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Percentage of customers using mobile applications for information gathering on your business entity's products/services
This measure calculates the percentage of customers that gather information on a business entity's products/services via mobile applications. It is part of a set of…
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Percentage of customers using traditional face-to-face contact for information gathering on your business entity's products/services
This measure calculates the percentage of customers that gather information on a business entity's products/services via traditional face-to-face contact. It is part of a set…
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Percentage of customers using indirect marketing for information gathering on your business entity's products/services
This measure calculates the percentage of customers that gather information on a business entity's products/services via indirect marketing (e.g., billboards, print, radio/TV…
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Number of FTEs that perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) per $1 billion revenue that develop periodic plans, budgets, and forecasts to enable achievement…
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Percentage of total finance function FTEs allocated to the process "perform planning/ budgeting/ forecasting"
This measure calculates the percentage of total finance function full-time equivalent employees (FTEs) allocated to developing periodic plans, budgets, and forecasts to…
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Cycle time in days to prepare the financial forecast
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) it takes to prepare the financial forecast. A financial forecast identifies internal and external…
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Hours spent developing new classroom training content per trainee
This measure calculates the number of hours spent per trainee on developing new classroom training content. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Hours spent developing new e-learning training content per trainee
This measure calculates the number of hours spent per trainee on developing new e-learning training content. It is part of a set of Process Efficiency measures that help…
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Percentage error for the inventory cost forecast
This measure calculates the inventory cost forecasting percentage error. It is calculated as the absolute value of ((Projected – Actual inventory cost) / Actual inventory…
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Systems cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting," which involves developing periodic plans, budgets,…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates overhead and other cost per $100,000 business entity revenue to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting". Overhead cost refers to…
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Percentage of financial forecast created through touchless processing
This measure calculates percentage of the financial forecast that is created through touchless processing. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies…
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Systems cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per process FTE
This measure calculates business entity's systems cost (direct and/or allocated to your business entity) to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per process FTE
This measure calculates the overhead and other costs (costs other than personnel, systems, overhead, and outsourced) to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting…
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Outsourced cost to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates outsourced cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process "perform planning/budgeting/forecasting," which involves developing periodic plans, budgets,…