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Systems cost to perform the process "invoice customer" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the process "invoice customer," which involves preparing detailed reports of customer purchases and…
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Systems cost to perform the process "manage and process adjustments/deductions" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the process "manage and process adjustments/deductions," which consists of creating and providing funds…
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Systems cost to perform the process "manage and process collections" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the process "manage and process collections," which consists of posting entries to respective accounts,…
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Systems cost to perform the process "process accounts receivable (AR)" as a percentage of total process cost
This measure calculates the percentage of the total cost to perform the "process accounts receivable (AR)" process that comes from systems cost. The purpose of this process…
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Inventory accuracy
This measure calculates average inventory accuracy, which is the absolute value of the sum of the variance between physical inventory and perpetual inventory (i.e. inventory…
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Inventory carrying cost as a percentage of inventory value
This measure calculate inventory carrying cost as a percentage of inventory value. Inventory carrying cost includes opportunity cost/cost of capital (for the money tied up in…
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Inventory obsolescence as a percentage of total inventory
This measure calculates the percentage of total inventory that is at the end of its product life cycle and has not seen any sales or usage for a set period of time usually…
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Total number of invoices billed to customers (current and delinquent) per FTE that performs the process "manage and process collections"
This measure calculates the number of invoices processed per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that performs the process "manage and process collections," which consists of…
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Number of active customers per FTE that performs the process "process customer credit"
This measure calculates the number of active customers per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee that evaluates customers' credit-worthiness. A customer is considered active if…
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Systems cost to perform the process "process accounts receivable (AR)" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the "process accounts receivable (AR)" process, which processes payments due from customers, including…
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Systems cost to perform the process "process customer credit" per $100,000 revenue
This measure calculates systems cost per $100,000 revenue to perform the "process customer credit" process, which evaluates customers' credit-worthiness, typically in…
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Total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost to perform the process group "manage logistics and warehousing"—which plans, implements, and controls the forward and reverse flow and…
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Total cost to perform the process "invoice customer" per process FTE
This measure calculates the total cost per process full-time equivalent (FTE) employee to perform the process "invoice customer," which involves preparing detailed reports of…
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Total cost to perform the process "invoice customer" per $1,000 revenue
This measure calculates the total cost per $1,000 revenue to perform the process "invoice customer," which involves preparing detailed reports of customer purchases and…
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Number of FTEs that perform the processes "process accounts receivable (AR)", "manage and process collections", and "manage and process adjustments/deductions" per $1 billion revenue
This measure calculates the number of full-time equivalent employees per $1 billion revenue that process funds received, whether by check or electronically; coordinate and…