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Variable cost to perform the function "develop and manage products and services" as a percentage of total cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost for the function "develop and manage products and services" that comes from variable cost. Variable costs refer to…
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Percentage of parts that are common across major product lines
This measure calculates the percentage of common components across significant products, providing companies with critical information to execute the "perform discovery…
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Percentage of products designed with a 'design for supply chain' philosophy
This measure is calculated by dividing the number of products designed with a “design for supply chain” philosophy by the total number of products offered. Design for supply…
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Percentage of primary products that are made from recycled materials (by weight)
This measure calculates percentage of primary products that are made from recycled materials (by weight). A primary product is the high level product that a company…
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Percentage of primary products that are potentially able to be recovered and recycled (by weight)
This measure calculates percentage of primary products that are potentially able to be recovered and recycled (by weight). A primary product is the high level product that a…
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Percentage of "redeploy and retire employees" inquiries received that are non-routine
This measure calculates the percentage of inquiries received for the process "redeploy and retire employees"—which consists of promotion/demotion/transfer processing,…
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Number of monthly non-routine "redeploy and retire employees" inquiries per business entity employee
This measure calculates the number of monthly non-routine inquiries (i.e. those that require complex responses and subject-matter expert escalation) received per business…
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Growth or decline of the count of active finished products/SKUs over the past three years
This measure calculates the percentage of growth or decline in number of active finished products/stock keeping units (SKUs) over the past three years. It is part of a set of…
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Growth or decline of the count of active raw products/SKUs over the past three years
This measure calculates the percentage of growth or decline in number of active raw products/stock keeping units (SKUs) over the past three years. It is part of a set of…
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Percentage of "redeploy and retire employees" inquiries received via face-to-face
This measure calculates the percentage of inquiries received via face-to-face interaction for the process "redeploy and retire employees," which consists of promotion…
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Percentage of "redeploy and retire employees" process inquiries received via channels other than e-mail, phone, and face-to-face
This measure calculates the percentage of inquiries received via channels other than e-mail, phone, and face-to-face for the process "redeploy and retire employees," which…
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Percentage of "redeploy and retire employees" process inquiries received via e-mail
This measure calculates the percentage of inquiries received via e-mail for the process "redeploy and retire employees," which consists of promotion/demotion/transfer…
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Percentage of "redeploy and retire employees" process inquiries received via phone
This measure calculates the percentage of inquiries received via phone for the process "redeploy and retire employees," which consists of promotion/demotion/transfer…
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Cycle time in days from identification of need for expatriation to date of transfer
This measure calculates the average cycle time in days for processing an expatriation— the process by which employees are moved to another country to undertake a role within…