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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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Total cost to perform the process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" per process group FTE
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies and strategies"—which includes activities like…
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Percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services delivered by a shared service center/centralized processing unit
This measure calculates the percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services—which involve workforce planning…
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Percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services delivered by a third-party provider
This measure calculates the percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services—which involve workforce planning…
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Percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services delivered by business-based HR roles
This measure calculates the percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services—which involve workforce planning…
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Percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services delivered by corporate HR
This measure calculates the percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services—which involve workforce planning…
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Percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services delivered to the business by line managers
This measure calculates the percentage of process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" services—which involve workforce planning…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" per process group FTE
This measure calculates personnel cost to perform the process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies and strategies"—which includes activities like…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of total cost to perform the process group "develop and manage human resources (HR) planning, policies, and strategies" that comes from…
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Response time in hours for non-routine "develop and manage HR planning, policies, and strategies" inquiries
This measure projects the time spent to respond to non-routine inquiries (i.e. those that require complex responses and subject-matter expert escalation) for the process …
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Response time in hours for routine "develop and manage HR planning, policies, and strategies" inquiries
This measure projects the time spent to respond to routine inquiries (i.e. those received on a regular basis that a standard response) for the process "develop and manage HR…