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 customers who would recommend product/service to family/friends
This measure calculates the percentage of customers who say they would recommend a product or service to family and friends. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency…
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Percentage of training programs developed internally
This measure calculates the percentage of training programs developed internally. As part of a set of Supplemental Information measures, it helps companies evaluate…
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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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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…
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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…