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Percentage of corrective actions for customer complaints that are completed within 15 days
This measure calculates the percentage of corrective actions for customer complaints that are completed in 15 days or fewer. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency…
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Average time in hours to respond to highest priority problem for the current year
This measure calculates the average number of hours it takes to respond to the highest priority problem for the current year. It tracks the time between the first formal…
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Percentage of unscheduled outages from change requests
This measure calculates the percentage of unscheduled outages (i.e. outages that were not scheduled before implementation of a change) due to change requests. It is part of a…
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Percentage of unscheduled outages from release introductions
This measure calculates the percentage of unscheduled outages (i.e. outages that were not scheduled before implementation of a change) due to release introductions. It is…
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Percentage of total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization, allocated to process group "deliver and support information technology services"
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process group "deliver and support information technology…
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Percentage of total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization, allocated to process group "deploy information technology solutions"
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process group "deploy information technology solutions," which…
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Percentage of total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization, allocated to process group "develop and maintain information technology solutions"
This measure calculates the percentage of total IT cost, including depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process group "develop and maintain information technology…
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Number of service oriented architecture services implemented
This measure calculates the number of service-oriented architecture (SOA) services implemented in production. SOA refers to an application design and programming paradigm in…
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Number of development projects for the current year less than $100,000
This measure calculates their number of development projects for the current year that cost less than $100,000. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that…
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Average time in weeks to fulfill a complex information need
This measure calculates the average number of weeks it takes to fulfill a complex information need. A complex need is defined as one that requires external & internal data…
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Average time in weeks to fulfill a medium complex information need
This measure calculates the average number of weeks it takes to fulfill a medium complex information need. A medium complex need is defined as one that involves data…
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Percentage of total returns flow generated due to stock-balancing/marketing returns
This measure calculates the percentage of total returns flow generated due to balancing/marketing returns. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help…
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Percentage of total returns flow generated due to transit damage
This measure calculates the percentage of total returns flow generated due to transit damage. It is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help companies…
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Percentage of returned goods that are remanufactured and resold through a secondary channel
This measure calculates the percentage of returned goods that are remanufactured and resold through a sales channel outside of a company's primary sales channel (e.g., outlet…
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Percentage of returned goods that are resold as-is through a secondary channel
This measure calculates the percentage of returned goods that are resold as-is through a sales channel outside of a company's primary sales channel (e.g., outlet stores,…