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Percentage of new product/service development projects launched on time
This measure calculates the percentage of new product/service development projects that are completed and made ready for marketing/sale on time, relative to the launch date…
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Personnel (staff) costs directly associated with leading, managing, and supporting the KM program, initiative, or service per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the organization's expenditure in personnel (staff) costs directly associated with leading, managing, and supporting the knowledge management (KM)…
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Number of business entity employees that participate in approaches and activities included in KM program, initiative, or service per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees that participate in approaches and activities included in the knowledge management (KM) program, initiative,…
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Percentage of KM applications, platforms, or technologies hosted in the cloud
This measure calculates the percentage of knowledge management (KM) applications, platforms, or technologies hosted in the cloud. KM is the function responsible for…
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Percentage of funding for KM applications, platforms, or technologies from the KM program, initiative, or service
This measure calculates the percentage of funding for knowledge management (KM) applications, platforms, or technologies that comes from the KM program, initiative, or…
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Cycle time in days for the formal performance review process from start to finish for middle management/specialists
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) required to complete the formal performance review process from start to finish for middle management…
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Cycle time in days for the formal performance review process from start to finish for Operational workers/office staff
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) required to complete the formal performance review process from start to finish for operational…
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Cycle time in days for the formal performance review process from start to finish for senior management/executives
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) required to complete the formal performance review process from start to finish for senior management…
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Percentage of total annual revenue from generating variants in engineering
This measure calculates, for engineer to order models, the percentage of total annual revenue from generating variants in engineering. This Supplemental Information measure…
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Percentage of middle management/specialists that receive a formal performance review
This measure calculates the percentage of middle management/specialists (i.e. managers with budgetary and/or supervisory responsibility who report to senior management and/or…
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Percentage of operational workers/office staff that receive a formal performance review
This measure calculates the percentage of operational workers/office staff (i.e. employees who do not have any management responsibility) that receive a qualitative or…
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Percentage of senior management/executives that receive a formal performance review
This measure calculates the percentage of senior management/executives (i.e. the highest-ranking officers and managers below executives) that receive a qualitative or…
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Number of FTEs for product development phases per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that work on the "develop and manage products and services" function…
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Number of unique places available for users to search for information inside the organization
This measure calculates number of unique places available for users to search for information inside the organization. This Supplemental Information measure is intended to…
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Percentage change in average time to launch manufacturing for a new product in the past 12 months
This measure calculates percentage change in average time to launch manufacturing for a new product in the past 12 months. This Supplemental Information measure is intended…