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Cycle time in days from the start of design and development through completion of test marketing for existing product/service improvement projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days from the start of design and development for a product/service (beginning when resources are assigned) through completion…
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Cycle time in days from the start of design and development through completion of test marketing for new product/service development projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days from the start of design and development for a product/service (beginning when resources are assigned) through completion…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process group "develop products and services" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), including external FTEs, that perform the process group "develop product and services," which…
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Total cost to perform the process group "develop products and services" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "develop product and services," which handles all activities associated with designing, prototyping,…
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Product development defect rate in parts per million
This measure calculates the average manufacturing defect rate in parts per million for a company's primary products (during development; i.e. not yet fully finalized finished…
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Turnover rate for logistics personnel
This measure determines the annualized rate of logistics employee departures as a percentage of total production workforce. A high turnover rate often indicates that…
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Field finished goods inventory days of supply
This measure calculates field finished goods inventory days of supply by dividing the annual field finished goods inventory by the "value of transfers divided by 365 days."…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" as a percentage of total business entity FTEs
This measure calculates the percentage of business entity full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) who are employed to perform the process group "manage logistics and…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue who plan, implement, and control the forward and reverse flow and storage…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" as a percentage of the cost of continuing operations
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing"—which plans, implements, and controls the forward/reverse flow and…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" per process group FTE
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing"—which plans, implements, and controls the forward and reverse flow and…
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Percentage of sales orders filled completely from the primary sourcing location
This measure calculates the percentage of sales orders that were filled completely from the pre-determined warehouse or distribution center from which the product should be…
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Percentage of ship from stock orders delivered in full within 24 hours of order receipt
This measure calculates the percentage of the total number of ship-from-stock sales orders are shipped within 24 hours of order receipt. A sales order is any request to…
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Order line fill rate
This measure calculates the number of order lines filled completely, as a percentage of the total number of order lines. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures…
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Percentage of annual expedited orders resulting from documentation errors
This measure calculates annual percentage of customer orders in which actual delivery service level exceeded the normal service level due to documentation errors. It is part…