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Business KPI Library

Understand business metrics, how to calculate them, and when to use them.

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01 60

Accounts Receivable Days

The estimated average number of days between credit sales and collection, using a defined receivables and credit-sales basis.

02 60

Active Customers

The number of distinct customers who meet the agreed activity definition during a defined period.

03 60

Appointment Cancellation Rate

The percentage of eligible scheduled appointments recorded as cancelled under the agreed cancellation classification.

04 60

Appointment No-Show Rate

The percentage of eligible scheduled appointments where the scheduled attendee did not attend and did not cancel within the defined policy window.

05 60

Appointment Slot Utilization Rate

The percentage of eligible appointment slots used from the eligible appointment slots made available during the selected period.

06 60

Average Transaction Value

The average recognized value per included transaction during a defined reporting period.

07 60

Billable Utilization Rate

The percentage of available working hours recorded as billable client work during the selected period.

08 60

Campaign Gross Margin

The percentage of campaign revenue remaining after direct campaign costs.

09 60

Campaign On-Time Delivery Rate

The percentage of eligible completed campaign deliverables delivered by the agreed deadline.

10 60

Capacity Utilization Rate

The share of defined available capacity used by actual productive work during a stated period.

11 60

Cart Abandonment Rate

The percentage of eligible initiated carts that do not result in a completed order within the selected reporting window.

12 60

Claim Denial Rate

The percentage of eligible insurance claims adjudicated in the selected period that are recorded as denied under the agreed claim-status rules.

13 60

Client Renewal Rate

The percentage of eligible client contracts reaching a renewal decision that are renewed.

14 60

Customer Churn Rate

The percentage of an eligible starting customer base that no longer meets the agreed active, contract, or purchase definition during the period.

15 60

Customer Retention Rate

The percentage of eligible customers present at the start of a period who remain under the agreed retention definition at the end.

16 60

Customer Satisfaction Score

The average score customers give to a consistently worded satisfaction question on a defined survey scale.

17 60

Ecommerce Purchase Conversion Rate

The percentage of eligible ecommerce sessions that result in a completed eligible purchase during the selected reporting period.

18 60

Employee Absence Rate

The percentage of scheduled work time or scheduled workdays lost to absence under a defined attendance policy.

19 60

Employee Turnover Rate

The percentage of the average employee population that left during a defined period under the selected departure scope.

20 60

Error and Rework Rate

The percentage of completed work items affected by a defined error, correction, or rework event.

21 60

Follow-Up Appointment Completion Rate

The percentage of eligible scheduled or documented follow-up appointments completed within the defined follow-up window.

22 60

Gross Margin

The share of included revenue remaining after direct costs, expressed as a percentage.

23 60

Gross Profit

Revenue remaining after subtracting the direct costs assigned to the included goods or services.

24 60

Inventory Days on Hand

The number of days represented by average inventory value at the selected period cost of goods sold.

25 60

Inventory Shrinkage Rate

The percentage of recorded inventory value or units lost without an identified explanation before the adjustment.

26 60

Inventory Turnover Rate

The number of times the cost of goods sold is represented by the average inventory value during a defined reporting period.

27 60

Largest Client Revenue Concentration

The percentage of eligible revenue generated by the largest client or client group during the selected reporting period.

28 60

Lead-to-Customer Conversion Rate

The percentage of qualified or otherwise eligible leads that become customers under a defined conversion rule.

29 60

Linguist Utilization Rate

The percentage of eligible available linguist hours recorded as productive or billable language work.

30 60

Net Profit Margin

The percentage of revenue remaining after all included expenses and separately defined items for the selected reporting scope.

31 60

New Customers

The number of distinct customers whose first qualifying relationship or transaction falls within the reporting period.

32 60

On-Time Delivery Rate

The percentage of deliveries completed by the promised or agreed delivery time.

33 60

Operating Cash Flow

Cash generated or consumed by the business’s ordinary operating activities during a defined period.

34 60

Operating Expenses

The recurring costs of running the business that are not classified as direct delivery costs under the agreed policy.

35 60

Operating Profit Margin

The percentage of revenue remaining after direct costs and operating expenses, before separately defined financing and tax items.

36 60

Order Fill Rate

The percentage of eligible ordered units fulfilled from available inventory under the agreed order and availability rules.

37 60

Order Fulfillment Cycle Time

The elapsed time between a consistently defined order-release or confirmation event and a consistently defined fulfillment endpoint.

38 60

Patient Wait Time

The average or median elapsed time from the defined completed check-in event to the defined service-start event for eligible appointments.

39 60

Perfect Order Rate

The percentage of eligible completed orders meeting every defined completeness, accuracy, damage, documentation, and timeliness condition.

40 60

Process Cycle Time

The average elapsed time from a defined process start event to its defined completion event.

41 60

Product Return Rate

The percentage of fulfilled eligible units that are returned within the defined return window and cohort rules.

42 60

Project Gross Margin

The percentage of project revenue remaining after the direct costs assigned to the project.

43 60

Project On-Time Completion Rate

The percentage of eligible completed projects finished on or before the committed completion date under the agreed cohort rules.

44 60

Proposal Acceptance Rate

The percentage of proposals with a recorded client decision that are accepted during the selected decision period.

45 60

Quote-to-Project Conversion Rate

The percentage of eligible decided quotes that become confirmed translation or language-services projects.

46 60

Retainer Revenue Share

The percentage of eligible agency revenue generated by ongoing retainer contracts during the selected period.

47 60

Revenue Growth Rate

The percentage change in revenue between the current period and a comparable previous period.

48 60

Revenue per Billable Employee

Eligible service revenue divided by the average number of billable full-time-equivalent employees during the selected period.

49 60

Revision Rounds per Deliverable

The average number of counted revision rounds recorded for eligible completed deliverables.

50 60

Sales Cycle Length

The average elapsed time from the defined sales-start event to the defined completion event for completed opportunities.

51 60

Sales Win Rate

The percentage of closed sales opportunities that are recorded as won under a defined opportunity rule.

52 60

Scope Change Rate

The percentage of eligible active or completed projects with an approved scope change in the selected cohort.

53 60

Stockout Rate

The percentage of eligible SKU-location observations in which the item was unavailable for sale during the observation.

54 60

Supplier On-Time Delivery Rate

The percentage of eligible supplier deliveries received by the agreed date or approved delivery window.

55 60

Total Revenue

The total value of revenue recognized from the included business activities during a defined reporting period.

56 60

Translated Word Throughput

The count of eligible completed translated words during the selected reporting period.

57 60

Translation On-Time Delivery Rate

The percentage of eligible completed translation projects or deliverables delivered by the agreed deadline.

58 60

Translation Quality Issue Rate

The rate of validated translation quality issues against an explicitly defined reviewed unit.

59 60

Translation Rework Rate

The percentage of completed eligible translation volume that requires rework under an agreed rework definition.

60 60

Warehouse Picking Accuracy

The percentage of eligible order lines or units picked correctly against the recorded order.