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Percentage of total annual revenue from pre-defined variants/SKUs
This measure calculates, for build-to-stock models, the percentage of total annual revenue from pre-defined variants/SKUs (stock keeping units). This Supplemental…
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Percentage of total annual revenue from generating variants in production
This measure calculates, for build to order models, the percentage of total annual revenue from generating variants in production. This Supplemental Information measure is…
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Percentage of component part numbers common with other products
This measure calculates, within a typical product, the percentage of total component parts that are common with other products (as opposed to being unique to that specific…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for product platforms
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for product platforms. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration related…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for completely new products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for completely new products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new product variants
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new product variants. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help companies analyze this duration…
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Average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products
This measure calculates average design-to-launch time, in months, for new software-enabled features for existing products. This Cycle Time measure is intended to help…
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Percentage of products that are based on common development platforms
This measure calculates the percentage of products that are developed on common platforms, providing companies with key data for their "perform discovery research" process…
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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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Overhead 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 overhead cost. Core components of this…
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Overhead cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates overhead cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process group "manage employee information." Core components of this process group management…
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Overhead cost to perform the process group "manage employee information" per business entity employee
This measure calculates overhead cost per business entity employee to perform the process group "manage employee information." Core components of this process group include…
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Systems cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates systems cost as a percentage of total process group cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees". Systems cost refers to a…
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Overhead and other costs to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees" as a percentage of total process group cost
This measure calculates overhead and other cost as a percentage of total process group cost to perform the process group "develop and counsel employees". Overhead cost refers…