Outsourced 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 outsourced cost. Core components of this process include management reporting, employee information inquiry, employee data maintenance, content management, HRIS, employee metrics, and time and attendance processing. Outsourced cost refers to the total cost of outsourcing a specific process to a third party, except one-time charges for any type of restructuring or reorganization. This measure is part of a set of Supplemental Information measures that help companies evaluate additional variables not covered elsewhere for the "manage employee information" process.

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Measure Category:
Supplemental Information
Measure Id:
101652
Total Sample Size:
713 All Companies
Performers:
25th
– Median
– 75th
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Key Performance
Indicator:
No

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Units for this measure are percent.

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Outsourced cost to perform the process group "manage employee information"/Total cost to perform the process group "manage employee information"*100

Key Terms

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Supplemental Information

Supplemental information is data that APQC determines is relevant to decision support for a specific process, but does not fit into the other measure categories such as cost effectiveness, cycle time, or staff productivity.

Full-time Employee, Part-time Employee, and Temporary Employee

Full-time Employee

For the purpose of this survey, a regular full-time employee is hired for an indefinite period of time and is normally scheduled to work forty hours per week. Appointment is continuous, subject to satisfactory performance and availability of funding.

Part-time Employee

For the purpose of this survey, a regular part-time employee is hired for an indefinite period of time and is scheduled to work less than forty hours per week.

Temporary Employee

A temporary employee is employed for a finite period of time, to fulfill a time-limited role, or to fill the role of a permanent employee who is absent from work. The length of time an employee can work for the organization and be considered a temporary employee may be governed by employment legislation.

Measure Scope

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Cross Industry (6.0.0)

  • 6.6.1 - Manage reporting processes (10522) - Providing information and reports regarding employees to management.
  • 6.6.2 - Manage employee inquiry process (10523) - Handling instances where an employee believes that he/she has been inappropriately treated or he/she desires clarification. Encourage employees to inquire when needed. Record and clarify the issues for which the enquiry has been made.
  • 6.6.3 - Manage and maintain employee data (10524) - Capturing and updating employee information and data and information on the employees.
  • 6.6.4 - Manage human resource information systems (HRIS) (10525) - Administering and maintaining HR information systems that take care of activities related to HR, accounting, management, and payroll.
  • 6.6.5 - Develop and manage employee metrics (10526) - Creating and maintaining performance metrics for employees. Create and manage a strategic system of data and statistics to accurately gauge each employee's information. Consider productivity metrics, efficiency metrics, training metrics, etc.
  • 6.6.6 - Develop and manage time and attendance systems (10527) - Developing and maintaining systems for managing the time and attendance of employees. Routinely upgrade the process and systems that track when employees start and stop work, the department where the work is performed, attendance in addition to tracking meals and breaks, the type of work performed, and the number of items produced.
  • 6.6.7 - Manage employee communication (10528)
    • 6.6.7.1 - Develop employee communication plan (10529) - Creating a plan for managing communication among employees. Inform employees of direction. Counter resistance with change management approaches. Seek specific areas of input to the decision-making process. Seek varying degrees of involvement and co-creation.
    • 6.6.7.2 - Manage/Collect employee suggestions and perform employee research (10530) - Procuring and handling suggestions from employees, and performing research on employees. Manage and analyze the programs that help the organization to tap into employee ideas for improving the organization's processes and/or products. Use surveys, focus groups, and other data-gathering methods to find out the attitudes, opinions, and feelings of members of an organization.
    • 6.6.7.3 - Manage employee grievances (10531) - Taking care or resolving any complaint raised by an employee by procedures provided for in a collective agreement, an employment contract, or by other mechanisms established by an employer.
    • 6.6.7.4 - Publish employee communications (10532) - Implementing the communication plan for employees. Initiate dialogues and engagement by monitoring the exchange of ideas and opinions, the development of personal relationships, etc.