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Total cost to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates total cost per $1,000 business entity revenue to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas". Total cost is the sum of…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the function "develop and manage products and services" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), including those outside the company, per $1 billion revenue that work on the "develop and manage…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process group "develop products and services" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs), including external FTEs, that perform the process group "develop product and services," which…
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Total cost to perform the process group "develop products and services" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "develop product and services," which handles all activities associated with designing, prototyping,…
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Total cost to perform the function "develop and manage products and services" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost of the function "develop and manage products and services" per $1,000 revenue. This includes products or services that are offered to…
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Time-to-market in days for existing product/service improvement projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days required to design, test market, and manufacture/deliver existing product/service improvement projects. The cycle time…
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Time-to-market in days for new product/service development projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days required to design, test market, and manufacture/deliver new product/service development projects. The cycle time begins…
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Percentage of revenue from product/services launched in the past year
This measure identifies the percentage of revenue generated from products/services launched in the previous year. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Product development defect rate in parts per million
This measure calculates the average manufacturing defect rate in parts per million for a company's primary products (during development; i.e. not yet fully finalized finished…
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Business entity revenue per sales FTE
This measure calculates business entity revenue per sales FTE (full time equivalent). (Sales FTEs should exclude marketing and trade activities.) This Supplemental…
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Budget for sales & marketing as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the combined budgets for sales and marketing (including trade spending, if applicable) as a percentage of revenue for the reporting period. The budget…
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Number of sales & marketing FTEs as a percentage of total business entity FTEs
This measure calculates the percentage of business entity full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that perform sales and marketing marketing (including trade activities, if…
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Number of sales & marketing FTEs per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) for sales and marketing (including trade activities, if applicable), per $1 billion revenue. It is…
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Number of sales FTEs per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) for sales (exclude marketing and trade activities), per $1 billion revenue. It is part of a set of…
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Budget for marketing as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates the budget for marketing as a percentage of revenue for the reporting period. The budget for marketing is the amount an organization predicts it will…