Proposal Metrics

A proposal metric is rolled up from the product metrics of all the proposals in Innovation Management.

Revenue - the following metrics aren't configurable and the rollup calculation is the SUM.

Metric Name

Description

Projected Revenue

Sum of all projected revenues for a product

Actual Revenue

Sum of all actual revenues for a product

Costs by Type - the following metrics aren't configurable and the rollup calculation from product to proposal is the SUM.

Metric Name

Description

Projected Cost

Sum of all projected costs for a product

Projected Development Material Cost

Sum of all projected development material costs for a product

Projected Development Variable Cost

Sum of all projected development variable costs for a product

Projected Development Fixed Cost

Sum of all projected development fixed costs for a product

Projected Development Labor Cost

Sum of all projected development labor costs for a product

Projected Production Material Cost

Sum of all projected production material costs for a product

Projected Production Variable Cost

Sum of all projected production variable costs for a product

Projected Production Fixed Cost

Sum of all projected production fixed costs for a product

Projected Production Labor Cost

Sum of all projected production labor costs for a product

Projected Development Cost

Sum of all projected development costs for a product

Projected Production Cost

Sum of all projected production costs for a product

Actual Cost

Sum of all actual costs for a product

Actual Development Material Cost

Sum of all actual development material costs for a product

Actual Development Variable Cost

Sum of all actual development variable costs for a product

Actual Development Fixed Cost

Sum of all actual development fixed costs for a product

Actual Development Labor Cost

Sum of all actual development labor costs for a product

Actual Production Material Cost

Sum of all actual production material costs for a product

Actual Production Variable Cost

Sum of all actual production variable costs for a product

Actual Production Fixed Cost

Sum of all actual production fixed costs for a product

Actual Production Labor Cost

Sum of all actual production labor costs for a product

Actual Development Cost

Sum of all actual development costs for a product

Actual Production Cost

Sum of all actual production costs for a product

Resources (Number of heads) by Resource Pool - the following metrics aren't configurable and the rollup calculation is the SUM.

Metric Name

Description

Projected Resources

Sum of all projected resources for a product

Actual Resources

Sum of all actual resources for a product

The following metrics aren't configurable and are derived from revenue, cost, and baseline date. You enter the Market Launch date information.

Metric Name

Description

Projected Margin

Difference between the Projected Revenue and Projected Cost Product Metric

Actual Margin

Difference between the Actual Revenue and Actual Cost

Net Present Value

Difference between present value of cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows. Future cash flows are discounted by the discount rate to convert them to present cash flows.

Internal Rate of Return

The discount rate that makes the Net Present Value of all cash flows for a product equal to zero.

2 Year Revenue

Sum of revenues for first 2 years after product launch.

3 Year Revenue

Sum of revenues for first 3 years after product launch.

5 Year Revenue

Sum of revenues for first 5 years after product launch.

Return on Investment

Ratio of the benefit gain minus cost of the product divided by the cost to develop the product.

Payback Period

Period of time required for the return on an investment to repay the sum of the original investment on the product.

The following scoring metrics are configurable and entered by the user.

Metric Name

Description

Alignment

Alignment for proposal on a scale of 1 = Low to 5 = High. Used for manual ranking only.

Impact

Impact for proposal on a scale of 1 = Low to 5 = High. Used for manual ranking only.

Competitive Advantage

Competitive Advantage for proposal on a scale of 1 = Low to 5 = High. Used for manual ranking only.

Supply Chain Fit

Supply Chain Fit for proposal on a scale of 1 = Low to 5 = High. Example metric for manual ranking.

RnD Know How

RnD Know How for proposal on a scale of 1 = Low to 5 = High. Example metric for manual ranking.

Product Strategic Fit

Scale of 1 = Low to 5 = High. Used for manual ranking only.

Probability of Commercial Success

Probability that the product can be sold commercially

Probability of Technical Success

Probability that the product can be built successfully

Risk Subjective

Overall risk for product on subjective basis, classified as High, Medium and Low.

Risk Numeric

Overall risk for product on a scale of 1 for Low to 5 for High

Market Growth Percentage

Average year over year market growth percentage for the product

Market Share Percentage

Most recent market share in percentage for the product.

Product Categorization

Category in which the product is classified

Calculation of metrics

Metric Name

Description

Resource Value Index

Net Present Value divided by Projected Resources for product

Cost Value Index

Cost Value Index is Net Present Value for product divided by Projected Costs for product

Resources productivity index

Expected Commercial Value divided by Projected Resources for product

Cost productivity index

Expected Commercial Value divided by Projected Costs for product

Business Unit Strength

Composite metric to measure business unit strength in building and selling the product.

Market Attractiveness

A composite metric to measure market share and market growth for a product.

Expected Commercial Value

Expected Commercial Value for a product is its Net Present Value factored by its probability of commercial success.