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Percentage of procurement process group FTEs associated with indirect materials and services
This measure calculates percentage of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) that perform the process group "procure materials and services", associated with indirect…
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Percentage of procurement costs allocated to direct materials and services purchases
This measure calculates percentage of procurement costs allocated to direct materials and services purchases. Direct materials and services are procured items and activities…
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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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Cycle time in days from receipt of invoice until approved and scheduled for payment
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) that elapse from receipt of an invoice until it is approved and scheduled for payment. It is part of…
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Cycle time in days to complete the monthly consolidated financial statements
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) that elapse between running the initial monthly business entity trial balance and completing the…
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Total cost to perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" per invoice processed
This measure calculates the total cost per invoice processed to perform the "process accounts payable (AP)" process, which consists of processing payments of operating…
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Cycle time in days from transmission of invoice to receipt of payment
This measure calculates the number of calendar days that elapse from invoicing a customer to receiving payment for the invoiced line items. It is part of a set of Cycle Time…
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Total cost to perform the process "perform general accounting" per journal entry line item
This measure calculates the total cost per journal entry line item to perform the process "perform general accounting," which consists of managing an organization's ongoing…
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Total uncollectable balances as a percentage of revenue
This measure calculates total uncollectable balances as a percentage of revenue. Uncollectable balances are amounts owed to your business unit for goods or services already…
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Percentage of journal entries processed error-free the first time
This measure calculates the percentage of journal entries out of total annual number of journal entries processed error-free the first time. A journal entry is the record of…
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Days sales outstanding
This measure calculates the average number of days sales outstanding in accounts receivable for a business entity. Days sales outstanding is the length of time from when a…