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Cost of goods sold as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total annual cost of goods sold (COGS) as a percentage of revenue. COGS represents the cost of purchasing raw materials and manufacturing finished…
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Selling, general, and administrative (SGA) costs per business entity employee
This measure calculates selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) costs per business entity employee. Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) Costs refers to the…
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Cash-to-cash cycle time in days
This measure projects the amount of days it takes for an investment made to flow back into a company after it has been spent for raw materials. For services, this represents…
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Customer order cycle time in days
This measure calculates the average cycle time in days (including weekends) between order placement by the customer and order delivery to the customer for primary products…
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Finished goods inventory days of supply
This measure calculates total finished goods inventory days of supply by dividing "finished goods inventory" by the "value of transfers divided by 365 days." The value of…
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Finished goods inventory turns
This measure calculates finished goods inventory turns by dividing cost of goods sold (COGS) for the year by the average value of month-end finished goods inventory for the…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "plan for and align supply chain resources" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the total number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue to perform the process group "plan for and align supply chain…
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Perfect order performance
This measure calculates the rate of perfect order performance, which refers to the act of flawlessly taking and fulfilling a customer order—including taking the order…
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Forecast accuracy as a percentage of units shipped
Forecast accuracy compares forecasted demand to actual demand. This measure calculates it for products and/or families for markets/distribution channels in unit measurement…
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Total cost to perform the process group "plan for and align supply chain resources" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue for the process group "plan for and align supply chain resources," which involves developing sound strategies for…
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Total cost to perform the process group "plan for and align supply chain resources" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1 billion revenue for the process group "plan for and align supply chain resources," which involves developing sound strategies…
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Total cost to perform the process group "plan for and align supply chain resources" per process group FTE
This measure calculates the total cost per process group full-time equivalent employee (FTE) to perform the process group "plan for and align supply chain resources," which…
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