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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process "test market for new or revised products and services" as a percentage of total function FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) (including external) that perform the process "test market for new or revised products and services" as a…
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Total cost to perform the process "test market for new or revised products and services" as a percentage of total function cost
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process "test market for new or revised products and services" as a percentage of total cost to perform the function …
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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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Actual Open-to-buy retail inventory as a percentage of planned retail inventory
This measure calculates actual Open-to-buy inventory as a percentage of planned inventory. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies minimize waste and…
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Number of FTEs for the phase 'design and develop product/services' per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees per $1 billion revenue for the ‘design and develop products/services,' which includes assigning…
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Personnel cost of the phase 'design and develop product/services' per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates personnel cost (per $1,000 revenue) of the phase ‘design and develop products/services,' which includes assigning resources to product/service…
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Total cost of the phase 'design and develop product/services' per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost (per $1,000 revenue) of the phase ‘design and develop products/services,' which includes assigning resources to product/service…
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Other cost of the phase 'design and develop product/services' per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates other cost (per $1,000 revenue) of the phase ‘design and develop products/services,' which includes assigning resources to product/service projects;…
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Systems cost of the phase 'design and develop product/services' per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost (per $100,000 revenue) of the phase ‘design and develop products/services,' which includes assigning resources to product/service…
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Systems cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase
This measure calculates systems cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase (in which prototypes are used to…
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Personnel cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase
This measure calculates personnel cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase (in which prototypes are used…
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Overhead cost of the phase 'design and develop product/services' per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates overhead cost (per $1,000 revenue) of the phase ‘design and develop products/services,' which includes assigning resources to product/service projects…
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Overhead cost to design and develop products/services per projects that enters the test market products/services phase
This measure calculates overhead cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase (in which prototypes are used to…
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Total cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase
This measure calculates the total cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase (in which prototypes are used…
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Outsourced cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase
This measure calculates outsourced cost to design and develop products/services per project that enters the test market products/services phase (in which prototypes are used…