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Percentage of procurement process group FTEs associated with direct materials and services
This measure calculates percentage of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that perform the process group "procure materials and services", associated with direct materials…
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Percentage of procurement costs allocated to indirect materials and services purchases
This measure calculates percentage of procurement costs allocated to indirect materials and services purchases. Indirect materials and services are procured items and…
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Selling, general, and administrative (SGA) costs per business entity employee
This measure calculates selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) costs per business entity employee. Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) Costs refers to the…
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Cost of goods sold as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the total annual cost of goods sold (COGS) as a percentage of revenue. COGS represents the cost of purchasing raw materials and manufacturing finished…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "manage suppliers" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue who develop and manage programs and policies for interacting with suppliers…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "develop sourcing strategies" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue who perform the "develop sourcing strategies" process, which involves…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "order materials and services" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue who perform the "order materials and services" process, which involves…
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Total cost to perform the process "manage suppliers" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to develop and manage programs and policies for interacting with suppliers, and measure/improve their performance…
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Total cost to perform the process "develop sourcing strategies" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the "develop sourcing strategies" process, which involves clarifying purchasing requirements, matching…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process group "recruit, source and select employees" that comes from personnel cost. Activities in…
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Number of business entity employees per FTE that performs the process group "recruit, source, and select employees"
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee (including those in support locations, such as shared centers) that…
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Cycle time in days from identifying the need to hire a new employee to approval of the job requisition
This measure calculates the number of days elapsed between the moment an organization realizes they need to hire a new employee and when a recruiter is notified that they…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that perform the process group "recruit, source, and select employees."…
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New employees as a percentage of total business entity employees
This measure calculates the percentage of new employees out of total business entity employees. As part of a set of Supplemental Information measures, it helps companies…
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Number of new hires per FTE that performs the process group "recruit, source, and select employees"
This measure calculates the number of new hires per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee (including those in support locations, such as shared centers) that performs the…