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		<title>Period costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Period costs are those costs that are expensed in the period in which they are incurred. They include all non-manufacturing accounting costs incurred to sell the product, e.g. administration, distribution, warehousing and selling.
Variables: All costs expensed in the period in which they are incurred.
Calculation: Sum of the period costs
Measured as: Value ($/€), 
Interpretation of results: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Product costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Product costs include all those accounting costs incurred to manufacture a product. These type of costs are inventoried and expensed only when the product is sold.
Variables: All costs to manufacture a product
Calculation: Sum of all costs to manufacture a product
Measured as: Value ($/€), 
Interpretation of results: Lower is better
Originally posted at KPI Portal: Your first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marginal costs</title>
		<link>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/financial/marginal-costs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The part of the total costs that changes (arises) by producing one more unit.
Variables: Marginal costs
Calculation: Sum of the marginal costs
Measured as: Value ($/€), 
Interpretation of results: Lower is better
Originally posted at KPI Portal: Your first step to a fully steerable organization!
Marginal costs


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		<title>Number of sales</title>
		<link>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/financial/number-of-sales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Number of sold articles during a certain time period.
Variables: # sold articles, # returned articles
Measured as: Amount (pieces, units, etc), 
Calculation: Sum of (# sold articles - # returned articles)
Originally posted at KPI Portal: Your first step to a fully steerable organization!
Number of sales


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		<title>Revenue</title>
		<link>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/financial/revenue-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Number of articles sold at a certein price during a certain time period.
Variables: selling price, # sold articles, returned articles
Measured as: Value ($/€), 
Calculation: Sum of ((Selling price * # sold articles) - (selling price * returned articles))
Originally posted at KPI Portal: Your first step to a fully steerable organization!
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		<title>Stock value</title>
		<link>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/internal_process/stock-value/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Insight in stock growth per product/article (or group of products/articles) in comparison to a certain timespan.
Variables: # purchased articles, # of articles on stock, # of sold articles, # of returned articles, date
Measured as: Percentage (%), 
Calculation: ((# of purchased articles + # articles on stock)-(# of sold articles - # of returned articles)t1) / [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staff expenses</title>
		<link>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/internal_process/staff-expenses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[expense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The total costs of expenses (salaries) of personnel per time period.
Variables: Amounts of salary
Measured as: Value ($/€), 
Calculation: Sum of gross salary
Originally posted at KPI Portal: Your first step to a fully steerable organization!
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		<title>Net Profit Margin</title>
		<link>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/financial/net-profit-margin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/financial/net-profit-margin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A ratio of profitability calculated as net income per time period, divided by the total revenues per time period. It measures how much out of every dollar of sales a company actually keeps in earnings.
Variables: Revenue, Cost of Goods sold (COGS), taxes
Measured as: Percentage (%), 
Calculation: ((Revenue - COGS - taxes)/total revenue * 100%
Originally posted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cost of goods sold</title>
		<link>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/financial/cost-of-goods-sold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/financial/cost-of-goods-sold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The direct costs attributable to the production of the products sold by a company in a certain time period. This amount includes the cost of the material used in creating the article along with the direct labor costs used to produce the product. It excludes indirect expenses such as distribution costs and sales force costs. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gross Profit Margin</title>
		<link>http://www.kpi-portal.com/bsc/financial/gross-profit-margin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bas van Raaij</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The total revenue per predefined time dimension subtracted by the cost of generating that revenue that month. Gross profit margin tells investors the percentage of revenue that is used in the production process.
Variables: Revenue, cost of goods sold
Measured as: Percentage (%), 
Calculation: ((Revenue - COGS)/total revenue)*100%
Originally posted at KPI Portal: Your first step to a [...]]]></description>
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