Personnel cost to perform the process "manage sales orders" per $1,000 revenue

This measure calculates the amount of personnel cost per $1,000 revenue for the process "manage sales orders." Personnel cost includes employee salaries/wages, bonuses, benefits, etc. The "manage sales orders" process encompasses many operations, including inquiries, quotes, order entry, maintenance, order fulfillment, delivery, installation, and accounting. This measure is part of a set of Cost Effectiveness measures that help companies understand all cost expenditures related to the process "manage sales orders."

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Measure Category:
Cost Effectiveness
Measure Id:
102914
Total Sample Size:
1,990 All Companies
Performers:
25th
– Median
– 75th
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Key Performance
Indicator:
No

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Units for this measure are dollars.

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Personnel cost to perform the process "manage sales orders" / (Total business entity revenue * 0.0010)

Key Terms

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Total Annual Revenue/Net Revenue

Total annual revenue is net proceeds generated from the sale of products or services. This should reflect the selling price less any allowances such as quantity, discounts, rebates and returns. If your business entity is a support unit and therefore does not directly generate revenue, then provide the revenue amount for the units you support. For government/non-profit organizations, please use your non-pass-through budget. For insurance companies the total annual revenue is the total amount of direct written premiums, excluding net investment income. Note: Business entity revenue needs to only include inter-company business segment revenue when the transactions between those business segments are intended to reflect an arm's length transfer price and would therefore meet the regulatory requirements for external revenue reporting.

Personnel Cost

Personnel cost is the cost associated with personnel compensation and fringe benefits of employees (i.e., those classified as FTEs which includes both full-time and salaried/hourly employees) contributing to each respective process. Personnel cost should include all of the following costs.

Employee Compensation: Includes salaries and wages, bonuses, overtime and benefits.

Fringe: Includes contributions made towards the employees' government retirement fund, workers compensation, insurance plans, savings plans, pension funds/retirement plans, and stock purchase plans. This should also include special allowances, such as relocation expenses and car allowances.

Cost Effectiveness

Cost effectiveness measures are those in which two related variables, one of which is the cost and one of which is the related outcome related to the expenditure are used to determine a particular metric value.

Measure Scope

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Cross Industry (7.3.0)

  • 3.5.4.1 - Accept and validate sales orders (10194) - Receiving and confirming orders from customers. Verify that no extra expenses have to be disbursed on part of the organization for labor or inventory when processing the order.
  • 3.5.4.2 - Collect and maintain account information (10195) - Collecting and maintaining all account information. Collect information about the purchase, servicing, return, and/or commitment of any products/services on part of the organization to its customers. Bring together information from various organizational divisions, and update periodically.
    • 3.5.4.2.1 - Administer key account details (10201) - Managing essential information of customer accounts.
    • 3.5.4.2.2 - Retrieve full customer details (10202) - Obtaining detailed information about customers.
    • 3.5.4.2.3 - Modify involved party details (10203) - Altering information about involved parties.
    • 3.5.4.2.4 - Record address details (10204) - Documenting address information.
    • 3.5.4.2.5 - Record contact details (10205) - Documenting contact information.
    • 3.5.4.2.6 - Record key customer communication profile details (10206) - Providing information about important business rules regarding communicating with customers.
    • 3.5.4.2.7 - Review involved party information (10207) - Revising information about involved parties.
    • 3.5.4.2.8 - Terminate involved party information (10208) - Dismissing information about involved parties.
  • 3.5.4.3 - Determine availability (10196) - Ascertaining the volume or scale of products/services to provide to customers to fulfill sales orders. Check the finished products stored in warehouses, the production capacity, and (in the case of services) the processing speed, as well as work force availability.
  • 3.5.4.4 - Determine fulfillment process (10197) - Devising a blueprint for order fulfillment. Create a schematic flow encompassing all activities to deliver orders to the customers. Outline a procedure for satisfying these orders by answering questions about what needs to happen in sequence to realize an order.
  • 3.5.4.5 - Enter orders into system (10198) - Analyzing all data relating to sales orders by entering it into a centralized repository, and using the insights generated to create opportunities for cross-/up-selling. Maintain up-to-date records of sales, along with current status. Include all sales activity with relevant information about the associated customers, and identify patterns in the data. Glean insights from these patterns to persuade customers to purchase additional offerings or upgrade purchased products/services.
  • 3.5.4.6 - Identify/perform cross-sell/up-sell activity (17404) - Utilizing customer inquiries as opportunities to either provide a comparable service to the one in question, offer additional complimentary service, or suggest a service that is better than what was initially offered.
  • 3.5.4.7 - Process back orders and updates (10199) - Processing any unfulfilled orders, and updating the status of any orders that have been accepted and are being attended to. Deliver on any purchase orders that remain unserviced due to temporary unavailability of the product/service. Manage any updates to the sales orders. Revise their status in the order system.
  • 3.5.4.8 - Handle sales order inquiries including post-order fulfillment transactions (10200) - Attending to any queries received from the customers, even after a sales order has been serviced. Deploy ad hoc personnel for managing these enquiries.