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Overhead cost of the phase 'generate new product/service ideas' per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates overhead cost (per $1,000 revenue) of the phase ‘generate new product/service ideas,' which involves identifying potential improvements/extensions for…
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Total cost of the phase 'generate new product/service ideas per concept (pre-design phase)
This measure calculates the total cost per concept (pre-design phase) of the phase ‘generate new product/service ideas,' which involves identifying potential improvements…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via social media channels
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via social media channels, which are comprised of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via website channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the website channel (companyname.com). It is part…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via traditional face-to-face channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the face-to-face channel. It is part of a set of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via contact center channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the contact center channel. It is part of a set of…
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Percentage of employee time spent servicing customers via business-to-business channel
This measure calculates the percentage of employee time spent servicing customers (as opposed to selling to customers) via the business-to-business channel. It is part of a…
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Percentage of parts that are common across major product lines
This measure calculates the percentage of common components across significant products, providing companies with critical information to execute the "perform discovery…
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Growth or decline of the count of active finished products/SKUs over the past three years
This measure calculates the percentage of growth or decline in number of active finished products/stock keeping units (SKUs) over the past three years. It is part of a set of…
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Growth or decline of the count of active raw products/SKUs over the past three years
This measure calculates the percentage of growth or decline in number of active raw products/stock keeping units (SKUs) over the past three years. It is part of a set of…
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Response time in minutes for inbound requests coming from SMS
This measure calculates response time in minutes for inbound requests (i.e. queries initiated by the customer) coming from short message service (SMS) via mobile phone. It is…