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Cycle time in days from receipt of invoice until payment is transmitted
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) that elapse from the receipt of an invoice until actual payment is transmitted. It is a Cycle Time…
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Cycle time in days to approve and schedule T&E reimbursements
This measure calculates the number of days to approve and schedule travel and entertainment (T&E) reimbursements. T&E expenditures are the reimbursable expenses employees…
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Cycle time in hours from receipt of invoice until data entered into the system
This measure calculates the number of hours between receiving an invoice to entering its data into the accounts payable/invoicing system. It is a Cycle Time measure that…
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Other cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per T&E disbursement
This measure calculates other cost per travel and entertainment (T&E) disbursement to process reimbursements to employees for the expenses incurred during the course of…
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Overhead and other cost to perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" per invoice processed
This measure calculates overhead and other costs per invoice processed to perform the "process accounts payable (AP)" process, which consists of processing payments of…
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Overhead and other cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per T&E disbursement
This measure calculates overhead and other costs per travel and entertainment (T&E) disbursement to process reimbursements to employees for the expenses incurred during the…
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Cycle time in days from receipt of invoice until approved and scheduled for payment
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) that elapse from receipt of an invoice until it is approved and scheduled for payment. It is part of…
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Number of invoice line items processed per FTE that performs the process "process accounts payable (AP)"
This measure calculates the number of invoice line items processed per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that processes payments of operating expenses and other supplier…
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Number of invoiced line items per $1,000 purchases
This measure calculates the number of invoiced line items per $1,000 purchases. An invoice line item is a single entry on an invoice. For example, an invoice for 10 red books…
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Number of T&E disbursements per "process expense reimbursements" FTE
This measure calculates the number of travel and entertainment (T&E) disbursements per full-time equivalent employee that performs the "process expense reimbursements"…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the "process accounts payable (AP)" process, which consists of processing payments of operating expenses…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost per $1,000 revenue to process reimbursements to employees for the expenses incurred during the course of business. Activities include…
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Number of disbursements per FTE that performs the process "process accounts payable (AP)"
This measure calculates the number of disbursements per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that processes payments of operating expenses and other supplier charges. A…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "process accounts payable and expense reimbursements" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalents employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that process payments of operating expenses and other supplier charges,…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that perform the "process expense reimbursement" process, which consists of…