Category Archives: Customer
Community/environmental satisfaction index
Definition:
Degree to which stakeholders from the environment are satisfied with the company, or a specific component of the company (e.g. Social responsibility). Measured with external survey
Calculation:
Happy stakeholders (predefined grade) / all responding stakeholders) * 100%
This KPI is measured as: Index
Interpretation of results: Higher Is Better
Strategic objective:
Working well with the community and environment
Degree to which stakeholders from the environment are satisfied with the company, or a specific component of the company (e.g. Social responsibility). Measured with external survey
Calculation:
Happy stakeholders (predefined grade) / all responding stakeholders) * 100%
This KPI is measured as: Index
Interpretation of results: Higher Is Better
Strategic objective:
Working well with the community and environment
Projects within budget
Definition:
Percentage actual client projects within budget (cost versus budget). This KPI is more informative when the project phase is taken into consideration.
Calculation:
(Projects within budget / total running projects) x 100
This KPI is measured as: Percentage (%)
Interpretation of results: Higher Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Percentage actual client projects within budget (cost versus budget). This KPI is more informative when the project phase is taken into consideration.
Calculation:
(Projects within budget / total running projects) x 100
This KPI is measured as: Percentage (%)
Interpretation of results: Higher Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Client projects on time
Definition:
Percentage of actual client projects on schedule (compared to inital planning). This can be measured for closed projects, but also for running projects. In that case the indicator predicts claims, for example.
Calculation:
(Projects on schedule / total running projects) x 100
This KPI is measured as: Percentage (%)
Interpretation of results: Higher Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Percentage of actual client projects on schedule (compared to inital planning). This can be measured for closed projects, but also for running projects. In that case the indicator predicts claims, for example.
Calculation:
(Projects on schedule / total running projects) x 100
This KPI is measured as: Percentage (%)
Interpretation of results: Higher Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Late projects by manager
Definition:
Number of both internal projects and client projects that are delayed, per manager.
Calculation:
Sum of delayed projects per manager
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Efficient operations
Number of both internal projects and client projects that are delayed, per manager.
Calculation:
Sum of delayed projects per manager
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Efficient operations
Number of variations to contract
Definition:
Difference in contacts per type of product or service. The more tailor made contracts, the less standardization and cost-efficient the business will be done. This can be a strategic choice, but bringing back the number of variations is always favorable.
Calculation:
Number of different contracts per type of product or service
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Efficient operations
Difference in contacts per type of product or service. The more tailor made contracts, the less standardization and cost-efficient the business will be done. This can be a strategic choice, but bringing back the number of variations is always favorable.
Calculation:
Number of different contracts per type of product or service
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Efficient operations
Complaints not resolved on first call
Definition:
Number or percentage of complaints that have not been resolved after the first call of the complaining customer. This is a measure for the effectiveness and knowledge of the call agents. It is important to make sure that complaints that are registered as resolved are really resolved, best accorded by the customer.
Calculation:
Sum of unsolved complaints that is not resolved after the first call
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Number or percentage of complaints that have not been resolved after the first call of the complaining customer. This is a measure for the effectiveness and knowledge of the call agents. It is important to make sure that complaints that are registered as resolved are really resolved, best accorded by the customer.
Calculation:
Sum of unsolved complaints that is not resolved after the first call
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Key customer satisfaction
Definition:
Satisfaction score of the most important customers. This has to be defined in more detail: highest profitable, highest sales, strategically, etc.
Calculation:
Average of satisfaction scores of key customers
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Higher Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/increase sales
Satisfaction score of the most important customers. This has to be defined in more detail: highest profitable, highest sales, strategically, etc.
Calculation:
Average of satisfaction scores of key customers
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Higher Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/increase sales
Waiting time
Definition:
The average time a client has to wait for its call to be answered by an employee. It is important to determine goals
Calculation:
Sum of the waiting time of all calls in the defined period / number of calls in that period
This KPI is measured as: Time (e.g. Years, Minutes)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Minimize negative comment in the marketplace
The average time a client has to wait for its call to be answered by an employee. It is important to determine goals
Calculation:
Sum of the waiting time of all calls in the defined period / number of calls in that period
This KPI is measured as: Time (e.g. Years, Minutes)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Complaints not resolved within target time
Definition:
Total number of complaints that has not been solved within the targeted time.
Calculation:
Sum of unsolved complaints within given target time
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Total number of complaints that has not been solved within the targeted time.
Calculation:
Sum of unsolved complaints within given target time
This KPI is measured as: Number (amount Of Units, Rating, Etc)
Interpretation of results: Lower Is Better
Strategic objective:
Retention of customers/minimize negative comment in the marketplace
Time elapsed since repeat business with category A customers (top 20% or top 10% customers)
Definition:
The time between two deals with Category A customers, which must be predefined. Normally this should be as low as possible, on the other hand: one large order can be more interesting than a lot of small orders…
Calculation:
Time of last order - time of the order before.
This KPI is measured as: Time (e.g. Years, Minutes)
Interpretation of results: Depends On The Goals
Strategic objective:
Increase profitability
The time between two deals with Category A customers, which must be predefined. Normally this should be as low as possible, on the other hand: one large order can be more interesting than a lot of small orders…
Calculation:
Time of last order - time of the order before.
This KPI is measured as: Time (e.g. Years, Minutes)
Interpretation of results: Depends On The Goals
Strategic objective:
Increase profitability
