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Personnel cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates personnel cost per $1,000 revenue to process reimbursements to employees for the expenses incurred during the course of business. Activities include…
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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 receipt of invoice until payment is transmitted
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) that elapse from the receipt of an invoice until actual payment is transmitted. It is a Cycle Time…
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Cycle time in days to approve and schedule T&E reimbursements
This measure calculates the number of days to approve and schedule travel and entertainment (T&E) reimbursements. T&E expenditures are the reimbursable expenses employees…
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Cycle time in days to resolve an invoice error
This measure calculates the number of calendar days (including weekends) it takes to resolve a detected invoice error. It is a Cycle Time measure that helps companies analyze…
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Cycle time in hours from receipt of invoice until data entered into the system
This measure calculates the number of hours between receiving an invoice to entering its data into the accounts payable/invoicing system. It is a Cycle Time measure that…
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Other cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per T&E disbursement
This measure calculates other cost per travel and entertainment (T&E) disbursement to process reimbursements to employees for the expenses incurred during the course of…
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Overhead and other cost to perform the process "process accounts payable (AP)" per invoice processed
This measure calculates overhead and other costs per invoice processed to perform the "process accounts payable (AP)" process, which consists of processing payments of…
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Overhead and other cost to perform the process "process expense reimbursements" per T&E disbursement
This measure calculates overhead and other costs per travel and entertainment (T&E) disbursement to process reimbursements to employees for the expenses incurred during the…
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Number of business entity employees per finance function FTE
This measure calculates the number of business entity employees (temporary, part-time, and full-time headcount) per finance function full-time equivalent (FTE). It is part of…
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Total cost to perform the finance function as a percentage of selling, general, and administrative (SGA) costs
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the finance function as a percentage of selling, general, and administrative (SG&A) costs. The finance function includes…
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Number of invoices processed per FTE that performs the process "process accounts payable (AP)"
This measure calculates the number of invoices processed per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that processes payments of operating expenses and other supplier charges. An…
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Number of payables invoices processed per $1 million revenue
This measure calculates number of payables invoices processed per $1 million revenue. An invoice is a bill prepared by a seller of goods or services and submitted to the…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage business resiliency and risk", including depreciation/amortization, per process FTE
This measure calculates total cost, including depreciation/amortization, per process full time equivalent (FTE) to perform the process group "manage business resiliency and…
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Percentage of IT budget, including depreciation/amortization, allocated to the process group "manage business resiliency and risk"
This measure calculates IT budget allocated to the process group "manage business resiliency and risk" as a percentage of total IT budget, including depreciation/amortization…