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Customer wallet share
This measure calculates the average percentage of current customer's total spending in the benchmarked product/service categories. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency…
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Key customer retention rate (1-year)
This measure calculates the percentage of key customers (i.e. the top 20 percent of customers in terms of currency volume of sales) retained from the previous year. It is…
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Percentage of revenue attributed to customers who made first purchase of the brand
This measure calculates the percentage of revenue in the last year that is attributed to customers who made their first purchase of the brand in the same year. It is part of…
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Market share
This measure calculates the percentage of total value (not volume) sold in the product/service categories being benchmarked. It is computed by dividing annual sales revenue…
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Number of business entity employees per FTE that performs payroll administration activities
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that maintains and administers employee earnings and deduction…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "process payroll" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates personnel cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group "process payroll," which consists of the payment of salaries and wages in accordance…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "process payroll taxes" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that ensure regulatory and statutory compliance for payroll tax obligations…
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Total cost to perform the process "process payroll taxes" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the "process payroll taxes" process, which ensures regulatory and statutory compliance for payroll tax…
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Number of payroll disbursements processed per FTE that performs the process "manage pay"
This measure calculates the number of payroll disbursements per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that calculates employee payroll for each pay period, including bonus runs…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "manage pay" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that calculate employee payroll for each pay period, including bonus runs…
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Cycle time in business days to process the payroll
This measure calculates the number of business days that elapse between the HR/benefits system cut-off and the payroll transmit date. It is a Cycle Time measure that helps…
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Percentage of payroll disbursements that are manual checks/payments
This measure calculates the percentage of payroll disbursements that are manual checks/payments. A payroll disbursement is a transfer of funds from the payroll department to…
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Cycle time in business days between the time period cut-off for employees and the payroll transmit date
This measure calculates the number of business days that elapse between the time period cut-off for employees and the date that payroll is disbursed to employees and direct…
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Cycle time in business days to process time record data and enter into payroll system
This measure calculates the number of business days that elapse between receiving a time record from the employee and entering the data into the financial system that…
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Cycle time in business days to reflect a new employee in the payroll system
This measure calculates the number of business days it takes to reflect a new employee in the financial system that calculates employee wages based on factors such as taxes,…