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Cycle time in days from the start of design and development through completion of test marketing for existing product/service improvement projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days from the start of design and development for a product/service (beginning when resources are assigned) through completion…
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Cycle time in days from the start of design and development through completion of test marketing for new product/service development projects
This measure calculates the number of calendar days from the start of design and development for a product/service (beginning when resources are assigned) through completion…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process "test market for new or revised products and services" as a percentage of total function FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) (including external) that perform the process "test market for new or revised products and services" as a…
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Total cost to perform the process "test market for new or revised products and services" as a percentage of total function cost
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process "test market for new or revised products and services" as a percentage of total cost to perform the function …
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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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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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Retail customer lifetime value
This measure calculates customer lifetime value (CLV) for the retail operation. CLV is defined by the following equation: Margin * (Customer Retention Rate / ((1 + Discount…
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Annual percentage change in retail customer purchase frequency
This measure calculates annual percentage change in retail customer purchase frequency. Customer purchase frequency is defined as the number of times a customer has made a…
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Retail shopping cart abandonment rate
This measure calculates shopping cart abandonment for the business entity website. Shopping cart abandonment rate is calculated as follows: 100% - [Completed transactions as…
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Percentage of employees with access to Employee Self-Service (ESS) system
This measure calculates the percentage of employees who have access to an Employee Self-Service (ESS) system, which allows non-payroll, non-benefits and non-HR employees to…
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Percentage of managers with access to Manager Self-Service (MSS) system
This measure calculates the percentage of employees who have access to a Manager Self-Service (MSS) system, which allows non-payroll, non-benefits and non-HR managers to…
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Number of business entity employees per FTE that performs the process group "manage employee information"
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that performs the process group "manage employee information," which…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" per process group FTE
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" per process group full-time equivalent employee (FTE). Total cost is the sum of…
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Personnel cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" that comes from personnel cost. Core components of this…