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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help…
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Percentage of products that are based on common development platforms
This measure calculates the percentage of products that are developed on common platforms, providing companies with key data for their "perform discovery research" process…
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Total cost to perform the process group "process payroll" as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total cost as a percentage of revenue to perform the process group "process payroll," which consists of the payment of salaries and wages in…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "process payroll" as a percentage of the total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the "process payroll" process that comes from personnel cost. The purpose of this process is to pay…
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Total cost to perform the process "report time" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the "report time" process, which consists of capturing/approving consolidated employee time information…
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Total cost to perform the process group "process payroll" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group "process payroll," which consists of the payment of salaries and wages in accordance…
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Total cost to perform the process group "process payroll" per disbursement
This measure calculates the total cost per disbursement (i.e. a transfer of funds from the payroll department to an employee, including all payment methods and types) to…
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Total cost to perform the process group "process payroll" per process group FTE
This measure calculates the total cost per process group full-time equivalent (FTE) employee to perform the process group "process payroll," which consists of the payment of…
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Number of voided checks/payments as a percentage of payroll disbursements
This measure calculates the number of voided checks/payments as a percentage of payroll disbursements. A payroll disbursement is a transfer of funds from the payroll…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "manage pay" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the "manage pay" process, which involves calculating employee payroll for each pay period, including…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "process payroll taxes" per 1,000 employees paid
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that ensure regulatory and statutory compliance for payroll tax obligations on behalf of the…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "report time" per 1,000 employees paid
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that capture/approve consolidated employee time information, and record data in the time reporting…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "process payroll" per 1,000 employees paid
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that process the payment of salaries and wages in accordance with organizational policies and…
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Number of manual checks/payments per FTE that performs the process group "process payroll"
This measure calculates the number of manual checks/payments per full-time equivalent (FTEs) employee that processes payment of salaries and wages in accordance with…
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Number of employees paid per FTE that performs the process group "process payroll"
This measure calculates the number of employees paid per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that processes the payment of salaries and wages in accordance with…