Leading Indicators Results: Vital Metrics Summary
The data in the table below are for illustration only.

Leading Indicators participants can access a table showing the all-participants average for each vital metric for the most recent month, year-to-date, and the same periods one year earlier. The data in the table below are for illustration only.

Sample Vital Metrics Summary

Averages for all participants: most recent month, 2015 to date, and the same periods one year earlier.

Leading Indicators Results: Vital Metric Trends

In addition to metric averages, Leading Indicators participants can track the monthly, three-month, and six-month trends in each metric for their company and for the group as a whole. The charts below show all three trends for gross profit as a percent of sales. Both the company data and group data are for illustration only.

Sample Vital Metric Trends

Please select a metric and a trend period.

Metric	Metric	Trend Period
Paper/Sales	EBITDA/Sales	One Month
Cost of Goods Sold/Sales	Receivables Days Outstanding	Three Months
Payroll/Sales	Spoilage/Rework Percentage	Six Months
Factory Payroll/Sales	Sales per Employee
Value Added/Sales	Value Added per Employee
Gross Profit/Sales	Sales per Salesperson