New SmartKPIs.com Report Ranks The Top Retail KPIs Of 2010

Online, August 3, 2011 (Newswire.com) - smartKPIs.com, the world's largest source of thoroughly documented Key Performance Indicator (KPI) examples announces that Project schedule performance and Project cost performance dominate the "Top 25 Retail KPIs of 2010". The report presents in detail KPIs such as: "# Inventory to sales ratio (ISR)", "% Same store sales growth" and "$ Sales per unit area", among other KPI examples reviewed by the smartKPIs.com research team. "Top KPIs of 2010″ is a collection of research reports discussing the most popular KPIs of 2010 across functional areas and industries. smartKPIs.com is an expert in the field of performance management and measurement, researching the use of KPI based performance management systems in practice around the world.

The "Top 25 KPIs of 2010" report provides insights in the state of Retail performance measurement today by listing and analyzing the most visited KPIs on smartKPIs.com in 2010. It is part of the "Top KPIs of 2010" series of reports and a result of the research program conducted by the analysts of smartKPIs.com in the area of integrated performance management and measurement. smartKPIs.com hosts the largest catalogue of thoroughly documented KPI examples available today and representing an excellent platform for research and dissemination of insights on KPIs and related topics. The hundreds of thousands of visits to smartKPIs.com and the thousands of KPIs visited, bookmarked and rated by members of this online community in 2010 provided a rich data set, which combined with further analysis from the editorial team, formed the basis of these research reports.

Retail has a long tradition in using KPIs, this making Retail KPIs some of the most used in business today. A KPI is a selected indicator considered key for monitoring the performance of a strategic objective, outcome, or key result area important to the success of an activity and growth of the organization overall.

Centered around the Retail KPIs that in 2010 received the highest number of visits on smartKPIs.com, the "Top 25 Retail KPIs of 2010" report contains in addition to KPI names, a detailed description of each KPI, as documented in smartKPIs Premium and other relevant content. While dominated by Sales Performance and Store Management KPIs, the report also contains Customer Satisfaction, Inventory Management and Sales Variety KPI examples:

1. # Inventory to sales ratio (ISR)
2. % Same store sales growth
3. $ Sales per unit area
4. % Sales growth in stores open at least 12 months
5. % Perishable items with past due date

"The Top 25 Retail KPIs of 2010 report is a synthesis of what smartKPIs.com is all about: it forms an overview of how Retail KPIs are used in practice today, by combining input from the online community with analysis and insights from our research team. By discussing the use of KPIs today, presenting the best practice in documenting them and listing the most popular KPIs of 2010, the Top KPIs of 2010 series of reports are valuable resources in promoting the informed use of KPIs or refreshing the existing performance measurement and management practice in any organization." said Aurel Brudan, the Performance Architect of smartKPIs.com.