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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 "prepare for production/service delivery" as a percentage of total function FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) (including external) that perform the process "prepare for production/service delivery" as a percentage of…
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Total cost to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" as a percentage of total function cost
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" as a percentage of total cost to perform the function "develop…
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Total cost to perform the process "design and prototype products and services" as a percentage of total function cost
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process "design and prototype products and services" as a percentage of total cost to perform the function "develop and…
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Total cost to perform the process "prepare for production/service delivery" as a percentage of total function cost
This measure calculates total cost to perform the process "prepare for production/service delivery" as a percentage of function "develop and manage products and services"…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" as a percentage of total function FTEs
This measure calculates number of full time equivalents (FTEs) (including external) that perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" as a…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process "design and prototype 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 "design and prototype products and services" as a percentage of…
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Number of FTEs (including external) that perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full time equivalents (FTEs) (including external) per $1 billion business entity revenue that perform the process group "generate and…
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Total cost to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates total cost per $1,000 business entity revenue to perform the process group "generate and define new product/service ideas". Total cost is the sum of…
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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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Annual percentage change in number of retail customer complaints
This measure calculates annual percentage change in number of complaints. This Process Efficiency measure is intended to help companies minimize waste and refine resource…
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Percentage of total funding for KM program, initiative, or service from central/enterprise funding source
This measure calculates the percentage of total funding for the knowledge management (KM) program, initiative, or service that comes from central/enterprise funding source…